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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

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Vital clue in hotel murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wed.: The discovery last night of a bloodstained scarf has provided detectives with a vital clue to the…

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Three new Australians charged with murder of woman hotel licensee

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Thurs.: Police today charged three New Australians in the Wollongong police court with the murder of Mrs Lucy Frances Barrows, 53, licensee of the Oxford Hotel,…

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Hotel License Fined £10

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

Max Vivian Henry, licensee of the Court House Hotel, was fined £70 with 10/-court costs in default 21 days…

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A Corowa Hotel Licence Transferred

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 11

Licence of the Star Hotel, Corowa, was transferred in Albury Licensing Court yesterday from Eric Martin Skehan to…

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Refused Cup of Tea by Hotel—was Not Wearing a Tie!

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Mon.: Captain George Mitchison, Hartnell’s Royal tour representative, was refused a cup of tea in the…

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Hotel Licences Renewed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 1

Mr. K. M. Smith presided at the Licensing Court at the Court House yesterday when over 20 licences were renewed for the…

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Fined for Being on Licensed Premises During Prohibited Hours

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1951 · page 8

A number of men were fined for being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours by His Worship Mr. Keith M…

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“Hotels” can make own rules on dress”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Tues.: There was no law governing dress in hotel lounges, Mr C. C. Eldridge, South Australia’s superintendent of…

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Church May Run Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 18

BRISBANE, Thurs.: A suggestion was made at the Anglican Synod today that the church obtain one of the hotel…

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Morven Hotel Licence Transferred

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 5

Licence of the Morven Hotel, Morven, was transferred in Albury Licensing Court yesterday from Stanley David Howell to…

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Hotel Passed in

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 14

After spirited bidding, which commenced at £30,000, the Holbrook Hotel, which was offered for auction at Scott’s Hotel,…

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Publican's Golf Day

The Observer · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

Last Tuesday the U.L.V.A. held a golf day on the Henty links when 29 players completed the 12-hole course. Results were as follows: Publican's…

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Hotel Licence Refused

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 1

The renewal of the licence for the Mulwala Hotel Mulwala by Mrs Nary J. Mul[?] was opposed by Sgt J. T. Curran District…

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Migrant suspects handcuffed together when inquest opens Murder of woman publican alleged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tues.: A Hungarian migrant, one of three who have been charged with the murder of a woman hotel licensee, was identified today by the sister of the dead woman in the Coroner’s Court as a man who…

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Hotel Licensee Acquitted of Receiving Charge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

A jury at the Narrandera Court of Petty Sessions yesterday acquitted Edith Margaret Courtney former…

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Myrtleford Hotel Changes Hands

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

Licence of the Myrtleford Hotel, Myrtleford was transferred from William Shanahan to his nephew, John Shanahan, in Myrtleford…

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An Albury Hotel Robbery

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 2

Albury detectives are investigating the theft of an overnight bag containing men’s clothing, a gold wrist watch, an expensive camera…

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Items of News Suits Stolen From Wagga Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 2

Two suits were stolen from a room in the Imperial Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday night. They are the property of Mr Neil MacDonald,…

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Hotel Licence Transfer

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

Mr Denton in the Licensing Court yesterday granted the transfer of the Gloucester Hotel, Townsend St., from Charles…

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“Behavior” in hotel costs youths £2 each

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 11

Two Albury youths, Ronald George Thurgood and John Stanley Creasy, were each lined 12 for behaving offensively in the…

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