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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

194 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10

Thieves in third hotel robbery at Albury lake money and liquor

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 11

In the third hotel robbery in Albury in a week, thieves early yesterday morning stole money, a cash register and liquor, of a total value of over £260 from Sars’ Hotel, Urana road. It is believed that an…

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Hotel meeting place of Finance Ministers, is heavily guarded

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Sun.: Elaborate security precautions have been set up at the luxury Hotel Australia, headquarters of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ conference. Military police,…

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Man shot while drinking in hotel

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: A 27-year-old man was shot four times while drinking in the bar of a Parkes hotel today…

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Italian cyclist barred from Adelaide hotel

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 15

ADELAIDE, Wed.: The Italian cyclist Enzo Saechi, was banned from Adelaide’s leading hotel, the South Australian…

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Daring Hotel Robbery

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wed.: A man in the bar of the Exhibition Hotel, Fitzroy, this afternoon vaulted over the bar counter,…

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The Terminus Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

The new proprietors of the [?]erminus Hotel, Corowa, are [?] Fuz and Mrs. Fuz, late of the [?]ark View Hotel, Sydney, where…

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Vital talks behind hotel’s closed doors

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ conference will begin in secret in Sydney tomorrow. It will be the most important international…

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[?]Ormer Local Hotelkeeper Dead Woman Held on Murder Charge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

[?]ORMER Deniliquin hotelkeeper Louis Frank Probert met a violent death at the Waldorf Private Hotel, St. Kilda, at the week-end. For many years he owned and conducted the Globe…

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Fire destroys hotel in Queensland

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 14

BRISBANE, Tues.: A fire, early today destroyed the Grand Hotel in the central Queensland town of Emerald…

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Fire threat to hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday morning: Volunteers and firemen were desperately trying to save a 13 roomed hotel from destruction,…

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Pretty Pine Hotel Licence Transferred

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

The application of John Charles Maxwell for transfer of the licence of the Pretty Pine Hotel was granted on…

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Theft at Mulwala Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

When Mr J. W. Trawatha, licensee of the Mulwala Hotel. Mulwala, opened his hotel early yesterday morning he discovered…

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Hotel Service Station Opened

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

Many visitors, as well as Albury and district residents, attended the opening of the Motel Service Station, yesterday…

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Burrumbuttock Hotel licence transferred

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 9

In a licensing court hearing Gordon Leigh Dutton was granted the licence of the Farmers’ Inn Hotel, Burrumbuttock, from Alan…

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Fire in Hotel Shed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

The walling of the fire siren at 11 o’clock on Sunday night brought hundreds of people into the streets…

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Special Licenses for Road Transport of Children to Wagga

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

SPECIAL licenses will be issued to owners-of buses for conveying people to Wagga on February 13, the day of the Queen's visit to that centre. A train to Narrandera on the day of the visit will…

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Denial on 10 p.m. closing for Albury hotels

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 20

It was officially denied in Sydney yesterday by a spokesman for the ULVA that 10 p.m. closing would operate in Albury…

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Money Stolen from Mulwala Hotel

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 9

When Mr J. Trewartha. licensee of the Mulwala Hotel, Mulwale, opened his hotel early on Thursday morning of last week…

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More Hotels for Canberra ?

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 11

CANBERRA, Mon.: More hotels may be built in Canberra as a result of a motion adopted by the A.C.T. Advisory Council…

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Albury Police court Yesterday Hotel licensee fined £25: two marks recorded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 8

Fines totalling £25 were imposed and two against the liquor license of an Albury hotel were recorded by Mr. Quiggin, S.M., in Albury Court yesterday…

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