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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

77 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 4

Man Shot in Hotel Bar

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- A 27-year-old man was shot four times while drinking in the bar of a Parkes hotel…

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Fire Destroys Q'land Hotel

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A fire early today destroyed the Grand Hotel in the Central Queensland town of Emerald…

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Byron Bay A.l.p. to Press Claim for New Hotel

Northern Star · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

At a meeting of the Byron Bay branch of the A.L.P., it was decided to again press a claim to the Licensing Board…

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Publican Fined £5 at Ballina

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 7

A Ballina publican was fined £5, with 12- costs, by Mr. J. R. Scarlett, S.M., in the Ballina Court of Petty…

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Court Approves Hotel Alterations

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

An application by William Emery Thompson, licensee of the Richmond Hotel, Woodlark Street, Lismore, for…

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Casino Hotels Receive Heavy Bookings

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.--Many bookings are being made at Casino hotels for Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9 and…

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Fire Threatens Hotel

Northern Star · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

An unusual fire in two palm trees in a lane off Woodlark Street yesterday afternoon threatened the Richmond…

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Lismore Only Overnight Country Stop Hotel Rebuilt 1935

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 6

THE Hotel Gollan in Lismore is the only hotel in Australia at which Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will stay during their tour of the Commonwealth. Formerly known as the Imperial Hotel, the Gollan was rebuilt in 1935…

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Happy Hotel Start for Royal Progress

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 6

A tumultous cheer greeted the Queen as she stepped from the foyer of the Hotel Gollan at 10 a.m. yesterday to enter her awaiting car to cover the Royal Progress in Lismore. The great crowds…

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Later Closing of Hotels Recommended

Northern Star · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY. -- Liquor Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Maxwell, in his report, recommended later closing of hotels. He said consideration should be given to staggered…

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Grafton Hotel Brings £65,700

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 4

GRAFTON, Sunday.--The Sale has been announced of the Crown Hotel, Grafton, for £65,700, in one of the North…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

A hotel licensee was fined £4, with 12- costs, in default imprisonment for 10 days, when he…

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Former M.l.c. Falls to Death From City Hotel Window

Northern Star · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The pyjama clad body of a former M.L.C. of Gunnedah was found on the footpath in Bent Street, Sydney, early today, after he had fallen 60 feet to his death from a window of the Hotel…

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Man Falls to Death at Hotel

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An elderly man fell to his death from the fifth floor of the Metropole Hotel today. He…

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Offensive Behaviour In Hotel Bar

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 5

BALLINA, Sunday. — At Ballina Court of Petty Sessions, John A. Mitchell, of East Ballina, pleaded guilty to a charge…

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Five Killed in Hotel Fire

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Five men were killed and four men critically injured in an explosion and fire which destroyed the Commercial Hotel, Cunnamulla, at 2.45 p.m. today…

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ROUNDABOUT with Jill Unusual Sequel to Queen's Visit Many Seek Jobs At Hotel

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

A succession of applications from people in Scandinavian countries wanting jobs at the Gollan Hotel, Lismore, has been an unusual sequel to the Queen's visit here. The licensee of the hotel,…

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Seventh Death in Hotel Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--The seventh victim of the Cunnamulla Hotel fire last Sunday died in hospital…

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Sunday Visit To Hotel Brings Fines

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

BALLINA, Saturday. -- At Ballina Court of Petty sessions pleas of guilty were tendered on behalf of six…

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Pressure on Hotel Owners

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The Hotel Licensing Board is exerting pressure on hotel owners to restore destroyed,…

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