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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

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Liquor Without a License. Man Fined £100

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—William Jackson at the Central Police Court was fined £100 with an alternative of six months' gaol on a charge of selling liquor without holding a license at…

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Hotel Tragedy. Poison and a Glass Found

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Henry Brennan, 40, was found in a dying condition in a room at the Crescent Hotel, city, yesterday, and expired shortly afterwards. A bottle…

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"I Will Do for You." Melbourne Tragedy Inquest, Hotelkeeper Charged

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—An inquest wos held, into the death of Michael Fahey at the Railway Hotel, Elaine on the Geelong Ballarat line to-day. Henry licensee of…

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Brunswick Heads Hotel

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 4

As a seaside holiday resort Brunswick Heads is beooming inereasingly popular among North Coast people Excellent accommodation is obtainable at the leading…

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Charge of Murder. Hotelkeeper Committed

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At the inquest concerning the Elaine tragedy, in which Michael Fahey was shot dead at the Railway Hotel, the coroner committed Henry Gray,…

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New Licensing Act. Increased Fees and Drastic Regulations

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 2

The new licensing laws which have just come into operation contain some interesting and important features. It is expected the Amending Act will add about" £100,000…

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Refusal to Supply Food. Hotel. Licensee Fined

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At. Wallerawang Polics Court Herbert Preece, licensee of the Royal Hotel, was fined £5 with costs in default one month imprisonment with hard…

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Two Gallons a Minute. an Hotel's Dear Water

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

In the supervision of its water supply, one of two things had happened with the local councils Either meter readings were not carried out in 1921,…

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Licenses Granted

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday, Samuel Rutherford (through Mr. McIntosh for Mr. Somerville) of the firm, of Virtue, Noble. Rutherford, shannon, was granted an…

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Licensing Court

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

A sittings of the Licensing Court was held at the Court House, Casino, yesterday (Tuesday), before Mr. Cohen (Magistrate) and Messrs. G. J…

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Casino Hotel Case. Licensee Convicted. Boarders' Book Doubted

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

Whether men found on the licensed premises of a Casino hotel were boarders or not was the point at issue in a Police Court case yesterday…

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Casino Licensing Court

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

Before Messrs. T. W. Cohen, W. G. Simpson and G. J. Mortimer, L.M.'s. At the Licensing Court yesterday the annual report of the Licensing…

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Breach of Licensing Act. Prohibited Hours

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

At Casino Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., William Matterson, licensee of the Federal Hotel, was charged with…

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Gun Licenses

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 4

Owners of guns, pistols, rifles, and revolvers are reminded that they must register their weapons with the C.P.S. There was talk of modifying the law…

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Tribute to Hotelkeepers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 3

At the Licensing Court at Casino yesterday Sergeant Wren said: "I don't think there are better hotels and hotelkeepers in the State than at…

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Rode Horse Through Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 4

Reminiscent of an incident from a western movie drama, a man rode a horse, through the passage, of a Lismore hotel yesterday from the yard to the front street. Then he…

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New Licensing Act. Increased Fees and Drastic Regulations

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 5

The now licensing Jaws which have just come into operation contain some interesting and important features. It is expected the Amending…

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Rode Horse Through Hotel

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

Reminiscent of an incident from a western movie drama, a man rode a horse through the passage of a Lismore hotel on Tuesday from the yard to the…

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Casino Licensing Court

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 4

"I don't think that in any other part of the State there is a better lot of hotel kekeping than in Casine," said Sergeant Wren before the Licensing Bench at Casino…

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Licensing Court

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 2

Messrs. T. W. Cohen, P.M., A. E. Budd, J.P., and A. Buchanan, J P., presided at the Licensing Court held in the Court House, Murwillumbah, yesterday…

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