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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1909

188 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 10

The Lords and the Licensing Bill

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 11

LORD RIBBLESDALE contributes to the "Nineteenth Century and After" a very frank article on the subject of the rejection of the Licensing Bill by…

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Hotel Change

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 2

Mr. R. Brunton, tho well-known hairdresser, is relinquishing his business to take up the control of Tattersall's Hotel from Mr. O. R. Jordan, who is resigning from…

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Hotel Change

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

YESTERDAY the management of the popular Tattersall's Hotel, Casino, passed out of the hands of Mr. O. Jordan into these of Mr. R. Brunton. Mr. Jordon's principal…

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Licensing Court. Friday, February. Before the P.M. [?]

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

and A. P. Carton, L.M. T. J. Delaney applied a billiard license. Application granted. William Nolan, Coraki, was granted a…

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Hotel-keepers in Trouble

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 3

ON Monday last Ernest Howard, licensee of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, was summoned for selling liquor below the standard provided by the Act, to Inspector…

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Fire at the Hotel Australia

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

Through a short circuit in the electric light wires a small fire occurred at the Hotel Australia at 1.28 o'clock, on Friday morning. Portion of the ceiling on the…

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No License

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 2

Early this morning the police arrested two men on a charge of slygrog soiling at Surry Hills…

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Golden Hotels

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 3

NOVELISTS such ne Mr. Upton Sinclair have (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail") recently depicted in lurid colors the luxury in which the…

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The Hotel Sensation. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 3

Thomas Wheeler, who shot a barmaid in the Empire Hotel last night died early this morning. Miss Venus or Vences declines to say…

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Casino Licensing Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 6

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26. BEFORE the P.M. and Mr. A. P. Carltan, L.M. J. W. O'Conner Coraki, applied for…

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The Hotel Tragedy. a Fresh Development. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 5

An important development has occurred in connection with the tragedy at the Empire Hotel. It is stated a man applied to purchase…

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The Hotel Tragedy. Nellie Venus Story. Refused to Warry Wheeler. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

An Inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Thos. Wheeler who shot himself at the Empire Hotel on Friday last. The principal witness was Neillie Venus…

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A No-license Defeat. Sydnisy

Northern Star · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 3

The excitement in connection with the election of a licensing committee for Auckland gave evidence of a strong reaction against no-license…

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Sale of the Great Northern Hotel

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

The idase and goodwill of the Great Northera Hotel, Byron Bay, we hear, has been sold, and at a price satisfhctory to buyer and seller. Possession is to be given at…

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Licensing Bill. Government Determination. London

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 3

The Bight Hon. H. H. Asquith. Prime Minister, replying to a deputation which, waited upon, him yesterday, declared that the Government had not abated one jot of…

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Licensing Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 4

A howl [?] g[?]d to May B[?]d [?] John Thomas R[?]y…

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Daring Hotel Burglary Thieves Take Away Safe. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

Stirgess' Empire Hotel at Inverell was entered last night by burglars, and the safe carried some distance away, and deposited on the bank of the river. The back…

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Cards at Hotels

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 8

In "Fairplay," of the 4th instant, the following letters appear in connection with the question whether games will be allowed in hotels:--…

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Inverell Hotel Robbery

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 2

In regard to the sensational robbery which was perpetrated at Invcrell last. Wednesday night, over £500 in money and valuables being stolen from the safe of…

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The Inverell Hotel Robbery

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

A WIRE in our last issue conveyed the information that the Empire Hotel, at Inverell, had been entered on Wednesday night, and the safe robbed of its…

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