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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

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Timely Discovery Fire at Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 4

A fire was discovered at the Great Northern Hotel at 3.30 o'clock this morning by a man who was staying at the hotel. He was awakened, and going out on to the back…

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Hotel Licensee Fined. But Conviction Not Recorded

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Charges against three men found in the bar of the Empire'Hotel at Young after hours on December 18, when a visit was made by the police, were dismissed by…

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Flies in Hotel

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 6

Hotelkeepers must not allow flies on their licensed premises. At the Cootamundra Court, James Fortey, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, was…

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Commercial Hotel Wall

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

The President said he had been informed the brick wall at the Commercial Hotel, where the recent fire was stopped was in a very dangerous…

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State Parliament Repeal of Gun License Act Restricted to Pistols Auditor-general's Charges Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day members on all sides of the House expressed approval of the Pistol License Bill, the second reading of…

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Production of Motorists' Licenses

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 11

The prosecution of a member of the N.R.M.A. in the country for failing to produce his driver's license when called upon by a constable on street duty has caused…

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Mullumbimby Court on Hotel Premises a Parcel of Meat Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 9

Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., presided at the Mullumbimby Police Court yesterday. The following cases were disposed of:—Cecil George Cumberland, for whom Mi…

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Handsome Barless Hotel

Northern Star · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 11

Those whose journeyings have led them through the United States of America in recent years are familiar with the palatial [?]hotels conducted so successfully without a…

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Flies in Hotels

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

Hotelkeepers must not allow flics on their licensed premises. At the Cootamundra Court James Fortey, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, was…

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Hotel Cecil Case

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

The adjourned case against Margaret Campbell, licensee of the Hotel Cecil, for selling liquor during prohibited hours, was called at the Casino police…

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Hotel Cecil Case Another Adjournment

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

The case was continued in the Casino Police Court yesterday morning in which Margaret Campbell, licensee of the Cecil Hotel, was charged with…

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Casino Police Court Husband and Wife Undated Motor License Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 11

At the Casino Police Court this morning before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., the following cases were dealt with:—John Munroe McGilvery pleaded guilty to…

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Flies in Hotels

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 3

Hotelkeepers must not allow flies on their licensed premises. At the Cootamundra Court James Fortey, licens[?] of the Terminus Hotel, was…

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A Gold Mine. Central City Hotel. Lessee's Faith

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 3

An astonishing revelation of hotel values in the city is provided by tenders received for the lease of a building to replace the Coronation Hotel…

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Wireless Case Hotel Licensee fined for Using Private Set in Bar Without Holding Special Licence

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--At the North Sydney Police Court, to-day, Joseph Knight Smith, licensee of the Hotel Willoughby, pleaded guilty to charges of…

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Hotelkeeper's Death

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--William John Myers, who was a hotelkeeper near Kempsey, collapsed and died this morning at the reception house at…

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Risen From the Ashes Australian Hotel, Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 15

The new Australian Hotel, which has just been completed at Ballina at a cost of over £12,000, is one of the most modern hotels on the North Coast. The owner is Mrs. W…

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Jewellery Agent Found Strangled at Hotel. Valuable Rings Missing

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday.—John Robert Hindmarsh (34), manager of Budgen's jewellery establishment, Bundle-street, was found dead at the Grosvenor…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Gaywood's Imperial Hotel at Condobolin was gutted by fire, yesterday morning, while Bradshaw's tobacconist shop adjoining was…

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Action Against Hotelkeeper

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 4

An unusual case, and one of interest to hotelkeepers was set down for hearing at Lismore Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M. Thomas P…

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