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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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To See Hotel Conditions in Other States

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. — The Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, and Mr. W. R. Dovey, K.C., left Sydney…

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Tas. Hotel Hours Liquor Inquiry Judge Interested

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday. — Mr. Justice Maxwell, Royal Commissioner into the N.S.W. liquor trade, is showing…

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M'bah Hotel Brings £50,000

Northern Star · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

A purchase price of £50,000 for the Court House Hotel, Murwillumbah, is believed to be the highest paid for a freehold…

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Hotel Open During Unlawful Hours

Northern Star · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 2

CASINO, Thursday A Casino publican pleaded guilty in Casino Court of Petty Sessions today to a…

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Hotel Transfer

Northern Star · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—In Casino Licensing Court today Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., granted a transfer of the licence of the…

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Imports From All Sources Halved Licensing Extended

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA Sunday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced the Commonwealth Government had decided to halve imports from all sources. The new import licensing system, operated on a quarterly basis' will operate as from…

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Hotel Owner's Denial: No Agreement To Pay £25,000 Above Contract Price

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A publican and wine and spirit merchant told the Liquor Royal Commission today it was "a definite lie" to say he promised to pay £25,000 more than the contract…

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Import Licensing Personnel of Examining Committee

Northern Star · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA, Sunday.— The Commonwealth Government has appointed a consultative committee to examine the…

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False Evidence To Licensing Court Admitted

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Arthur Thomas Baldwin, wine and spirit licence holder, of Collaroy, admitted to the Liquor Royal Commission today that he had committed perjury in the…

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Application by Licensee

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 4

In the Lismore Quarter Sessions yesterday Judge Storkey, V.C., granted an application by a Casino hotelkeeper that a…

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Stole Ashtray From Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 5

A 44-year-old labourer was yesterday fined £7 in the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions for stealing an ashtray from an…

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Licensing Court "In Error"

Northern Star · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The State Full Court found today that the licensing Court had been in error in…

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Licensee Resigns From House of Hayes "Refused to Lie"

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A witness told the Liquor Royal Commission today he had resigned as licensee of the House of Hayes because the owner's son had wanted him to lie to the…

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Stricter License Control

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — N.S.W. Licences Reduction Board has ordered strict investigation into the bona…

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'Honeymoon Hotel' Now Houses Blood Transfusion Service

Northern Star · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 3

The Red Cross blood transfusion service in Sydney on February 25 moved from George Street to its new premises at No. 1 York Street, formerly Petty's Hotel…

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Hotel Boycott Evidence

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Evidence of a boycott on the Robin Hood Hotel, Blacktown, will be forwarded to…

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Judge Says Hotel Drinking Uncivilised and Disgusting

Northern Star · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, today described drinking conditions in hotels between 4 and 6 p.m. as "uncivilised and disgusting"…

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Rsl Advocates More Licenses Appeal at Inquiry

Northern Star · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Amendment of the Liquor Act to allow more licensed clubs was urged today by the Returned Servicemen's League and the Clubs' Amenities Association at…

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Licenses for Electrical Inspectors

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—From January 1, 1953, only licensed electricians would be permitted to carry out electrical…

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"Hotel Accommodation Excuses Are Nonsense"

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—It was a notorious fact that the public was denied hotel accommodation that ought to be available, and the excuses offered for this lack were nonsense, the Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, said today…

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