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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

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Hotel Licence Transfer

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

In the Lismore Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. F. C. H. Tompson, S.M., approved the transfer of the licence of the…

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Fire Quelled By Hotel Employees

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 4

Employees used buckets and a long garden hose to put out a fire on the top storey of the…

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Girls Charged with Failure to Pay Hotel Bill

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday. —Two 18-year-old girls have been locked up at Murwillumbah on remand until Friday…

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Licensee of "Black" Hotel Threatened

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The licensee of a hotel declared "lack" by drinkers said today he had received a number of…

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All Hotels Reserved For Games Visitors

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 5

HELSINKI, Tuesday (AAP). —Every hotel room in Helsinki has been reserved for foreign visitors to the Olympic Games,…

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Mr. McKell Taken, Ill at London Hotel

Northern Star · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The Australian Governor-General (Mr. W. J. McKell) was taken ill at his London…

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Assault in Hotel Brings £10 Fine

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 6

Clifford Hodges, of Three Chain Road, Lismore, was fined £10 in the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for assaulting John Thomas Reid at the Northern Rivers Hotel on June 16…

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Served Liquor After Hours; Licensee Fined

Northern Star · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 5

Leslie Scanlan, hotel licensee, of Kyogle, appeared before Mr. F. C. H. Tompson in Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions…

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"Liquor After Hours" Hotel Licensee Fined

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

Leslie Scanlan, hotel licensee, of Kyogle, appeared before Magistrate F. C. H. Tompson at Kyogle Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday…

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Attacked, Robbed on Hotel Stairs

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A woman was brutally attacked and robbed in the Hotel Australia, Castlereagh Street, city,…

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Liquor Commission 2 Breweries Own 840 NSW Hotels 1003 Tied to Tooths

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Tooth's and Toohey's breweries own 840 of the 2028 hotels in N.S.W., the Royal Commission into the liquor trade was told today…

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Stole Clothing From Hotel

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 5

A 30-year-old labourer was fined £9 in the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for stealing from the staff room…

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Wine, Spirit Prices to Hotels Tooth's "Agreement" with Merchants

Northern Star · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Royal Commission into the liquor tirade was told today a "gentleman's agreement" existed between Tooth's Brewery and wine and spirit merchants…

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Hotels Open on Referendum Day

Northern Star · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said tonight the State Government would not…

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329 Hotels Under Tie to Tooheys Black-list for Malpractices

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Tooheys Ltd. has ties over 329 hotels in the State, the Royal Commission into the liquor trade was told this afternoon. Both Tooths and Toohey's breweries have black-lists of hotel…

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High Prices Paid for Hotels Revealed at Liquor Commission

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Documents relating to the prices paid for hotels were presented by Mr. J. Shand K.C., senior counsel for Toohey's Ltd., to the Royal Commission into the liquor trade today. They showed the high prices paid…

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Admission by Witness Evidence Misleading Hotel's Accounts Guaranteed by Night Club Owner

Northern Star · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The assistant general manager of Toohey's, Mervyn Alfred Francis, admitted to the Royal Commission on liquor today that he had given misleading and inaccurate evidence yesterday…

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Licence to Erect Garages at Hotel

Northern Star · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Casino Licensing Court this morning granted a licence too the management of the Exchange…

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Hotel Murder Hungarians Sentenced to Death

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday. —The murderers of Mrs. Lucy Frances Barrows, Oxford Hotel licensee, were…

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Liquor Trade Inquiry Licensee Questioned on Partnership

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A hotel licensee told the Royal Commission into the liquor trade today he had "carefully refrained from finalising a partnership agreement" until he obtained a…

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