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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

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Additions to Muir's Hotel

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 August 1913 · page 6

Important additions, now nearing completion, are being made to Muir's Hotel, Swift Street. The new structure, which is of brick, of two storeys, and…

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Hotel License Transferred

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 1

Mr. Robertson presided at a Licensing Court on Saturday to hear an application by Bridget Conway, Boppymount, for a transfer of the license…

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No-License Campaign

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 1

The 1913 no- license campaign was opened in Dubbo on Saturday by Mr. Franklyn, of New Zealand, who addressed an open-air meeting in…

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"Very Severe on Hotel Licenses."

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 6

Mr. Police Magistrate Gates told a defendant before the Wagga Police Court the other day he is very severe in licensees of hotels. Mr. Gates need…

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Publican and Theatricals

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 September 1913 · page 2

Some interest was created on Friday when Mr. Will Dyson, comedian, and Mr. H. Brash, juggler, two members of the Swifts Company, appeared, on bail…

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Local Option Items. the No-license Faddist

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 3

"One of the extraordinary features of the time is the readiness of people to adopt fads and to accept all sorts of absurd evidence in proof of things they…

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Hotel Held Up

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 2

A man named Bell and his four sons forcibly took possession of the Enterprise Hotel, Old Junco, on Thursday. The landlord used his revolver. Three…

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Warning to Licensee

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 2

A case of considerable inteerst to these engaged in the licensing trade was heard in the police court at Dunedoo last week, when George Robert…

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Important to Hotel Keepers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 7

The Department of Public Health has replied to a statement in [?]egard to the action of curtain of its country inspectors concerning the instillation…

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Open Column. NO-LICENSE. To the Editor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 4

Sir,--The time is near when the electors will be called open to vote either for the continuance, reduction, or no-license. I would ask our…

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Hotel Wages Board

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 1

Last week in Sydney the Hotel Wages Board had un animated meeting owing to the intervention of the Minister for Labor. The employers'…

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Local and General I don't keep the best Liqour in town. I sell it. H. Moore's Empire Hotel Furniture Sale

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2

To-morrow, at 11 a m. Mr J. Rice wil offer by public auction the whole of the furniture and effects of Mr J. W. Marshall, at his residence in Hope Street. This is a…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 1

Before the P.M., Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Cadell, L.M., James Reynolds was granted a renewal of his license for the Club House Hotel at Geurie…

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Local and General. I don't keep the best Liqour in town. I sell it. H. Moore's Empire Hotel. Fitz's Picture Garden

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 4

Lovers of moving pictures will be glad to learn that Mr. Fitzgerald will open his picture garden on Saturday next, October 25. As usual, every picture shown will be a…

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Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 1

Before Messrs Robertson and Cadel, L'sM., Chas Augustus Bibb applied for the renewal of his license for the Exchange Hotel, at Narromine…

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Geurie Licensing Application

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 4

At the Dubbo Licensing Court on Monday, James Reynolds, licensee of the Club House Hotel, Geurie, applied for permission to cut off a piece of land…

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No-license Campaign

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 1

A meeting of temperance workers and sympathisers wan held at the Dubbo Presbyterian School Hall on Wednesday. The president of the…

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Local and General I don't keep the best Liquor in town. I sell it. H. Mooro's Empire Hotel. Drowning at Cobar

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

Two tittle girls, named Penelop Bowdler and Mary McDermott, aged 10 and 8 years, were drowned at midday on Saturday last, in a 6ft water-hole at East Cobar. Both…

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Alleged Unlawful Assault. Complaint Against a Publican

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

At the police court on Friday, before Mr. Robertson, P.M., Edward Arthur Hallam was charged with unlawfully assaulting Arthur Falconer on the 18th…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Robertson and C. Cadell, L.Ms.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 1

Chas Augustus Bibb applied for the renewal of his license for the Exchange Hotel at Narromine. The application was granted; annual value…

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