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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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“Form of lying, ” judge tells publican

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tues.: An alteration a witness made to a hotel tariff schedule last night was “a form of lying,” the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr Justice Maxwell) said today…

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Publican’s story of gift to ex-police official

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A city publican today told the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) that he had never felt indebted to or under any obligation to former metropolitan…

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Publican’s row with police sergeant Denies he threatened to approach late Mr. Chifley

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Bathurst publican today denied he had threatened to approach the late Prime Minister (Mr. Ben Chifley) and Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., in an endeavor to prevent a police sergeant from “disrupting” his business…

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Licensing of Street Stalls Alderman Accuses Commerce Chamber

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 2

An alderman last night accused Albury Chamber of Commerce of asking the City Council to receive a deputation on one matter as a pretext for discussing another. He was Ald. Lambert,…

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Hotel man is cleared

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 15

SYDNEY, Fri.: Mr. Doyle Mallett had been cleared of any dishonest practice in the purchase of Gearin’s Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 3

Mr. Richard Francis Lewis of Messrs Edward Trenchard and Co., was granted a renewal of his auctioneer's licence…

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New hotel at Mt. Kosciusko proposed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.: A proposal to build a moderns tourist hotel at Kosciusko in place of the burnt-out Kosciusko Hotel, was made…

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What a Publican Should Have

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

The following "qualifications" were no doubt written by an aggrieved publican, and have been appearing in the…

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Publican’s “good deed” costs him £5/12/-

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 4

The licensee of the Gloucester Hotel, Townsend st, Frank Jarrett, had given four men a drink on Sunday, May…

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42 publicans answer complaints

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wed.: Forty-two letters replying to complaints about country hotels were tendered to the Liquor Royal Commission yesterday by Mr. J. W. Smyth, Q.C., counsel for the United Licensed Victuallers’ Association…

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Fire destroys country hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Mon.: The Royal Hotel, Bundarra, was completely destroyed by fire today. No one was injured, but…

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Hotel Ra[?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

Deniliquin [?] Sunday [?] two Finley [?] a paragraph [?]…

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Sly grog “jolts” handed out by some publicans!

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tues.: The general manager of Tooth and Co. Ltd. (Mr. Tom Watson) told the Liquor Royal Commission today that he had not believed hotel—keepers had been trading in sly…

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Border district hotels change hands

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Licensing Court has approved the transfer of hotel licences as follows: Criterion Hotel, Yarrawonga…

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Licensing Court Hotel Licence Opposed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 3

The police opposed renewal of the Star Hotel Corawa to Bruce Johnstone Constable Proud said that Johnstone was…

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Popular Wahgunyah Hotelkeeper Parewelled

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

A gathering of about 170 citizens of Wahgunyah assembled at the School of Arts last Monday night to say…

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Brewery puts some publicans on the “mat”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 13

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Toohey’s brewery general manager (Mr. Eric Leslie Callaway) told the Liquor Royal Commission today that the company had taken disciplinary action against three publicans and six wine and spirit merchants after the Commission had heard evidence against them…

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Publican’s £1200 a week from suburban hotel

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: A publican said in the Licensing Court today he had banked £1200 a week while licensee of the New Brighton Hotel, Manly. The man, Cyril Gardner…

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Hotel Licences Renewed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

At the Licensing Court last week, the licences of the various hotels in the Corowa Licensing District were renewed as…

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Bouquet for Albury’s hotels

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 8

“Albury has the best hotel accommodation I have ever experienced and I have travelled the world” said Mr Harold Rolph at…

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