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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

208 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11

Hotel Fight Continues Into Street SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 1

Five separate brawls outside the Bognor Hotel, Castlereagh st., City, last night were watched by several hundred people until the police broke up…

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Royal Hotel Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 3

A final reminder is given of the suction sale to be conducted by Messrs. John D. Fraser & Sons at the Royal Hotel next Friday on…

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Temperance Hotel for Canberra Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 6

A Queensland temperance organisation is negotiating with the Department of the Interior for the erection of a large hotel in Canberra. It proposes…

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Was Not Wearing, a Tie Mr Calwell Barred From Hotel Dining Room Canberra. Tuesday

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 7

Information Minister (Mr. Calwell) has refused admission to the dinning room a the Hotel Canberra tonight because he was not wearing a lie…

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Threat by Hotel Workers LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 3

London hotel workers have notified the Hotels and Restaurants Association that unless the “procedure agreement.” which incorporates the terms of the…

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Hay's Host of Hotels in Earlier Times

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

For a town of its size, did Hay have more than its quota of hotels in the earlier days, and did the licensees all make a living? These questions…

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Riverina Hotel Cricket Team

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

A meeting of the above team was held at the Riverina Hotel on Thursday evening, when Mr. Bill Meakes tendered his resignation owing to his…

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Licensing Court Restaurant Application Granted

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

At the Corowa Licensing Court on Tuesday morning last, an application by George Edward Hopkins for a permit to supply light…

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New Working Conditions for Hotel Employes Hinge on Result of Liquor Poll SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 8

A new set of working conditions for members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employes’ Union hinges on the result of the liquor referendum on…

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Speaker for Liquor Trades Heckled Albury Publicans and Beer for Lounges

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

After speaking, as a representative of the NSW Liquor Trades Council, in favor of 10’clock closing, Mr Fred Arlington-Burke walked from…

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Swimming Tatt’s “Pipped on Post” at Echuca 19 Teams in Hotels’ Relay

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

“Pipped on the post” was the fate of Tattersall’s team of swimmers in the hotels’ relay race at Echuca on Tuesday night. 19 teams competed…

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Preferences May Decide Hotel Hours Referendum SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 3

The State Electoral O[?] (Mr E B[?]ets) said to-day that if preferences had to be counted in the liquor poll the result might not be known…

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Herb Narvo to Take Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 10

Herb Narvo, former international Rugby League and heavyweight boxing champion, will turn out for Cootamundra next season. He is taking…

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Extraordinary Orchardist Fined for Paying Wages on Licensed Premises

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 4

In Kyabram Police Court last week an orchardist was charged by Mr. E. Aninsworth, licensing inspector, with having paid an employed his wages…

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Six p.m. Closing Of Hotels Expected To Be Retained Majority of Two to One Only Five Electorates Support Extension Of Hours SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

Only five N.S.W. electorates, three in the country and two in the city, have so far supported the proposed extension of hotel trading hours in this State, and final figures in yesterday’s referendum are expected to favor…

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Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 1
Also in The Pastoral Times

At the Licensing Court at, Corowa yesterday before Mr. Etherton, LM. an application for two months' leave of absence was granted to Mrs S…

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Jerilderie Favours 10 p.m. Closing of Hotels But Is Out of Line with the Rest of the State

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 3

Little interest was taken in the Referendum conducted on Saturday last to decide the closing hours of hotels. Electors were…

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Hotel Keeper Fined

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

Thomas Gregory Hooper was charged before Mr. Etherton, P.M., at the Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday, with being the licensee of premises on which…

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Hotels Will Not Close For Poll SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

Hotels will retain open in the 91 county towns in which the liquor referendum will be conducted on hotel hours to-morrow. The poll was…

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