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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1919

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Facetious Publican

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

Publican's advt. in Mullumbimby "Star":—"For sale, 3000 well-grown bottles of whisky (mixed breeds), will be all dry end of January, 8/ per head…

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Facetious Publican

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

Publican's advt. in the Mullumbimby 'Star': For sale, 300 well-grown bottles of whisky…

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Careless Use of Pea-Rifle. Should Be Licensed. Mr. Atkins' Opinion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

Commenting on a case at Tamworth last week Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., said there has been a lot of careless shootlug with pea-rifles, and he said he…

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Mysterious Hotel Fires

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

Quite recently not less than seven fires have occurred in the Victoria Hotel, Goondiwindi. A suspect was arrested, but has since been…

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On Licensed Premises

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

C. Fuller and G. Baker pleaded guilty to being on the premises of Tattersall's Hotel at 8.35 p.m. on the night of December 24th…

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Hotels Closed Sydney's Isolation. 5[?] Deaths in Victoria. Fatal Case at Albury. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 2

The Government has issued a proclamation closing all liquor bars in the county of Cumberland after 6 o'clock to-night for an indefinite period…

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Seeking a License

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 1

The eighth and last sitting of the Bellingen Licensing Court in connection with the application of Mr. A. L. Walsh for a license for preraises situate at Chuff's Jetty was held…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday. the Influenza Plague. Metropolitan Hotels to Close

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

The N.S. Wales Government has issued a proclamation, closing on and after six p.m. to-day, all hotel bars in the County of Cumberland until…

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Pneumonic Influenza. Suspected Case at Armidale. Incorrect Rumor Respecting Hotel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 4

Some very considerable apprehension exits just at present in Armidale owing to a very suspicious case of influenza being reported by the medical…

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Closing of Hotels. New Zealand Test Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 2

As a good deal, of interest attaches to the action of the New South Wales Government in closing hotels in parts of this State during the present epidemic, a test case in New…

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Claims by Hotelkeepers

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

It is stated that Sydney hotelkeepers are preparing their individual bills of costs against the Government for loss of trade arising out of closing of…

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Paying the Piper. Hotel Keeper's Gelevanon Compensation Asked For. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 4

A deputation representing 720 hotels in the country of Cumberland latermod the Soliciter General that the proclamation closes has resulted in serious…

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Humors of Hotel Raiding

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

Hotel raids are not without an element of humor sometimes—for the police. In a recent Melbourne raid no signs of trading were found on the…

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Hotel Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

The Thames Hotel at Auckland was partly destroyed by fire. An elderly man named William M'Gimm was suffocated in a bedroom…

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A Wayback Hotel

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

In a far-western court house an outback publican was opposing the cancellation of his license, and in addressing the P.M. he opened thus:…

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A Way Back Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 2

In a far-western court house an Irish publican was opposing the cancellation of his license, and in addressing the P.M. he opened thus: "Your…

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Pneumonic Influenza. Hotels and Theatres Re-open

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 2

On Monday hotel bars, picture theatres, and billiard saloons opened again, but there was no wild frenzied rush on the part of the thirsty population to buy…

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Port Darwin Hotels

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 March 1919 · page 2

For eight or nine weeks the male inhabitants of Darwin have been carrying on a boycott against the State-owned hotels as a protest against the high…

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Licensing Court. the Hostelries of Hill-grove "Two Too Masny,"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

Alexander Moore applicant the Armidale Licensing Court yesterday for a renewal of the license of the Miners Arms, Hillgrove. Messrs. G. Atkin,…

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A Wayback Hotel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1919 · page 7

In a far western courthouse an outback publican was opposing the cancellation of his license, and in addressing…

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