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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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“Laxity in policing of hotel laws”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 3

HOBART, Thurs.: An inquiry by senior police officers into the Tasmanian police force had not revealed any grounds for a Royal…

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31 N.E hotels re-licensed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 15

Licensing: Court for the Benambra district renewed licences for 31 hotels, five grocers, four vignerons, one spirit merchant, one…

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New licensee for Royal Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 11

In the Licensing Court, Mr. Quiggin granted the transfer of the licence of the Royal Hotel Townsend street, from Ethel L…

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New Gloucester Hotel Will Cost £80,000: Early start on the building is hoped for by the licensee

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 6

An early start is likely to be made [?]n re-building the Gloucester Hotel at he corner of Townsend and Smollett [?]reets, at a cost of approximately…

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Albury Police Court Yesterday Theft of 300 Dozen Bottles of Beer Alleged Holbrook publican says it was worth about £600

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 9

Beer the most topical subject of discussion in Albury and all of Victoria for the past month, was also the point of interest in a case heard by Mr. Quiggin, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday. Before the hearing…

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Six shops, hotel destroyed in fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sun.: Fire wiped out most of the business section of Hughenden, 230 miles west of Townsville, last night. A fire-charred shambles is all that remains…

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District hotels to be improved

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 2

Several district hotelkeepers will carry out repairs to premises during the next six months, following successful…

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Hotel-keepers oppose transfer of wine licence to Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 13

Twenty-four witnesses were coifed before the application for the transfer of on Australian wine licence from Thurgoona to an Albury grocer was granted by the Full Bench of the N.S.W. Licensing Magistrates in Albury…

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Death of Melbourne Hotel Owner

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Well-known Melbourne hotel owner, John Henry Connell, died in his flat in Collins st. last night. He…

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525 Hotel Guests Flee Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 16

KANSAS CITY, Mon.: A million dollar (about £446,000) fire swept through a section of Kansas City in the early morning…

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Hotelkeeper, 12 Men Fined

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 1

Gordon L. Denham was fined £12 at yesterday’s Court of Petty Sessions for keeping the bar of the Globe Hotel open…

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Government Aid in Building Hotels?

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Although Australia was very short of hotel accommodation, it seemed that the building of new residential hotels…

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Aldermen to Inspect Hotel Balcony

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 20

The full council will inspect the balcony over the footpath at the Terminus Hotel, Corowa, before any decision is made to…

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Police “blitz” is called off hotels and S.P. men at Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Commissioner for Police (Mr C. J. Delaney today ordered the withdrawal of a decision to enforce fully gaming, betting and liquor laws at Broken Hill. Mr Delany did this after receiving a report that the officer-in-charge of Broken…

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One hotel will be short of beer

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 2

As far as one hotel keeper is concerned, Albury will have a “dry” Christmas. He is Mr. R. Robertson, of the…

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Thieves’ £950 Haul From Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY, Sun.: Thieves today stole £950 in cash and jewellery from a Petersham hotel. They carried away the jewellery…

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Council Not Interested in Community Hotel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 4

A formal decision that it was not interested in a proposal to transfer the license of the Royal Mail Hotel at Hillston to…

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In Albury Court Yesterday Publican “beats” driving under influence charge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 11

A Melbourne hotel-keeper who was discharged on a charge of driving under the influence was fined e total of £13/10/- when he pleaded guilty to three subsequent charges in…

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Items of News Rutherglen Hotel Changes Hands

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 December 1952 · page 2

The licence of one of the oldest of Rutherglen’s five hotels — The Victoria — has changed hands and it has been transferred to Messrs…

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“Hill” hotels open Xmas Day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Fri.: Broken Hill hotels, which normally stay open, closed at 1 p.m., on Christmas Day. They closed by agreement between…

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