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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

286 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 15

Licensing Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

In Murwillumbah Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., W. J. Ewart was granted permission to make alterations to the…

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Interesting Hotel Case

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

An unusual case, and one of interest to hotelkeepers, was set down for hearing at Lismore Licensing Court on Monday, before Mr. F. D. H…

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Hotel Cecil Case the Evidence Concluded

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

The adjourned case again came on in the Police Court yesterday morning in which Margaret Campbell, licensee of the Hotel Cecil, was charged with…

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Tragedy in Hotel Perth

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

A man giving the name of Martin went to an hotel in Perth yesterday with his wife and child. To-day the woman and child were found dead in bed, having apparently…

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Bets on Licensed Courses

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Cabinet today rejected a proposal to empower bookmakers and punters to recover bets made on all licensed courses…

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Crime in Hotel Woman and Child Murdered Fremantle

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 5

Further particulars of the finding of the woman, Lilian Martin, and her child dead in the Federal Hotel show that when the police entered the room they found a basin on the…

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Deaf Driver Magistrate Grants License Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 4

John McKillop, of Mosman, yesterday appealed to Mr. Blix, S.M., against the refusal of the Commissioner of Police to grant him a motor driver's license. It was said that…

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Adelaide Hotel Murder Adelaide

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 4

A post-mortem examination on John Robert Hindmarsh, who was murdered in his room at the Grosvenor Hotel, showed that he was bound and gagged and also received…

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Found Under Bed. In Hotel Bedroom. Man Sentenced to Three Months' Gaol

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on George Thomson (25), a sales man, on a charge of having been found…

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A Found Under Bed in Hotel Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 4

A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed on George Thomson (25), a sales man, on a charge of having been found in the Great Southern Hotel for an unlawful…

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Barmaid Shot. Sensation in Brisbane Hotel

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—A man was surprised in a bedroom at the Stock Exchange Hotel, in Queen-street, Brisbane, carly on Saturday evening…

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Barmaid Shot in Brisbane Hotel Victim Not Seriously Hurt. Young Man Arrested

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--A man was surprised in a bedroom at the Stock Exchange Hotel in Queen-street, Brisbane, early on Saturday…

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A Noxious Drink Alleged to Have Been Given to Hotel Housemaid. Two Men on Trial

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -At Darlinghurst Sessions, to-day, John Connell (36), bookmaker, and Alexander, Murchie (39), horse trainer, were charged…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

At the Murwillumbah Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Geikie, P.M., John Watkins, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, South Murwillumbah, was…

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Church or Hotel ?

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

The radio in England is emptying the churches in favor of the hotels, according to a despatch in the New York "Evening Post," which says this…

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Hotel Murder Unsolved Adelaide

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 7

The police are still inquiring into the mystery surrounding the death of John Hindmarsh who was robbed and killed at the Grosvenor Hotel. Ronald Reynolds and…

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When Hotels Are Sold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 2

An estimate of a broker's expenses in connection with the sale of hotels was given by a witness in a commission claim recently at Toowoomba. The…

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Stole Liquor. While Hotel Burned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the Berrigan police court Ernest Cook, Patrick McHugh, and William Nielson, were charged. with stealing, liquor while a…

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Hotel Mystery Two Men Charged with Murder Adelaide

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 5

The inquiry concerning the death of John Robert Hindmarsh, the jeweller who was found dead in his room at the Grosvenor Hotel, concluded to-day. The coroner…

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Hotels Change Hands

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

During the week Mr. A. O. Simpson has completed a couple of important local sales. The freehold of the Oxford Hotel has been sold to Mr. John…

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