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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

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Police Raid on Hotel Occupants Escaped

Northern Star · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—"Some men and women escaped to the wide open spaces" when police visited the hotel at Tyalgum, 15…

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Casino Licensees Disappointed With Beer Price Rise

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Members of the Casino branch of the U.L.V.A. today expressed disappointment at the reported new increases in the…

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To the Editor Beer Price, Hotel Accommodation

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 2

Sir,—The U.L.V.A. president, Lismore branch (Mr. M. Staunton) is moaning because beer is only to be increased ½d a glass. Bottled beer…

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Cricket First Outright Win by Ballina Hotels

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 8

BALLINA, Sunday.—By a narrow margin of two, scored during the last over before stumps, Ballina Hotels scored their first outright…

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Litigation Over Hotel Tie

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Justice Sugarman heard an equity suit today arising from a dispute on the terms…

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Referendum on Hotel Hours Not Favoured

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No Government would be justified in going behind the backs of the people and extending the trading hours for…

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Exchange Hotel Win Friendly

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 5

In an all-day friendly match on Sunday, an Exchange Hotel team defeated a Buffalo Lodge side by a fairly comfortable margin, being 42…

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No Alteration Urged In Hotel Closing

Northern Star · Thursday 1 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The retention of the 6 p.m. hotel closing was urged at the N.S.W. Methodist conference in Sydney today…

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Licence of Coraki Hotel Transferred

Northern Star · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 4

CORAKI, Sunday. —A transfer of possession of the Coraki Hotel, Coraki, from Ronald Alfred Nunn to Barton Hugh Kelly was effected…

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Man Fined After Hotel Fight

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 8

A man, who, according to police, knocked over glasses and commenced to fight with other men in a hotel bar was fined £5 in the…

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Hotel Rebuilding Orders Relaxed

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Teuesday.—Because of the high cost of building, the Licence Reduction Board is prepared to consider partial…

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Fractured Leg From Fall Down Hotel Steps

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

A fall down the front steps of the Crown Hotel, Urbenville, resulted in a fractured leg for Mr. Arrol Skinner, of that town…

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Man Sat in Truck While Others Robbed Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 4

A man, who admitted sitting in a truck while two other men broke into and robbed the Railway Hotel, Mullumbimby, on December 29, was found not guilty of breaking and entering, in…

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Licensee, 2 Men Found In Bar

Northern Star · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 5

BALLINA, Friday.—In Ballina Court of Petty Sessions today, a plea of guilty was tendered by Mr. J. Small on behalf of…

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Guests in Night Flight From Hotel Blaze

Northern Star · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.-Thirty guests fled in their night attire at 3 o'clock this morning before fire destroyed the two…

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Hotel Kosciusko Gutted by Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 100 guests and 92 staff members fled to safety in night atttire when fire gutted the wooden twostorey Hotel Kosciusko at dawn today…

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£185,000 Offer for Surfer's Paradise Hotel Rejected

Northern Star · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE. Friday. — An offer of £185,000 for Surfer's Paradise Hotel has been rejected by the owner, 91 years…

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Safe and £450 Taken From Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— Thieves broke into the Hotel Ainslie here early this morning and took away a large iron…

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Arrest Sequel to Hotel Robbery

Northern Star · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

A 35-year-old man sought by Queensland police following a daring £200 clothing theft from a hotel at Ipswich on Wednesday, was arrested on the Bruxner Highway, a few miles…

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Extra Day's Pay For Hotel Staffs

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Members of the Liquor Trades Union working on Jubilee Day, May 9, will be paid an extra day's…

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