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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

161 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 9

Xmas Eve Sensation. Royal Hotel Roof Lifted by Gale

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

About 5 o'clock on Xmas Eve a storm rose from the east and the fierce gale caused quite a sensation amongst residents and pedestrians in…

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Empire Hotel License Transferred

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

In the Armidale Licensing Court, yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. G. J. Jonnstone) granted the transfer of the license of the Empire Hotel…

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Forgery Gang at Work Name Used of Prominent Hotelkeeper SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 1

Detectives are investigation the that a gang of forgers being the [?] of a well-known off hotel [?] had secured nearly £600 from a bank…

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Forgers at Work Licensee's Name Used Nearly £600 Secured by Gang Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

Detectives are investigating a report that a gang of forgers, using the name of a well known city hotel licensee, had secured…

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Hotel Transfer

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday the license of the Empire Hotel was transferred from Stanley Slack to Cecil Baden Brown…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Party at Royal Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

TWO young ladies who have recently announced their engagements are Miss Dora Cameron, of "Kalanga," Glen Innes, and Miss…

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Stock Routes Occupation Licenses Cancelled Glen Innes P.P. Board's Decision

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

The Glen Innes P.P. Board at its meeting yesterday decided by a majority vote to cancel occupation licenses over travelling stock reserves at Stonehenge and Broad meadows, and later the cancellation was made to apply to all occupation licenses embracing…

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Traffic Breaches Police Court Failed to Renew License

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. T. Scroope, P.M., Stanley Pendergast was charged with having failed to return an expired motor…

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Murder Charge Hotel Employee's Death SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

Rowland Stewart Young (24) appeared at the Katoomba Court to-day charged with the murder of June Clemenger (20) an employee…

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Thieves Get £350 Hotel Robbed SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

Thieves entered the Earlwood Hotel at Earlwood early yesterday morning and stole £350 in notes. Th[?] admission to the hotel by…

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Hotel Robbery Thieves Secure Rich Haul Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

Thieves entered the Earlwood Hotel at Earlwood early yesterday morning and stole £350 in notes. They gained admission to the hotel by breaking a…

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Hotels Full Weather Delays Tourists

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

There was a heavy demand for hotel accommodation in Armidale last night and several motorists were compelled to continue their journey to…

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Royal Hotel Extensive Alterations Planned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

Plans have been prepared for extensive alterations at the Royal Hotel, which the owner (Mrs. C. A. Ramsay) aims to make one of the most…

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New Act Motorists, Beware! Licenses at Stake

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

Motorists who have committed breaches of the Traffic Act since the beginning of the year have found that there are no "beg pardons" about the…

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Hotel Hours Tasmanian Results Drunkenness Lessened SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 1

The extension of the closing time of hotels to 10 o'clock has had the effect of decreasing drunkenness in Tasmania, according to Premier…

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Municipal Council Licensed Motor Vehicles "Drivers Must Be Constantly in Attendance" The Beardy Bridge Proposal

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 8

The Municipal Council at its meeting this week approved of the construction of a bridge over the Beardy River on the Glen Legh Road, conditionally on the Government finding half the cost, the balance to be borne in equal proportions by the Severn Shire…

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Picnickers Amok Wreck Hotel Over-consumption of Drink MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

The Kinglake Hotel was near wrecked yesterday when thirty numbers of two picnic parties because involved in a brawl…

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All-in Fight Roadside Hotel Wreckei Picnic Parties Clash Four Youths Arrested Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 4

The Kinglake Hotel at Kinglake was nearly wrecked yesterday when 30 members of two picnic' parties became…

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Motor Drivers 30 Licenses Cancelled Under New Motor Laws Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 1

Nearly 30 drivers have had their licenses cancelled since the new motor laws came into force on December 22…

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Refused to Pay Hotel Boarder Remanded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 4

At the Armidale Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. L. Pelham, J.P., Richard Walter Ernest Simeon (43) was charged with having refused…

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