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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

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Hotel Licensee for 55 Years

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

Mr W. J. Weiley, well-known Grafton hotelkeeper, celebrated his 81st birthday this week, and incidentally his 55th year as a hotelkeeper in…

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Fortune Kept Hotel Safe "Old Family Custom"

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Theo William Nugent Trautwein said in the Bankruptcy Court to-day that he always had large sums of money…

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Wild Scenes Alleged In North Queensland Hotels

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Wild scenes which were alleged to have occurred in hotels in north Queensland were described in the…

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Urbenville Hotelkeeper Fined £160

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 3

GRAFTON, Monday: In a Special Federal Court, before Mi Atkinson, SM, today, William James O'Sullivan, of the Crown…

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21 Killed in Hotel Fire

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday: Twenty-one persons were fatally burned and 22 seriously injured early today when a fire swept the…

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"Order Affecting Hotels Goes Beyond Powers"

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A submission that the Order by the Premier (Mr McKell) that hotels must remain open between the hours of…

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Order to Keep Hotels Open Challenged

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A submission that the order made by the Premier (Mr. McKell) that hotels must remain open between the…

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£50 Fine For Casino Hotelkeeper

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 March 1944 · page 5

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—In a Special Federal Court at Grafton to-day, before Mr. Atkinson, S.M.. Joseph Eryan, licensee of…

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Urbenville Hotelkeeper Fined £160 On Four Charges Special Federal Court Hears Case

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 6

William James O'Sullivan, licensee of the Crown Hotel, Urbenville, was fined a total of £160, on four charges of breaches of the National Security (Prices) Regulations, relating to the sale of whisky, wine, beer and rum, above the declared prices…

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Hotelkeeper Acquitted On Charge Of Having Goods In Custody

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 1

Before Mr R. S. Atkinson, S.M., at Grafton, a charge against William James O'Sullivan, licensee of the Crown Hotel, at Urbenville, of having had in his custody three military shirts suspected to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, was dismissed…

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£20 Fine for Hotel Betting

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 4

A charge that he was in the hallway of the Winsome Hotel, Bridge Street, North Lismore, 011 April 3 for the purpose of…

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Manpower Raid on Hotels and Cafes

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 1

BRISBANE Friday: Manpower officials raided three hotel lounges I and four cafes in Brisbane today. of the scores of people…

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Hotels Must Display Price List

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—An order was published in the Commonwealth Gazette tonight requiring all hotelkeepers to exhibit in their…

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Hotels Must Keep All Bars Open High Court Ruling

Northern Star · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday.—With only Mr. Justice Stark dissenting, the Full High Court of Australia to-day ruled that legulations…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Northern Star · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday. — At the Quarterly Licensing Court to-day, before Mr. T. H. Brooke P.M., the report of the District…

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Licensing Court

Tweed Daily · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 2

The licence of the Tweed Wine Saloon, Wharf Street Murwillumbah, was transferred from Albert Oscar Hollibone to Edward Grace…

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BALLINA R.S.L. PROTEST Hotels Closed On Anzac Day

Northern Star · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 7

BALLINA. Friday. — Ballina branch of the Returned Soldiers' League carried a resolution at last meeting, protesting against the…

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Manpower Check of Persons Found in Hotel

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Manpower officers are now making a check of more than 100 men and women who were found in a vestibule…

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Order Nisi Granted In Hotel Case

Northern Star · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Messrs. Parker Kissane and Edmunds solicitors for W. J. O'Sullivan, licensee of the Crown Hotel. Urbenville have…

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Ballina Hotel Licence Transferred

Northern Star · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 5

BALLINA, Friday.—At the Ballina Licensing Court to-day the Magistrate (Mr. A. J. Bryant) approved of the transfer of the…

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