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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

284 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 15

Publicans and Cellar Doors

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

Over at Young the attention of the aldermen there has been drawn to the fact that hotelkeepers, whose cellar doors are on the footpaths, cause…

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Unearned Money. Waiters in English Hotels Make Large Incomes by Way of Tips

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Tips running into three figures are quite common in several of the largest West End Hotels, and the £500 which the German delegation gave to the staff…

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Luxury Hotels. From Waiter to Millionaire. The Founder of the Ritz

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Mme. Maria Ritz, the widow of M. Ritz, founder of the chief luxury hotels in London, Europe and America, stepped into the Carlton Hotel, London,…

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Luxury Hotels

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

[?] Marin Ritz,, the widow of M. Ritz, founder of the chief luxury hotels in London, Europe and America, step-ped into the Carlton Hotel, London, like…

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Hawkers' Licenses

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

Samuel Anthony and Anthony Abrahams were granted hawkers' licenses at the Casino Police Court by the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. L…

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License Suspended

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Central Police Court to-day, Clive Edwards (31), auctioneer, was charged with having driven a motor car in Elizabeth-street while under…

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Beer Without License

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Central Police Court this afternoon Thomas Gleeson (32), clerk, and Rose Marlton (35), domestic, were each fined £100, in default nine months'…

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Mystery Deepens. The Chase For de Garis. Visitor to Suburban Hotel. Interviewed by Police

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The police are confident the mystery man who stayed for several days at the Mortlake Hotel was actually C. J. de Garis in disguise…

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Hotel Tragedy Infatuation Leads to Suicide Employee's Double Attempt

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Wm, Kirkwood (25), a "useful" at the Northern Rivers Hotel, Erskine-street, on November…

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Renew Your Gun License

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

So much has been said and written about the Gun Licensing Act of late chat many country residents are under the impression that the regulation is…

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Gun Licenses Refused

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the Yass Pastures Protection Board the directors reported that most of them had been, refused a renewal of their special gun licenses, and that the…

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Two Hotels Burned

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A fire occurred Mount Alford, situated eight miles from Boonah, at 11 p.m. on Sunday, resulting in the total…

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Three Men Killed Fight in Hotel Lobby. Ku Klux Klan Liquor Raiders Busy

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--At Herrin (Illinois) to-day Glen Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor raider, and his assistant (George Forbes) wore killed…

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Fight in Hotel Lobby (Reuter.) HERRIN (Illinois)

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. Glenn Young, a Ku. Klux Klan liquor raider, and his assistant, George Forbes were killed to-night in a hotel lobby in a gun fight with the deputy-sheriff, Ora…

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Murwillumbah Hotels Licensing Magistrate Orders Certain Improvements to be Carried Out

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

The licensing inspector for the police district of Murwillumbah, Sergt. Brandon yesterday presented to the court his quarterly report; In it he…

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A Beer Strike? Reduction Sought in Tasmania. Publicans To Be Boycotted

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY. Monday.--A large meeting in the Domain, Hobart, carried a motion demanding a reduction in the price of beer from 6d to 4d per…

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Local and General Licenses Granted

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

At the Casino Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. W. A. Flynn), a hawker's license was granted to Aubrey E. O. Hewlett…

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Racing Booth License

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

The liquor booth license for the Richmond River Turf Club's meeting to-day and to-morrow was yesterday granted to J. Tyler, of the Oxford Hotel, by…

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By Wire and Cable Gathered From All Qualters the End of a Bush Hotel

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY Thursday.--The Banvon Inn .Hotel, three miles form Walgett., was totally .destroyed by fire. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery…

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Hotel Burnt Down

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Barwon Inn Hotel, three miles from Walgett, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery…

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