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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

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Licensee Recalled; Admits Partnership

Northern Star · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Questioning a former witness before the Royal Commission into the liquor trade today, Mr. Dovey, K.C. (assisting the Commissioner), said it seemed…

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Publicans Lose Too On Higher Beer Price

Northern Star · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 4

Although the retail price of beer in Lismore and district centres rose by 2d per 10 oz. glass yesterday, publicans said they were losers by 10d per 18-gallon keg…

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Transfer of Coraki Hotel Licence

Northern Star · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—In the Licensing Court at Casino to--day, Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., granted the transfer of the…

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£41,000 Offer for M'bah Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Court House Hotel, Murwillumbah, was passed in for private sale when offered at auction…

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Witness Admits: Withheld Information From Licensing Court Interest in Another Hotel

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—The proprietor of the Roosevelt Night Club, Abraham Gilbert Saffron, admitted at the Liquor Royal Commission to-day that he had twice withheld information about his financial interest in a Sydney hotel on the same day…

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5,785 Bottles of Beer Found in Hotel Cellars

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission on liquor was told today that a 10 weeks quota of 5785 bottles of Australian beer was found yesterday in the cellars of the Civic Hotel,…

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Licensee Claims Brewery Control Not Detrimental To Customers

Northern Star · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A "free house" licensee told the Liquor Royal Commission today that brewery control of hotels was not detrimental to the people served by the hotels…

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Commissioner to Inspect Hotels

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 October 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Some N.S.W. hotels and beer gardens will be inspected by liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell. His Honour will make the visits incognito and will not reveal…

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Cross-section Of Hotel Life

Northern Star · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Hotel licensees from Newcastle, Tamworth, Wollongong and Crabben Gullen, near Crookwell, gave…

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£15,000 for Woodburn Hotels

Northern Star · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 4

Buyers paid £15,030 for two Woodburn hotels at a recent sale in Sydney. The two hotels, the Empire…

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Fined £20 for Hotel Betting

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 10

A 32-year-old labourer was fined £20 in the Lismore Court yesterday for betting in an botel on Saturday. He is…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

Northern Star · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 4

CASINO. Thursday.—Casino, Licensing Magistrate, Mr. A. E. Capp. S.M., this morning approved the following transfer…

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Hotel Transferred By Buyer on Day of Purchase

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Royal Commission on liquor was told by a witness today that he transferred the Inverell Hotel, Inverell, to the "Blank interests" on the same day that he signed…

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Same Directors For Seven Companies Conducting Hotels

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Royal Commission on Liquor was told today that seven proprietary companies, each having the same two directors, conducted seven hotels in the…

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Beer Loaned to Restaurant When Licensee Absent

Northern Star · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A publican told the Royal Commission on Liquor today that a truck had taken between 30 and 40 dozen bottles of beer from the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, city, to…

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Family's Interest In 35 Hotels Liquor Inquiry Evidence

Northern Star · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Commission on liquor was told today that the Whelan family, of the Maroubra Junction Hotel, had interests in 35 N.S.W. city, suburban and country…

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Conduct of Some Hotels Disgraceful Commissioner

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, said today that things he had seen with regard…

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No Interest Held By Premier in Relatives' Hotels

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Royal Commission on Liquor was told today that 25 country hotels were owned or controlled by the family of the late Greg. McGirr…

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Joined Forces After Competing for Same Hotel Sites

Northern Star · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A real estate agent told the Royal Commission on Liquor to-day that he and the Whelan family had joined forces when they found themselves competing…

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Hotel Deals to Be Investigated

Northern Star · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Royal Commission on liquor today asked Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing Police, to investigate hotel deals in which nightclub proprietor, Abraham Saffron, had…

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