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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

128 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 7

Use of Light Wines. Licensed Victuallers to Open Campaign. Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1

AN inter-state conference of [?] sed Victuallers dicided to take [?] to popularise the use of light wines. The President declared that there…

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5/- Tax on Spirits Publicans' Protest ADELAIDE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

The licensed victuallers at the Publicans' Conference yesterday reaffirmed their protest against the tax of 5/- per gallon on Spirits…

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Licensed Victuallers Favour Light Wines ADELAIDE

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

The interstate conference of Licensed Victuallers decided to take steps to popularise the use of light wines. The president declared there would…

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Grafton's Best The Crown Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

One of the most striking impressions one gains on visiting Grafton on the Clarence River, New South Wales, iy the marked evidence of…

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Wine Travellers Taboo at Hotels

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

"Meandering Mike" expresses heartfelt sympathy with a sorelytried body of useful citizens:— "Honored Sir.—Pity the woes,…

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Hotelkeeper's Liability Technical Offence Moderate Fine

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

Mrs. Kay Tate was proceeded against at the Police Court yesterday before the P.M. for haying persons unlawfully on her licensed premises on…

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Septic Tank. At Caledonian Hotel. By Order of Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 4

The Chairman of the Licensing Magistrates of New South Wales (Mr. Adrian) presided at a meeting of the Armidale Licensing…

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Another Hotel for London

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 7

Work is proceeding on the excavations for the new hotel which will occupy a magnificent site of 56,000 square feet at Marble Arch,…

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Moree Fire Tattersall's Hotel Destroyed

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 3

Tattersall's Hotel, Moree, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday night, the damage being estimated at about £10,000, which includes…

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Home Comforts in a Modern Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 8

Travellers will tell you that actually very few hotels give anything like real home comforts. But it is not so at Robinson's Crown Hotel, in…

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Hotel Burgled Good Haul at Emmaville Hospital Box Rattled

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 4

Early last Sunday morning the Club Hotel at Emmaville was burgled, the haul including cash, whisky, cigareltes, etc…

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Family Perish Hotel Buried In Snow BERNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 1

A family of seven including four children, are believed to have cherished when a big hotel near Grison's was buried under 20ft of snow…

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£200 HAUL Hotel-keeper Robbed Exciting Chase Through Streets PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 1

The licensee of the Imperial Hotel, Wellington Street, was attacked by four men in the bar last night and robbed of £200,…

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Sold Liquor Without License. Two Waiters Fined. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

At the Control Court To-day. Andra Villcnave (28) and Marao Botalero (22). waiters, pleaded guilty when charged with selling liquor without a,…

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Drunken Motor Driver. Law Student Punished. Heavy Fine and Suspension of License. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

William Bruce Walker (21). law student. was fined £20 in default three months hard labour. at North Sydney Court to-day for driving a motor car…

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Licenses, Now City Boarding Houses

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 6

Compulsory licensing and strict regulation of boarding and lodging houses within the city are laid down in a draft by-law…

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Site of the First Hotel

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 4

A mild controversy has been raging lately among a number of old timers as to the exact location of Inverell's first hotel. Some argue that the first…

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"Miss Hotel."

The Uralla Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

A kindergarten kiddy who started school last week said she liked it very much. "Do you know the name of your teacher?" she was asked…

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Suspect Arrested Flight From Hotel SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 1

A shot was fired by Constable Cleary late last night when he saw a man hurriedly leave the Commercial Hotel at the corner of Sussex and…

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The First Hotel

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 4

A paragraph in our last issue relative to the site of the first hotel in Inverell has brought forth several of the oldest inhabitants who claim to…

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