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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 7

Mr. K. Anderson. S.M., in Llsmore Licensing Court, yesterday granted an application for the transfer of the…

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Four Die in Hotel Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 5

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Tuesday (AAP).—At least four persons are believed to have lost their lives and several others are reported missing in an hotel fire here which may reach the proportions of a major disaster. There were 250 people in…

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£3000 for Hotel Improvements

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 5

CASINO, Monday.—Application to carry out additions to the Commercial Hotel, Kyogle, estimated to…

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Lismore Hotel Passed in at £39,000

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Sale of the Royal Hotel, Lismore, was passed in for private treaty after bidding…

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Improvements Approved For Hotel

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

In the Richmond River Licensing Court at Casino this week, application to carry out additions and…

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Counter Lunch Service at City Hotels

Northern Star · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Some city publicans said today they would soon increase their counter lunch service…

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Judge Seeks Community Hotel Views

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Municipal bodies have been invited to give evidence before the Liquor Royal…

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Hotel Licensee, 7 Men, Fined

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

CASINO, Tuesday.—For being on licensed premises after normal trading hours, seven Casino men were convicted…

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Hotel Licensee, 4 Men Fined

Northern Star · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 6

The licensee of a Nimbin hotel was fined £10, plus 10/costs, in Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday by…

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Island Hotel Manager Faces Killing Charge

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 September 1952 · page 1

PROSPERINE (Queensland), Tuesday.—A police constable told Prosperine Court today that the manager of the Royal Hayman Hotel had described to him how a tourist had died after being knocked off the jetty by a…

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Thief Steals From Charity in Hotel Robbery

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 4

A thief broke into a Lismore hotel on Saturday night and stole £66 donated by drinkers to charities. The thief ripped £26 in notes from a wall of the…

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Hotel Licensee, Two Men Fined

Northern Star · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.—Two men who pleaded guilty to charges of having been found on licensed premises after…

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Explanation Needed Of Bonus System in Hotel Transfers

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Unless some explanation of the bonus system in the transfer of hotels was offered, he would conclude it was done solely for the benefit of the brewery, Liquor Royal…

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"Some Publicans Treat People Like Animals"

Northern Star · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Some publicans treat people like animals, the Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, said today. Toilet facilities in many hotels, he added, were disgusting, filthy and disgracef 1…

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Traded "Before Hours": Publican Fined

Northern Star · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—William Rollinson Roberts, licensee of the Royal Hotel, South…

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Theft From Hotel Till

Northern Star · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. —Murwillumbah police are investigating the theft of £40 to £50 in notes and silver from the…

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Theft From Hotel Till

Northern Star · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. —Murwillumbah police are investigating the theft of £40 to £50 in notes and silver from the…

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Charged With Hotel Thefts

Northern Star · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—A Tumbulgum salesman and a Brisbane labourer were charged in Murwillumbah…

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Failed To Pay Hotel, Taxi; Man For Gaol

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 8

A 32-year-old labourer who failed to pay a hotel bill and a taxi fare from Lismore to Brisbane was sentenced in…

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Murwillumbah Hotel Sold

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday, —Hotel Murwillumbah, which has been occupied by Mr. W. Bryant for the last 17 years,…

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