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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

196 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 10

Urrenville Hotel Sold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 5

The steady progress taking place in Urbenville and district is causing a demand for property. Many enquiries have been received during the…

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On Licensed Premises

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 3

Pleading guilty to a charge of being found in the Lismore Hotel during prohibited hours, Bert Asterio waa fined £1, with 8s costs, by Mr…

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Hotel Alterations

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 5

Goodman Joel Pyke, licensee of the Hotel Gollan, was granted permission by the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. H. Hawkins) at Lismore Licensing Court…

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Private Hotel Proposal Revived

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 August 1937 · page 9

The proposal to establish a private hotel in Lismore, to be known as the Hotel Canberra, has been revived by several well-known…

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Man Crashes 120Ft. to Death Fell from Hotel Roof Garden

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday:— Alan George Thompson (32), of Auchen flower, fell from the roof garden of the Canberra Hotel, a distance…

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Coff's New Hotel. Will Have Auspicious Opening

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 3

Gleeson Bros., proprietors of the big new hotel at Coffs Harbor, intend to give the whole of the takings on the opening day of the hotel, free of any…

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Collapsed and Died Grafton Hotelkeeper GRAFTON

Northern Star · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 6

Whilst sitting on a chair on the verandah, outside his hotel, James Hough (42), licensee of the Tattersall's Hotel, South Grafton, collapsed and…

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On Licensed Premises Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 7

At the Byron Bay Police Court yesterday Joseph Daniel Bell and Jack Thompson were each fined £1. with 8s costs, on a charge of being found…

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Private Hotel Proposal Favoured

Northern Star · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 12

At a meeting of about 30 Lismore business men the proposal to float a company for the purpose of establishing a private hotel, to be Known…

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Hotel Name Changed

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 12

Maurice Green, licensee of the Freemasons' Hotel, Lismore, applied to the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. H. Hawkins) at Lismore Licensing Court yesterday…

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Car Crashes Into Post Publican's Wife Killed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: -- Mrs. Lord, wife of Bert Lord, licensee of the Town Hall Hotel, Mudgee, was killed instantly when the car which she was…

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Stole Keg of Beer From Hotel Bar Tumbulgum Youth Fined £5

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 6

Albert Powell, a young man resident at North Tumbulgum, was charged in Coolangatta Police Court yesterday with stealing a…

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Hotel Besieged Young and Not-So-Young "Film Strucks"

Tweed Daily · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 6

LONDON, Saturday:—Reactions to the hysterical reception to Robert Taylor included the appearance of hundreds of "film-strucks," many…

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On Licensed Premises Two Men Fined Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 11

At the Mullumbimby Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., Vincent Leo Kyle and Mervyn Clyde McInnes, of Mullumbimby,…

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Sale of Liquor in Hotel Lounges Extension of Hours Opposed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday:— The President of the Federated Churches of Christ (Rev. T. E. Rofe), who is attending the Australian Temperance…

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Second Publican's Booth Showground Proposal

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 4

A second publican's booth will probably be erected on Kyogle showground before the next show. At a meeting of the show committee…

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Canon Hammond. Temperance Leader Owns Four Hotels!

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 2

Canon R. B. S. Hammond, who refers to himself as the "only person who has a string of hotels," says he called his four establishments for needy men…

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Private Hospitals Bill for Licensing and Further Control

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:-- In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Health (Mr. FitzSimons) gave notice of his intention to move for…

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Women's Sudden Death Hotel Tragedy Brisbane Detectives Fly To Charleville

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday:—Two detectives flew from Brisbane to Charleville on Saturday to investigate the sudden death of Mrs…

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Youth Found Dead in Hotel Room Girl's Statement To Detectives

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:— After a girl who lives at Narrabri had made a statement to them to-day the detectives investigating the…

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