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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

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Half a Street Burnt. Kyogle's Disastrous Christmas. Fourteen Shops and Hotel Destroyed. Great Work by Volunteers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

A town without a water supply is doomed if fire occurs. Kyogle was such a place, and experienced a black Christmas, when half of the main business…

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Produce Agents' Licenses

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) draws attention to the necessity for prompt application for licenses by those carrying on business as farm…

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Revolver Used. Altercation in Hotel. Bootmaker Arrested

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

GYMPIE, Monday.—A shooting affray occurred at Gympie at 3.30 on Saturday afternoon, with the result that a man named John Johnson,…

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Shooting Affray In Gympie Hotel. Two Men Wounded. Bootmaker Arrested

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

GYMPIE, Saturday.--A shooting affray occurred at Gympie at 3.30 this afternoon, with the result that a man named John Johnson, carrier, is now in…

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Attempted Theft Of Large Sum of Money. Incident at Tweed Heads Hotel

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

A thief attempted to open a safe at the Hotel Pacific, Tweed Heads, on New Year's morning. The safe is kept in a bedroom occupied by Mr…

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"I'm Shot" Chinese Cook in Hospital in Critical Condition. Quarrel in Hotel

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 3

ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--The kitchen of the Marathon Hotel at Aramac, in the Central West, was the scene of a serious shooting case,…

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Licenses Reduction Board the Year's Work

Northern Star · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

The New South wales Licenses Reduction Board makes steady progress in the work assigned it by the Liquor (Amendment) Act of 1919…

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Parcel of Liquor. Results in Prosecution. Missing Witness Hotel Cecil Case Adjourned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

Margaret Campbell, licensee of the Hotel Cecil, was charged at the Casino Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., with selling…

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On Licensed Premises

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

Pleas of guilty were entered by Harry Anderson, Stewart Rayner and Clarence Murphy at yesterday's sittings of the Casino Police Court…

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Local Interest. Hotelkeeper Fined

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

No defence was offered by John Joseph Kelly, licensee of the Federal Hotel, to a charge at yesterday's Casino police court before Mr. F.D.H…

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Shot in Hotel. Alleged Mistaken Identity

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When S. J. Ryan, an agent, entered the Tallimba Hotel, West Wyalong, a shot rang out, and a rifle bullet lodged in his…

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Additions to Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 4

At the Casino Licensing Court yesterday before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, an application by F. E. Jennings, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Kyogle, to make alterations…

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Six Bottles of Beer Charge Against Hotelkeeper Conflicting Evidence Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 7

At the Casino Police Court this morning before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., the police proceeded against Margaret Campbell, licensee of the Hotel Cecil, on a charge of…

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No License for Five Years Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 3

Hugh Blayney (35), a mechanic, was forbidden to hold a motor license for five years and was also fined £10 after having been found guilty of driving a motor car while…

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Radio Licenses New Regulatons to Operate Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 4

A special meeting of the Federal Executive Council to-day approved of certain newwireless regulations which will come into operation from to-morrow. The most…

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More Than 100 Rooms. Fine Queanbeyan Hotels

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—It is claimed that new hotels now being constructed at Queanbeyan will be the finest in any country town in New South Wales…

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Additions to Hotel

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 2

At the Casino Licensing Court on Tuesday before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, an application by F. E. Jennings, licensee of the Exchange Hotel,…

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New Hotels at Queanbeyan

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--It is claimed that the two new hotels now being constructed at Queanbeyan will be the finest in any country town in N.S.W…

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New Hotels at Queanbeyan Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 5

It is claimed that two new hotels now being constructed at Queanbeyan will be the finest in any country town in New South Wales. Each will contain more than 100…

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In Nick of Time Fire Discovered in Byron Bay Hotel. Extinguished Before Much Damage was Done

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 2

At 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire was discovered at the Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, by a man who was staying there over the…

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