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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

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Dispicable Thief Bursts Open Hospital Box Robbery at Western Star Hotel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 10 September 1928 · page 1

A mean and displeable theft occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when a thief broke into the bar of the Western Star Hotel and stole a…

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Country Hotels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1928 · page 6

Hope is expressed by the Graziers' Association that in the promised reform of the liquor trade the Government will give early and due attention to the…

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Castlereagh Hotel Burgled. £37 TAKEN

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 6

On Tuesday night, some time between 8.30 and 9.30, a thief or thieves entered the bar of the Castlereagh Hotel, and extracted about £37 in…

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Another Hotel Robbed Castlereagh Burgled

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 3

Thieves in this town seem to have a decided leaning toward, robbing hotels, for following the robbery at the Western Star Hotel recently, when a…

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Police Rushed to Bowen Hotels Must Not Be "Black." Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 1

A message from Townsville states that police forces are being rushed to Bowen in anticipation of rioting. When the wharfies threatened to declare hotels…

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The Never-open Hotel Door

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 5

The queerest hotel in Britain is now closed. It was in a village near Bury St. Edmunds and though it was fully licensed. no traveller could quench his…

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The License the Trouble. Later

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 1

The steamer Koranui, worked by volunteers in Newcastle, is being loaded in Sydney to-day by unionists. Her cargo is for Launceston…

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Alleged Robbery at Hotel Man Goes Through Rooms Steals From Boarders

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 October 1928 · page 1

It is alleged that a robbery took place at Moston's Hotel between the hours of midnight and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, and as a result…

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Hotel Opened. First Day's Business

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

The State Electricity Commission's Hotel at Yallourn was opened yesterday, and within an hour and a half there were 370 men there. The hotel…

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Latest Telegrams. Explosion in Hotel. Fortunate Escapes. Launceston

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

An attempt was made on Sunday night to blow up the Tullah Hotel on the west coast. Explosives had been placed under the billiard room and the…

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Hotel Barbers at Work. Moston's Hotel Visited. Robbers Get Good Haul

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

Some time early on Saturday morning several of the rooms at Moston's Hotel, Talbragar-street, were visited by that mean, contemptible sneak thief…

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Latest Telegrams. the State of Affairs Must Cease. Mr. Bruce Defends Licensing. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

Mr. Bruce last night, regarding the waterside trouble, said that the Ministry was determined that this state of affairs should not continue. The…

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Unions Determined. Opposition to Licenses. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 1

At yesterday's conference of representatives of the Maritime and Transport Unions in Melbourne, it was agreed that a leading plank in their fighting…

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After Hours Men on Licensed Premises Hotel-keeper Fined

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 1

When Sergeants Sheridan and Hannaford strolled into the premises of the Great Western Hotel last month, they surprised some…

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On Licensed Premises

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 1

At the Dubbo Police Court this morning several men were fined £1, with 8- costs; in default, three days, for being on licensed premises during…

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On Hotel Premises—listening to Wrestling

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 12

If anyone is found on licensed premises after hours and gives a good reason police rarely prosecute; but it is reported from a country town that…

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Hotel Changes Hands

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. C. Hilder has disposed of his interest interest in the Commercial Hotel to Mrs. Shepherd, who hails from Sydney…

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Repairs to Royal Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. H. L. Marks, contractor, is at present engaged in carrying out repairs to the Royal Hotel, which was damaged in the recent fire…

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Proposed New Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 5

We hear of an application being made to convert the license held by Mr. C. Golding for the Wyanga Hotel to new premises proposed to be erected in…

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Waterside Licenses Melbourne

Western Age · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 3

A large number of waterside workers look out licenses at Melbourne this morning and many hundreds were registered within an hour…

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