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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

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Australian Hotel Transfer BALLINA

Northern Star · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 10

An application by Martin Hugh Kelly for a transfer of the license for the Australian Hotel, Ballina, to John James Mallon, was approved by Mr…

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Man Found Shot in Hotel Bedroom Recent Arrival From America SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 11

George Henry Wood (48), a hairdresser, was found shot dead in a bedroom at the Hotel Australia yesterday…

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Licensing Court Metropole Hotel Changes Hands

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 11

In the Lismore Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., granted a transfer of the licence of the Metropole Hotel, Lismore, from Edward John…

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Hotel Reconstruction

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

LISMORE, Tuesday:—The rebuilding of the Exchange Hotel, in Molesworth Street, Lismore, at an estimated cost of £18,000, was approved by Mr…

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Hotel Rebuilding to Cost £13,000

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 6

The rebuilding of the Exchange Hotel in Molesworth-street, Lismore, at an estimated cost of £18,000 was approved by Mr. J. McElroy, P.M.,…

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Licensing Court at Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 8

In the special Licensing Court at Murwillumbah yesterday, the Police Magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) granted an application by L. R. Noble for a…

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Single Woman Gets License for Hotel at Neutral Bay Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 8

A decision without parallel in the history of the licensing court in New South Wales was made to-day when the chairman granted a transfer of…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 2

The two-storey brick Fitzroy Hotel, conducted by G. Garrett, at Coffs Harbour, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The whole of the…

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Woman Found Dead in Hotel Room

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday:—Miss Barbara Weinholt (26), until recently Secretary of the Southern Division of the Queensland Country Party…

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Cuff's Harbour Hotel Gutted By Fire

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR. -- The two storey brick Fitzroy Hotel, conducted by G. Garrett, at Coff's Harbour, was destroyed by fire on Sunday…

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Hotel Alterations to Cost £5100 Approved by Court

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

In the Lismore Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., approved of applications to effect material alterations to two hotels. The…

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Wardell Hotel License BALLINA

Northern Star · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 8

At a special Licensing Court at Ballina yesterday, the transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel, Wardell, from George Bell to Arthur Gordon…

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Theft From Hotel

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 2

The Oceanview Hotel at Brunswick Heads was entered either late on Saturday night or early yesterday morning and a radio set, silverware and…

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Robbery at Brunswick Heads Hotel Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Monday 13 May 1940 · page 4

The Ocean View Hotel, Brunswick Heads, was entered either late on Saturday night or early this morning, and a radio set, silverware and…

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Modern New Building to Replace Exchange Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 10

In rebuilding and modernising, the march of time is gradually removing the old landmarks from cities and towns. This seems particularly so in the steady replacement of the older hotels with up-to-date…

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Licenses Granted

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 May 1940 · page 3

The following licenses were granted by the magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) at the Lismore Police Court yesterday: Mrs. Florence Whitney (Sunday…

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Hotel Licence Transfer Granted

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 8

A transfer of the licence of the Imperial Hotel, Murwillumbah, from Mary Catherine Wilton to William Arthur M[?] was granted in the…

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Granted—for Five Years License for Levee Bank and Floodgates at Bungawalbin

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1940 · page 6

At the conclusion of a case in which Woodburn Shire Council applied for a licence under the Writer Act, 1912, for the construction of a levee and…

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Coroner's Verdict Suicide in Hotel Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Saturday 18 May 1940 · page 10

Evidence of how she had attempted on two previous occasions to take her own life and had spoken of committing suicide…

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Alterations to Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 10

The Licensing Magistrate (Mr. J. McElroy) approved plans and specifications for alterations to the Hotel Metropole, Lismore, at the Lismore…

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