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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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

Guilty of Hotel Attack on Two Women

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 26-year-old travelling salesman was found guilty by a Criminal Court jury today of rape with…

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Diana quits : hits at hotels in Tasmania

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues.: American actress Diana Barrymore, who left her Launceston show suddenly, after only two…

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Publicans’ Profit on Beer

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Hotelkeepers make about 5/ gross profit on a gallon of beer sold in 10-ounce glasses and 5/6 on a…

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Publican Fined £20

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

"Trading on Sunday is inexeu[?]able," said Mr. Keith Smith, S.M., at the Denfliquin Court of Petty Sessions when he…

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“Hotel standards still not high enough”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tues.: There was still much row for improvement in the standard of Victorian hotels, the Chief…

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No License—no Name Collector Fined

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

On charges of failing to produce a collector's license, and neglecting to have the name and address on his truck…

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No House—no Health Inspector Hotel 'Flat' Suggested

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 2

Hay Municipal Council's recently appointed Health Inspector has informed the Council that without a house…

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Saks’ Hotel Sold for £60,000

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

Sale of Sars’ Hotel, North Albury owned by well known city sportsman Mr. Sars O’Shaughnessy for approximately £60,0000…

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Hotel Licence Transfer Approved

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 11

Transfer of the licence of the Star Hotel, Guinea st, from Patrick Edward Hume Costello to Charles Howard was granted by…

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Denies he promised to pay £25,000 extra for hotel at Katoomba

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 13

SYDNEY, Tues.: A publican and wine and spirit merchant told the Liquor Royal Commission today it was “a definite lie” to say he promised to pay £25,000 more than the contract…

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Hotel employe charged with murder

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 8

PERTH, Wed.: Karol Tapci, 22, yardman at a hotel in the small township of Wubin, was charged in Perth today with the murder of…

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Publican’s body exhumed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: Analytical tests of the stomach contents of a publican failed to reveal traces of poison, police said today…

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Alleged Theft From Hotel Room

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 2

A suitcase was allegedly stolen from a room in the Wodonga Hotel over the week-end. It belonged to Mr Thomas Edmund…

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Waiters Claim £1¼m From Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Sun.: A suit for three million dollars (£1,250,000) has bee filed in the Supreme Court against the swanky…

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Suggests Hotels Trade Longer

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Harry Leonard Shaw, licensee of the Allawah Hotel, Allawah, to-day advocated an extension of…

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Fire damages the Culcairn Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

A room at the Culcairn Hotel was patted by fire, and seven other rooms were badly damaged by water and smoke…

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Fire Damage at Culcairn Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 9

The upstairs bedroom at the Culcairn Hotel, corner Railway Parade and Henty street, Culcairn, which was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon. It was occupied by Mr. Kenneth John Mitchell, who lost all his belongings. Seven other…

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Publican’s denial on beer sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wed.: Cyril Gardner Maloney, licensee of the New Brighton Hotel, Manly, denied before the Liquor Royal…

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Rooms Damaged in Hotel Fire at Culcairn

The Observer · Friday 11 April 1952 · page 1

A room at [?] Culcairn Hotel was gutted by fire and seven other rooms were baily damages by water and smoke on Sunday afternoon. Senior-Constable Sanders, of Culcairn police,…

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Albury hotels packed with visitors : big exodus too

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 2

Albury hotels are packed with Easter visitors, many of them bowlers and their wives. Hundreds of people left by train and road from Albury and by air from Corowa to spend Easter holidays…

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