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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

206 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 11

Hotel Bars Open On Anzac Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 2

The secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. Stagg) is considerably concerned over the report that a number of hotel-keepers kept their…

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Canberra Hotels

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 6

Increased hotel tariffs will operate in Canberra within a few days, although no official announcement has yet been made. Strenuous efforts have…

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On Licensed Premises

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

At the police court this morning, before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, P.M. three local residents were fined 10 and 8 costs for having been found on the…

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Hotel Afire Boarders Escape on Roof SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 1

When the Crown Hotel at Cairns caught fire yesterday morning, many boarders found themselves trapped. Eventually, they succeeded in…

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Hotel Destroyed. Several Narrow Escapes. CAIRNS

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 May 1928 · page 1

One man was injured and several others had narrow escapes from death when the Crown hotel at Cairns was gutted by fire yesterday…

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£30 Fine. Liquor Without a License. Showground Incident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 3

At the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Mr. Geick, P.M., William Weston pleaded not guilty to a charge of having sold…

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On Licensed Premises

The Uralla Times · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

A couple of defendants pleaded guilty at the local Police Court last Thursday to charges of being on licensed premises during prohibited…

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Queensland Liquor Poll. "New Licenses" in Four Areas

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

A liquor poll was taken throughout Queensland on Saturday, and although returns are incomplete progress figures indicate that new licenses have…

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Sequel to Recent Motor Smash. Driver Fined and License Suspended

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 4

The sequel to the motor smash at the 10-mile peg, Armidale-Uralla road, recently, was heard in the Ura[?] Police Court on Thursday, when Henry…

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Sequel to Recent Motor Smash. Driver Fined and License Suspended

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 5

The sequel to the motor smash at the 10-mile peg, Armidale-Uralla road, recently, was heard in the Uralla Police Court on Thursday, when Henry…

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Increased Hotel License Fees

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 7

Recently the executive of the Northern Rivers Licensed Victuallers' Association, comprising Messrs. G. Turner (president), H. C. Payne…

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Hawker in Trouble, Did Not Have a License

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 4

At the Armidale Police Court on Wednesday morning, before Messrs. A. Purkiss and E. H. Kelly, J's.P., James Robert Kemp was charged that he did…

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Motorist Loses License

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. J. E. McCulloch, in the Emmaville Police Court, Richard Percy Moore was charged with driving a motor lorry on the Deepwater…

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Local and General Stanthorpe Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 4

It has been decided to erect by private enterprise a new hotel in Stanthorpe, to be known as the Country Club. The building will be of concrete…

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Hotels Declared Black. Prices Too High

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

As the outcome of a mass meeting of residents of Stanthorpe, Queensland, liquor bars in the local hotels have been declared black, hotelkecpers…

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Anzac Day. Closing Hours of Hotels. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 1

The Licensed Victuallers' Association has offered to co-operate with the Returned Soldiers' League in a request to the Government for the…

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Licensed Victuallers And A.L.P. Membership SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

The Liquor Trades Employees Union has requested the A.L.P. to debar members of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association from…

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"Black" Hotels. Action Endorsed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

A mass meeting at Stanthorpe (Queensland) endorsed the action of the executive appointed at a mass meeting, which declared all hotel bars "black"…

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Closing Hotels. On Anzac Day

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

[?] [?] Association offers to co-operate with the [?] Soldiers' League in a request to the Government for the closing of hotels…

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Liquor Amendment Act. Heavy Impost on Publicans

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 May 1928 · page 4

The Lignor Amendmen Act of 1928 will come into force on May 30,1928. The following provisions will be of interest to publicans and others:—…

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