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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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New Hotel for Bangalow Bangalow

Northern Star · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 12

Plans for a substantial brick structure to replace the present Granuaille Hotel building at Bangalow are now being prepared…

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Adulterated Beer Maximum Penalty For Hotelkeeper

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

The maximum fine of £20 for having exposed adulterated beer for sale was imposed on John Wood Perrin, formerly licensee of Merrylands…

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Bull in Hotel Lounge

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 7

When a mob of cattle was being driven past the Ben Nevis Hotel, at Wanganui, New Zealand, a bull suddenly charged…

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21 Dead 10 Missing Hotel Fire

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 7

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Thursday:—Trapped by a fire which swept the historic old Queen's Hotel early this…

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Hold-up in City Hotel Bandit Grabs Change Bag with £44

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Saturday:—A bandit late to-day held up the licensee of the Star Hotel, Botany Road, Alexandria, at revolver point, and…

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Daring Robbery In Crowded Hotel Bar SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 1

AMAZING audacity was shown by an armed bandit, who held up the licensee of the Star…

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Inquest on Redfern Hotel Tragedy Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 7

An inquest concerning the death of Eric Gordon Carlson (50), whose body was found at the rear of an hotel at Redfern on February 8, was opened by…

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License Granted

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 11

At the Lismore Police Court yesterday, Neville Unthank Norton was granted a business agent's districtlicence, by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M…

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£34 Wine Bill by Boy of 17 Gave Dinner Parties At Hotels

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 7

It was declared at Wimbledon, London, that a boy of 17 ordered £34 worth of wine. including champagne and cigars, in the name of his uncle,…

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Fire Destroys Hotel at Tewantin

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday:— The Royal Mail Hotel at Tewantin, a two-stcrey wooden building containing 42 rooms, was destroyed…

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Cold-Blooded Murder In Erskineville Hotel Victim Shot Through Heart Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

A daring and cold-blooded murder was carried out in the basement of an hotel opposite the Erskineville police station late this afternoon. Called by a customer to open the door of a public convenience…

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Fined and License Suspended

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 9

Convicted on a charge of not giving way to a vehicle on his right, Lester Neville Boorman was fined £5 at the Lismore Police Court…

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Hotel Crime Pencilled Notes May Provide Clue SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 1

Certain pencilled notes which have come into the possession of the police may help them in their inquiries into the murder of Robert James Anderson…

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Deputation to Qld. Premier Hotel Closing Hour

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday:—More than 40 persons, representing a score of religious and social organisations, waited, on the Premier to-day and…

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Found on Licensed Premises Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 2

Gomer Charles Avery was fined 10s, with 8s court costs in the Mullumbimby police court to-day on a charge that he was found on…

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Queensland Hotel Hours Mar Be Altered In Next Session

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

BRISBANE [?]the [?] of the [?] Smith's [?]…

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Home-made Bomb Explodes in Hotel in Victoria Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

Considerable damage was caused to the roof and the bar at the St. Andrew's Hotel at Queenstown last night, by the explosion of a bomb…

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Trained in Hotel Management

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 6

A new kind of hotel is being built in London. It will be attached to the Westminster Technical Institute, where boys are trained to be chefs and…

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Local and General Licensing Court

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 4

Mr. H. V. Wells, Metropolitan licensing Magistrate, began a special sitting at Murwillumbah yesterday. After hearing a few matters, in some…

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Hotelkeeper Fined Five Men In Bar

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 11

Admitting that five men had been found drinking on his premises on a Sunday, James Joseph Peoples, licensee of the Winsome Hotel, was…

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