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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1961

16 stories in Murray's papers

The Royal Hotel and John Taylor Who Founded It

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1961 · page 5

The Royal Hotel, Deniliquin, built by John Taylor, was opened on June 3, 1841. The opening had been fixed for May 24, Queen…

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Federal Hotel Broken Into

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1961 · page 3

During Sunday night the Federal Hotel, Berrigan, was broken into and cash in the till amounting to £42/2/ was…

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Commissioner Warns on “Rice License”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1961 · page 3

The maximum farm acreages for rice planting in [?]gation districts for 1961/62 remains unchanged at [?] acres. Announcing this…

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£150,000 Hotel-motel for Deniliquin? [Royal Hotel, 100 Yrs Old, to Go]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 1

A £150,000 hotel - motel will be built on the present site of the 100-year-old Royal Hotel in End Street, if a take-over offer from a Canberra company is accepted by shareholders of Hotel Deniliquin Limited — owners of the hotel. DIRECTORS OF HOTEL DENILIQUIN LIMITED,…

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Wakool Hotel License Transfer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 May 1961 · page 5

In the Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday Mr. Smith, S.M., approved the transfer of the licence of the…

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Hotel Shareholders [?]Ay “Its a Deal” to Offer

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1

Shareholders of Hotel Deniliquin Ltd., the company controlling the Royal [?]tel here, on Wednesday accepted the wealthy Trevelana Holdings Limited’s [?]ear fully-paid shares of five shillings in Trevelana for each fully-paid share in Hotel Deniliquin Ltd…

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Three Unusual Hobbies 1. Publican-Songwriter 2. Receptionist - Poet 3. Nurse — Journalist

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 7

When most people take up a hobby, or an Interest in something to pass the time, they usually pick on chess, stamp collecting, gardening, or something equally domestic. But when three Deniliquin residents started their “hobbies”…

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Deniliquin Police Lectured on Liquor Act, Hotels Visited

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 1

The lecture tour of the Riverina Police district by Supt. J. Milne, the State Licensing Superintendent, finished in Wagga late last week. Supt. Milne visited Deniliquin last week and…

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Stole Plates, Knives, Sheets and a Curtain from Hotel-Fined £15

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 3

A former gardener at Tattersall's Hotel, Moulamein, on Tuesday admitted to Sgt. Dimmock that he had stolen two sheets, five plates, one eiderdown, two knives and a curtain from the hotel between January…

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Company Chiefs Inspect Hotel- Motel Site

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1961 · page 5

Four Sydney business-men were in Deniliquin this week to discuss proposals for the construction of the…

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Proposed Hotel-motel Will Have Swimming Pool and Public Restaurant

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 October 1961 · page 1

Some features of the 100-year-old loyal Hotel, to be demolished soon to make way for luxury £150,000 hotel-motel will be retained in the new project, the general manager and secretary of Mascot Industries, Mr. J. Dransfield, said in Deniliquin yesterday…

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Police Tell of Betting Set-up in Deni. Hotel

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 3

Two Deniliquin men were each fined £50 at the Petty Sessions Court on Monday on a charge of betting in the Globe Hold. They are Gordon Ellis, 27,…

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Historical Hotel Ends Life

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 December 1961 · page 1

The well-known Wanganell Hotel was closed to trade at 6.30 p.m. on Friday…

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Hotel Raid

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 December 1961 · page 8

A police officer estimated after the raid that about the same number had removed themselves hastily as soon as the…

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Another Hotel Raid

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 December 1961 · page 1

Police took about 15 names for drinking during prohibited hours when they raided another hotel in Deniliquin on Sunday…

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Licensee and 23 “Clients” Fined

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 December 1961 · page 10

Twenty - three Deniliquin men were fined at the Court of Petty Sessions here on Tuesday for being in a hotel…

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