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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

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Hotel Brawl Bottles Used. One Man Killed. Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 November 1932 · page 1

Following a brawl at a hotel near Southport, when bottles am alleged to have been used, Leo James Purcell, known as John Paton, died at the…

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No License Motorist Uses Lorry

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 8

It was an unlucky day for Clement Amy (or Baker) when First-Class Constable Newell visited Dubbo on the occasion…

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Motor Licenses

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. announces that a system by which, motorists will be permitted, to pay their, vehicle, taxation by instalments instead of a…

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Hotelkeeper's Joke Quaint Advice to Guests

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 December 1932 · page 4

Even hotel proprietors have a sense of humour. The following is a reproduction of a card displayed at an establishment in Hoboken, New…

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Mendooran's First Hotel

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 6

The first hotel to be erected in that old and solid town of Mendooran was built on a site across the riv er, close to where the bridge now…

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Dry Lake Hotel

The Western Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

Mr Tom Dykes notifies the travelling public and people of surrounding district that he has taken over the Dry Lake Hotel Best brands of wines…

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Castlereagh Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1932 · page 2

To mention this well-known hostelry conjures up visions of clinking glasses and cool beverages. The Castlereagh should not be forgotten when arranging…

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Murder in Hotel Woman Dead, Man Dying Ballarat

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Winifred Brooks, a barmaid, was shot dead, and Harry Lloyd (53), formerly of Wonthaggi, was shot in the right eye, at North Grants Hotel Raymond Longford, who is appearing in Pat-Hanna's latest production, "Diggers in Blighty," for Efftee Films…

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Hotel Tragedy

The Western Herald · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 2

A meeting from Wellington, N.Z. states a wharf laborer J. H. Metcalfe was drowned and ten missing, and a twelfth man J. Harrison in hospital…

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