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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Imperial Hotel to Change Hands

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

We understand that as from 1st February the Imperial Hotel, Gilgandra, will be taken over by Mr. H. J. Collison, who after his…

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Local and General Revolver Licenses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

Owners of revolvers and pistols, are advised to renew their licenses, which expired on December 31, as soon as possible. The police intend to take…

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Liquor Case Licensee Defends Conviction Recorded

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

Charged with that being the licensee of the Royal Hotel he allowed persons on his premises in contravention of the Liquor…

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Local News Hotels to Stay Open

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 4

Local residents will be interested to know that the Government has decided that hotels in New South Wales will not be closed during the…

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Opinions of the People the Old Hotels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

Sir,—In "Drover's Dubbo of long ago, I think there were two hotels he forget to mention. One was near the Bourke Hill railway gates, kept at one…

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Dinner Extended to Visiting Tennis Players. at Imperial Hotel

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

Prior to the tennis exhibition by the Australian stars, which took place at the Coonabarabran Railway Tennis Courts, last night, a…

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Fast Drivers to Lose Licenses

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

That fines alone were insufficient and that all offenders against the speed regulations would have their licenses either cancelled or…

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Landmark License

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 2

All who have visited the Hawkesbury River, or know the locality, will be interested to hear that the historic Settlers Arms Hotel, at St. Alban's…

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Licenses Reduction Board Sits at Coonabarabran

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 3

The Licenses Reduction Board, consisting of Messrs. J. W. Laidlaw, chairman, and T. W. Cohen and W. C. Geikie, members, sat at the Court…

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New Hotel

The Western Herald · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

The old Central Australian Hotel was burned down on 2nd February, 1936, at 2 o'clock in the morning. A new edifice to take its place…

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Interesting Point Is an Hotel a Public Place

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 12

At the Coonamble Police Court last week, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., Edith Florence Casey charged Norman Syphers with using…

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Suspect Caught at Hotel Charged Before Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 8

At the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions before Messrs. Hammond and Malcolm, J’sP., on Tuesday, Arthur Loy, described as a…

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Death of Mr. E. M. Sheehan Popular Hotel Proprietor

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

The death took place on Monday at noon of Mr. E. M. Sheehan, popular hotel proprietor of Binnaway, and cast quite a gloom over the…

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Man Arrested at Hotel Comes Before .Court

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 12

Arthur Loy, decribed as a traveller with the merry-go-round at the Coonabarabran Show, was charged at the Coonabarabran…

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Turning the Pages of Dubbo's Past News of 1896 War on Dogs Old Hotels Recalled

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 6

In the record of Dubbo, a growing city in a young country, 40 years is a long span, and there are few living to-day who can tell of…

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Turning the Pages of Dubbo's Past Doings of 1897 Thirty-three Hotels Telephone Exchange Wanted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 9

In the record of Dubbo, a growing city in a young country, 40 years is a long span, and there are few living to-day who can tell of…

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Fire Alarm Hotel Property Saved

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1

Promptitude and initiative on the part of the captain of the local Tire Brigade saved what might otherwise have been a big…

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Childers Flood Lifts Hotel and Shop Occupants' Close Call Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 1

During a sudden rush of water which came down Apple Tree Creek, near Childers, Queensland, an hotel and fruit shop were washed away. Five…

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Licensee's Appeal Betting in Hotel Important Paper Disappears

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 6

The mysterious disappearance of a small piece of yellow paper, which was said to have figured in belting transactions, was…

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Hotel Case Appeal Against Conviction

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 7

Because he had allowed three persons in Moston's Hold during prohibited hours on October 31, 1936, the licensee, Ernest William Reynolds was convicted, and an…

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