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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

145 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 8

Hotelkeepers Tied Hand and Foot Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 5

Mr J. L. G[?]aghty. MLA for North Sydney, today advocated the return of hotels to private ownership and the abolition of the system under which…

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Charges Against Publicans Adjourned SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

Prosecutions against 20 publicans on charges of having failed to sell bottled beer on demand were adjourned at the Special Federal Court today to various…

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Warning to Hotelkeepers Saloon Bars Cannot Be Re-opened MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 5

Publicans who had closed their saloon bars could not. now re-open them as a means of escaping the recent price reduction of 1d on a glass of beer, the…

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Cost of Licensing Laws Inquiry MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

The Governor-in-Council has fixed the sum of £4925 as the maximum expenditure of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into Ule Victorian licensing laws…

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‘Theft From Hotel 6 Months’ Imprisonment

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 2

Cash and bedelothes, a gold wristlet watch and others articles valued in all at £30 were stolen from bedrooms at the Royal Hotel on the night of…

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Fires In Two Hotels; Man For Trial MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 2

Within half an hour of each other, fires began In the lounges of the Commercial and Royal hotels, Warragul, early on the morning of December 29…

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Publican and 3 Others Charged Bail of £600 Forfeited SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Frank Benjamin, licence of Grand Central Hotel, appeared at Lithgow court today on a charge of contravening the National Security (Prices) Regulations and…

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Suicide Pact? Doctor and Nurse Found Dead in City Hotel Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

A suicide past is believed to have resulted in the deaths of Dr Norman Anderson Longden. aged 45 a lending Ballarat doctor, and a former Army…

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Licenses Granted. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 6

The VRC Committee today, after brief interviews, granted renewals of a training licence to M. Crossey, the Caulfield trainer, and a riding licence to H. Olden, the…

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Admits Theft From Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

When a man got drunk at Culcairn on January 6 he went to the Culcairn Hotel, and from it stole, a clock and other articles valued at…

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Admits False Statement Man Then Collapses Licensing Court Case Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 4

Nelson B[?] collapsed In the Licensing Court today after admitting he [?]ad signed a false Statement on October 25, 1943. which [?] him to obtain the…

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Hotels on Anzac Day League Wants Pre-War Arrangements Back

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The Returned Soldiers League is campaigning for the opening of hotels on Anzac Day. The League says there should be no…

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Wodonga Hotelkeeper on Tax Charge MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 6

In the District Court today, William Philip, of the Terminus Hotel, Wodonga, was fined £100 for failing to lodge income tax returns for 1941, 1942,…

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R.S.L. Wants Hotels Open On Anzac Day SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers’ League is to campaign for the opening of hotels on Anzac Day and for an increased quota for hotels that day…

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Fire at Hillston Hotel

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 3

Tattersall’s Hotel, Hillston, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire. In the afternoon a room at the rear of the bar was discovered to be on fire. The…

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Life Insurance Companies May Be Licensed Under New Bill CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 4

Licensing of life insurance company may be ordered by the Federal Government as part of a proposal to make uniform the law covering all…

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“Directed to Leave Hotel” “Because of Overcharging” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Because he overcharged for liquor. Harris Burnham, licensee of the Wool-brokers’ Arms, Pyrmont has been directed by the brewery to leave the…

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Publican Fined For Not Serving Women PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 6

George Hussel Thompson, licensee of the Newmarket Hotel, was fined £10 in Fremantle Police Court today for refusing to supply refreshment to women without…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

At a sifting of the Albury Licensing Court, the licence of the Star Hotel, Guinea st, was transferred from Rudolph [?] Petersen [?]…

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Hotel Bar Shooting Wellington [?]

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 8

Martin James. Eyles, aged 44. appeared in the [?] court today on a charge of double murder and a triple attempted…

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