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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

282 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 12 of 15

Ten Fires Started in Hotel Sensational Sequel Death of Manageress SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 9

After setting fire to the Lapstone Hotel, near Penrith, shortly after midnight the manageress, Miss Bedore Fernandez,…

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Critical Injuries Fell From Hotel Window SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 9

Harry Newman (54), farmer, a visitor from Western Australia, is now in hospital in a critical condition as the result of a fall from the window of…

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Polling Day All Hotels Must Close

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--The question having arisen as to whether licensed premises situated in Byron electorate, where Mr. A. E…

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Licensed Premises Closed on Polling Day SYDNEY, Friday. [?]

Northern Star · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 9

The question having arisen as the whether licensed premises situated in electorates where candidates have been returned unopposed are required to…

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250 Men Arrested on Hotel Roof. Police Raid Gambling Den Kensington Sensation

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday:--One of the biggest raids conducted by the police was made this afternoon at Kensington, where more than…

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Nearly 300 Arrested. Incident at Hotel

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 4

One of the largest police raids ever conducted in Australia, in which nearly 300, arrests were made, was carried out of Saturday afternoon on the roof…

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Hotels Must Close on Polling Day

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 4

The question having arisen as to whether licensed premises situated in Byron electorate, where Mr. A. E. Budd has been returned unopposed, are…

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Caused by Worry Young Woman's Act Set Fire to Hotel, Then Suicided

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 3

PENRITH, Wednesday:--The Coroner held inquiries to-day into the death of Vera Fernandez, manageress of the Lapstone Hotel and into the…

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Publican for Trial Charged With Shooting Wife

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 3

BATHURST, Wednesday:--At the local court to-day Abraham Lazarus (51), licensee of the Railway Hotel, was committed for trial,charged with…

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Fire at Hotel Its Tragic Sequel Evidence at Inquiry Penrith

Northern Star · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 11

The coroner held inquiries to-day into the death of Vera Fernandez, manageress of the Lapstone Hotel, also into the cause of a fire at the hotel on the…

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Hotel Sydney Innovations

Northern Star · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 11

Sensing the widespread demand ior lower costs and greater savings, the Hotel Sydney has been one of the earliest of Sydney's largest hotels to…

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£30 Fine Hotelkeeper Convicted "Sold Liquor at Dance" Grafton

Northern Star · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 14

For having sold two bottles of beer without a license, George Cooper, licensee of the Glenreagh Hotel, was at Grafton Police Court this morning…

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Shot in Stomach Tragedy Outside Hotel MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 2

A message from Barham [?] states that William Patrick Smith (22) was fatally shot outside a Barham Hotel late on Saturday night in full…

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Alleged Sly Grog Beer and Wine. Hotel Groom Charged

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 2

On a charge that on October 2, at Casino, he, not being a holder of a license. under the Liquor Act, sold three bottles of beer and two bottles…

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After the Sports. Publican Sold Beer

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1930 · page 4

For having sold two bottles of beer without a license, George Cooper, licenses of the Glenreagh Hotel, was at Grafton Police Court fined £30 and…

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A Modern Hotel

Northern Star · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

The beautiful town of Grafton in the far famed Northern Rivers district of New South Wales is fast coming into its own. Situated on the banks…

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No Fortunes Hotel Staffs and Tips Inquiry in England

Northern Star · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 5

The prevailing impression that thousands of waiters and head porters make thousands a year in gratuities is very wide of the mark according to the…

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Robbed of £46. Sydney Hotel-keeper Rent Collector Escapes Daylight Attacks

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--The lawless element was active in Sydney again to-day, and in one case a hotel keeper was robbed of £46…

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Licensing Court

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 2

At Murwillumbah Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., Mrs. Cynthia Harkness was granted a publican's booth licence for…

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Supply of liquor Clots and Hotels Alike. Important Decision

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 6

In a reserved judgment last week, the Full Court decided, that under the Liquor Act clubs are in the same position as hotels with respect to the…

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