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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

132 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 7

Shot Fired Hotel Window Broken SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 4

Shortly after three men were ejected from a hotel at Broken Hill on Saturday, one of them returned and allegedly fired a shot through the hotel…

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Showered with Glass Shot In Hotel Bar Broken Hill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 1

Shortly after three men had been ejected from a hotel here on Saturday, one of them returned and allegedly fired a shot through the hotel window…

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Man Lines £500 Report of Theft in Hotel

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 6

Detective-sergent Boswell, Detective Kennedy, and other police are investigating a report that £500 was stolen from Mr. W.Stokes, of Randwick, in…

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Wiser and Sadder Man Bookmaker Loses Driver's License After Motoring From Sydney to Attend Court

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Edward Joseph Mullins, a Sydney bookmaker, was not present at the Armidale Police Court yesterday morning when his…

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Counter Lunch Can Newcastle Action Hotel Proprietors To Unite NEWCASTLE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Newcastle United Licensed Victuallers' Association has placed an absolute ban on counter lunchues in the Newcastle district…

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Railway Hotel Under New and Capable Management

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

Builders are busy at the Railway Hotel, Rusden-street, and the hostelry has been given a new lease of life under the experienced…

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Imperial Hotel, Uralla

The Inverell Times · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

Mr. W. Hanton, formerly of Tingha and Warialda. was granted a transfer of the licence of the Imperial Hotel. Uralla. on Tuesday last to Mr. Colin…

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Excess Water Application For Rebate HOTEL'S 1,100 Gallons a Day

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 2

Mr. E. P. McMahon, licensee of the Railway Hotel, wrote as follows to this week's meeting of the Municipal Council:…

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£36,000,000 in Radio Licenses

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 6

The total receipts from British wirelese receiving licenses to the end of last year were about £36,000,000. Of this sum the post office retained…

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Nose Bitten Off Sydney Publican SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

Later Rep[?] licensee of the T[?] Hall Hotel Goulburn Street City had portion of his no[?] bitten off a hen attacked by two men outside…

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Portion of Nose Bitten: Off Hotelkeeper Attacked Assailants Escape SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 1

Lance Robertson (44) licensee of the Trades Hall Hotel, Goulburn-street, City, had portion of his nose bitten off last night…

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Warialda Hotel Sold

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 4

The Commercial Hotel in Warialda which has been owned by Northern Hotels. Ltd with Mrs. Jennings, as licensee, has been sold, the purchaser…

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Septic System at Commercial Hotel

The Uralla Times · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

Mrs Legge has arranged to instal a septic tank system at the Commercial Hotel, matters to that end having been finalised…

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Plucky Fireman Daring Rescue Damage to Hotel SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

A fire recurred this morning in a room on the second floor of the Hotel Belvedere, at the corner of Kent and Bathurst Streets…

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Hotel Fire Employee Overcome by Fumes Fireman's Dramatic Rescue SIDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

A fire occurred this rooming in a room on the second floor of the Hotel Belvedere, at the corner of Kent and Bathurst streets…

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Sale of Whisky Not True to Label Hotelkeepers Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 8

Two Armidale hotelkeepers were fined at the Armidale Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when they pleaded guilty to charges of…

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Horse Ridden into Hotel

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 4

Stewart Nivison a well-known grazier, of Walcha, rode a horse through the front door of the Hotel Max. Morce. along the hall, and into the…

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Moree Episode "Regrettable Incident!" Well Behaved Guests at Hotel Max

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

The proprietor of the Hotel Max (Mr. H. C. McDonald) told the "Champion" on Monday that although the incident of the man riding into the…

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Local and General "Took Horse Into Hotel for Drink."

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

THESE statements that have been recently appearing about people riding horses into hotels are making us out a lot of nitwits," stated Ald…

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Oxford Hotel Balcony Unsafe Report to Council

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of the Town Council last night, the health and building inspector. Mr. D. H. Wallace, submitted a report on the…

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