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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

133 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 7

Licensing Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. W. F. Robertson (chairman) and Mr. A. E. Fuller (L.M.) presided at the Licensing Court to-day, when several cases were dealt with. The…

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Hotel Sanitation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

The Chief Secretary announced that under the wider powers conferred by the Public Health (Amendment) Act of 1915, systematic inspections of all…

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Hotel Closing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 7

Mr. Holman is not entirety obdurate with respect to the earlier closing of hotels, and according to Sydney newspaper reports, he proposes next…

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Rebuilding Tattersall's Hotel. Proposed Alterations

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

At the sitting of the Licensing Bench on Thursday last, when Mr. Robertson (chairman) and Mr. A. E. Fuller (L. M.) presided, Enoch Fletcher applied…

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Local and General, Quarterly Licensing Dourt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

A Quarterly Lieensing Court will be held at the Dubbo Court House [?] Monday, January 17th, at 11 a.m…

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Daring Hotel Robbery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 6

A daring roobery was committed at the Grand Central Hotel, Lithgow, a few nights ago. when nearly £150 in notes, gold, cheques, and postal notes…

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Mosion's Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

There is no better known or popular house in the west than Moston's Hotel. Besides being one of the largest hotels at present in Dubbo, it has gained the…

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Licensing Court

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 1

Before Messrs W. F. Robertson and W. T. Lewis, L.M's., Chas B. Skinner yesterday applied for a now publican's license in respect to premises at…

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Hotelkeepers Warned by the Military

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 3

The hotelkeepers in the district of Liverpool Camp, near Sydney, have received the following notification from the military;—Your attention is drawn…

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Western Star Hotel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 1

Dubbo Licensing Bench yesterday granted a transfer of the license of the Western Star Hotel to Mr. Thos. [?] has for…

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[?] Star Hotel Sold

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

[?] and Co., Pty., [?] report having effec[?] the [?] of the lease, license, good[?] and furniture of the Westrn Star…

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Mysterious Hotel Robeery

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 6

A mystery surrounds the whereabouts of £70 in notes, which disappeared from the Hydora. Hotel at Blackheath, on the Blue Mountains. The…

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The Commercial Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Anyone who knew the Commercial Hotel, Brisbane-street, a year ago would fail to recognise it as the up-to-date and commodious structure of to-day…

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Details of the Tragedy. All Hotels Closed. Pickets Fire and Charge with Bayonets. Later

Western Age · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

All hotels were closed in the City last night while the soldiers were rioting. The police hoped all was over, but a gang of thirty…

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Hotel Accommodation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

Consternation was caused among Home of the local hotelkeepers yesterday, when notices were received from the Department of Public Health…

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Billiard License

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

In the Licensing Court yesterday morning before Messrs. W. F. Robertson, P.M., and W. T. Lewis, L.M., William Smith applied for the transfer of…

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Savage Soldiers Wreck Liverpool. a Battle with Alcohol. Disgraceful Scenes. Sydney Invaded. Fight with the Police. All Hotels Closed. Fight with the Picket. One Soldier Killed. Several Wounded. Parade, or Be Dismissed. Names to Be Published. Sydney, February 15

The Western Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

"Unexampled scenes of disorder occurred at Liverpool Camp owing to the men at Casula and Liverpool striking against the new syllabus,…

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Hotel Hours. Six O'clock Closure

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 1

Inspector Peterswald, Licensing inspector of the Dubbo District, received an urgent telegram from Melbourne about 7 o'clock last night instructing…

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Hotels to Close at 6 o'clock. a Peremptory Order

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Shortly before 8 o'clock last night an order, by urgent telegram, under the War Presantions Regulations was received by Police Inspector Peterswald…

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Hotels to Close at 6 P.m

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 3

The Minister for Defence, on Thursday night, by Proclamation, closed all hotels in N.S.W. within five miles of a military training camp, at 6 p.m. The…

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