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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Effort to Improve Hotel Accommodation Government Urged To Take Remedial Action Consideration Promised

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 7

Efforts of the N.R.M.A. to improve country hotel accommodation were advanced materially when a deputation from the Association, the Commercial Travellers’ Association, and the National Travel Association waited upon the Minister for Justice…

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Men Fined Found in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 5

When Cecil Roy Rope and Robert George Cleaver appeared in the Police Court yesterday, and were charged with having been found on licensed…

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EUCHAREENA Hotel Repairs

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

We had some usefal falls of rain at the week-end, about [?] metes being registered, which was very welcome. Owing to the…

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A Flying Hotel. Germany's Newest Airship

The Western Herald · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

Speaking of airships one is inclined to thing of gondolas, an eerie smell of gas, wind blowing through cracks and crevices,…

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Cobbora Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 2

The Commercial Hotel, at Cobbora, which was destroyed by fire last year, catered for the needs of the travelling public for about 70 years. Soon it will…

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Door Smashed Publican Punched When Refused A Drink

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 1

The sequel to a disturbance at the Railway Hotel on Sunday last, March 8, was aired briefly in the Gilgandra Police Court…

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Gilgandra Topics District Girls Wed Hotelkeeper Assaulted Popular Gire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 3

On Monday night last a pro-nuptial evening was held in the I.O.O.F. hall, the guest of honor being Miss Bernice Stanley, one of the most popular girls…

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Punched Licensee Fracas in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 4

Because he struck Ernest Campany, licensee of the Western Star Hotel, John Thomas Condrin was charged with assault in the Dubbo…

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In Wine Saloon Two Men Convicted Licensee Fined

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 2

Lengthy evidence was given in a case in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, when Norman Patrick Irwin, licenser of a wine saloon in…

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Alleged Assault Claim for Damages Episode in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 1

That he had been assaulted by Richard Doherty, licensee of the Macquarie View Hotel, and, as a result, had broken his leg, was the…

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Cobar Licensing Court Grand and Empire Hotels

Western Age · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 2

At a sitting of the Licensing Court at Cobar, before Mr. J. Laidlaw, Tohey's Ltd. agreed to carry out painting and repairs to the Grand…

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Licensee Fined Sergeant Visits Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Charged with allowing an unauthorised person on the premises during prohibited hours, John James Reynolds, licensee of the…

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Reasonable Excuse Man in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

When charged, in the Police Court, yesterday, with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, Ernest Blight pleaded…

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Over Fifty Injured Dubbo's Worst Accident Hotel Balcony Collapses During Progress of Sale

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 6

The most serious accident in the history of Dubbo occurred about 4 o'clock ye,terday afternoon, about 50 persons being…

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Eighty Persons Crash to Footpath when Hotel Balcony Collapses Thirty-one Injured—Two in Critical Condition Dubbo District Hospital Taxed to Accommodate the Victims Amazing Stories of Miraculous Escapes told by Some who Fell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

With a terrific roar, a section of the balcony of the Macquarie View Hotel, facing Talbragar Street, collapsed suddenly during an auction sale about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and about 80 people were precipitated to the concrete footpath, some suffering serious injuries. Thirty-one persons were admitted to hospital, 28 to the District and…

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Licensing Cyclists

The Western Herald · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 4

The Tasmanian Government is considering the introduction of the legislation providing for the [?] of [?]…

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Hotel Robbed Thieves' Big Haul Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 1

Thieves broke into the Club Hotel, in Wall Street, and carried off a safe, which contained £500 in cheques, £280 held for safekeeping, and £500 in cash…

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News From America Hotel Accommodation

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

In every hotel there is always a bathroom attached to the bedroom and it is nothing to see 800 bedrooms and 800 bathrooms advertised…

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Licensing Court

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

On Tuesday last the quarterly Licensing Court was held, when the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. C. Pickup, dealt with several matters. George…

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Anzac Day and Hotels

The Western Herald · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 4

We have received word that the Liquor Act provides for the closure of all licensed premises from 6 o'clock until noon on the…

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