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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

208 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 11

20 Minutes to Leave NSW Hotels After 6 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

It is not the intention of the State Government to interfere with the present system which allows the police 20 minutes to clear hotel bars after…

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£71,000 for Bathurst Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 3

Bidding for the Hotel Bathurst, one of the best-known hostelries in Western Now South Wales, reached £71,000 when the hotel was publicly…

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Licensing Prosecution at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 3

At the Rutherglen police court on Tuesday of last week. Vincent Clement Walsh was charged with having allowed persons on his licensed…

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Hotel Closing to be Enforced SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 7

Every NSW police station has been ordered to see that liquor sales in hotel bars cease at 6 p.m. sharp, following instructions issued by the Police…

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No Discussion of “Tied” Hotels SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 3

The tied house hotel system was likely to be discussed by the NSW Parliamentary Labor Caucus before the next State elections said a senior…

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Disturbance in Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

Following a complaint from the Town Hall Hotel on March 4 that a man causing a disturbance by endeavoring to get over the counter and…

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Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 3

At the Corowa Licensing Court on Tuesday. the Licencing Magistrate, Mr. Etherton, granted an application for the transfer of the license of the…

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Guests Flee From in Fires Hotels Three Die In Boarding House Inferno New York

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 3

Two hundred guests fled from Lake Hotel at Gary (Indiana) when a fire broke out in one wing of the building causing damage estimated at 100,000…

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First Case Of Its Kind Heard In N.S.W. Woman Wearing Slacks Refused Meal Licensee Of An Albury Hotel Fined

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 6

Refusal of 22-year-old licensee of the Globe Hotel,. Maurice Lilley to serve Mrs Annabella Marie Watkins, a Potts Point business woman, with breakfast on January 30, while attired In slacks resulted in Mr. E. J. Etherton, PM, hearing in Albury Court yesterday the first case of…

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Sale of Hotel to Brewery Refused Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 7

The Land Sales Court today refused to approve of N.Z. Breweries Co’s purchase of an hotel at Akaron for £5500. The court held that the…

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Slacks Worn To Breakfast Cost Licensee at Albury £ 162

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

The refusal of the Globe Hotel licensee Maurice Lilley aged 22 to allow a Potts Point business woman Mrs Annabella Marie…

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Constable’s Visit to Hotel Story In Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 5

A charge of causing to be published a document containing a list of nominated horses against George Joseph Greening, horse trainer, of…

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Anzac Day Opening of Hotels Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

The Minister for Justice (Mr Downing) said today that hotels and wine saloons would not be permitted to before midday on Anzac Day,…

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Damage Estimated At Thousands Of Pounds Tidal Waves Smash Coast of N.Z. Homes, Shops And Hotels Washed Into Sea Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

Two tidal waves, 30 feet high, swept a 60-mile front on the east coast of the North Island today and caused thousands of pounds off damage. Seaside homes, hotels, shops and farm buildings were swept into…

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A Wodonga Publican Fined

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

A fine of £2 in default distress was imposed on John James Perry, licensee of the Junction Hotel, Wodonga in the Wodonga court yesterday by Mr J. C…

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Current Comments Hotel Accommodation

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4

Except in a small percentage, whose names are well known to travelling motorists, the condition of hotel accommodation service in N.S.W. country…

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The Ritz Licensed Cafe

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

Corowa's latest innovation, the Ritz Licensed Cafe, is now open to the public. The cafe is situated in the Austral House, opposite the Austral…

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Licensee Threatened with Knife

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 1

In response to a complaint Sgt. Mills and Detective; Constable Morley went lo North Deniliquin on Sunday and arrested a man who, it was alleged, had…

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Hotels to Close on Anzac Morning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1947 · page 4

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said last week that, in accordance with the Liquor Act, hotels and wine saloons would not be permitted…

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Selling Goods Without License Defendant Fined £20

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

At the Police Court on Tuesday before Messrs. F. V, Holden.and; S. Heilbronn, J’S.P. David John Hawker (51) was charged…

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