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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

157 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 8

Women In Hotel Mix Up; Court Sequel SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

Allegation that she had been offered £50 to “stop a prosecution” in an assault case was made in Quarter Sessions today by Mary…

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Publican and Barmaid Heavily Fined SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 5

Pleading guilty at a special Federal Court today of having sold a bottle of whisky for £3 10/, Robert Theodore Hunt, hotel licensee; was fined £50, and Lydia Cooper,…

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Publican Heavily Fined SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 2

Described as a well known and respected citizen of Grafton, who had lived an exemplary life, William Joh[?] Ziletsch. licensee of the Australian…

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Publican Fined £25 on Beer Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 1

For having sold two bottles of beer above the fixed maximum price, John Thomas Kay, a Sydney hotelkeeper, was fined £25 with £3 11/ costs in…

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Charge Against Publican Adjourned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 2

William McnMasters, licensee of the Mangoplah Hotel, Ma[?]goplah, was charged in the Wagga Police Court yesterday with having nine gallons of…

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Bomb Hits Hotel; 3 Killed LONDON, May 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 1

Three were killed and a number was injured, some seriously, when an hotel in a south-west English coast town received a direct hit with a bomb…

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12 Hotel Guests Killed Bv Bomb London, May 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 3

Twelve out of 26 guests were killed when an hotel sustained a direct bomb hit in a town in south-west England during a raid by the Germans last…

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Hotelkeepers Try To Upset Convictions MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 5

An application was made to the Full High Court today special leave to be granted to two hotelkeepers (David Blank and Gordon Casey) and Richard…

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Claims Against Commowealth Hotel Syndicate Seeks £3087 A Year WAGGA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 5

The Constructional Board of the NSW Lines of Communication Area opened its silting in Wagga today to hear claims against the Commonwealth…

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Publican Sentenced; Will Appeal SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

For having sold a bottle of Australian brandy to an American serviceman for £3 10/. the fixed price of which is 15/3. William Harold…

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Hotel Syndicate’s Claim Commonwealth Involved WAGGA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 3

The Compensation Board of NSW Lines at Communication Area, continued Its sitting at wagga today, under the Chairmanship of Mr. J. B. Scobic. S.M…

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Hotel Broker Heavily Fined SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 6

Charged with failure to keep [?] per books and accounts of liquor a city hotel broker. [?] Frederick Barwick. was fined [?]…

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Hotelkeeper Refused Licence

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

The Licensing Inspector (Mr J. M. Sheridan), in the Wagga Licensing court yesterday, objected to the renewal of the licence of the Criterion Hotel,…

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Hotel Accommodation

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

The NRMA reports that during his [?]unds in the country a licensing magistrate issued a -warning that serious consideration would be given to…

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Royal Hotel, Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 2

When the Defence Department, through the Hirings Branch, took over the accommodation portions of three of Corwa's hotels, in order to…

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Albury Licensed Victuallers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 June 1944 · page 4

At the meeting of Licensed Victuallers’ Association in Albury on Tuesday, members stood in [?] as a mark of respect to the late Mr James Soden. Discussion…

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Licensing Laws Royal Commission Maximum Expenditure Raised MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 June 1944 · page 4

The State Executive Council has fixed the sum of £4400 as the maximum expenditure of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon what…

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Publican Gets Licence Back SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 4

Describing the magistrate’s finding as “entirely unwarranted,” Judge Studdert, at Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today, upheld an appeal by…

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Publicans’ Appeals Refused BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 5

Appeals against conviction by R. H. Kempley, D. Blank and G. Casey for [?] to effect the sale of goods which were declared within the…

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Hotel Licensees Congratulated

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 2

Mr. Stewart, P.M., at the Licensing Court on Tuesday, remarked after he had granted renewals of district hotel licences for the next 12 months, that…

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