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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Collie Hotel Changing Hands. License Held by Mr. Brophy for 22 YEARS

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 6

The Gilgandra "Weekly" reports that after having held the goodwill, and license of the Collie Hotel for the past 22 years, Mr. J. C. Brophy has…

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Hotels in N.s.w

The Western Herald · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 3

The report of the Licensing Bench and Licensing Reduction Board for 1937 shows that hotels in N.S.W. have decreased by 498…

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Fatal Fire Hotel Burnt Down Auckland (N.z.)

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 1

The Commercial Hotel at Waihi was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Frederick Miller, aged 25 years, a…

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Restrictions Lifted On Four Hotels

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 1

In the Supreme Court to-day the declaration of four hotels recently as common gaming houses was…

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Making Hotel Staff Efficient Unique American Method

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 5

The Willmark Service. System. Inc., has some 500 operatives going round the country in America checking up on the conduct of…

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Show Society Monthly Committee Meeting Tender Accepted For Erection Of New Publican's Booth

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

A well attended meeting of the committee of the Gilgandra P. and A. Association was held in the Memorial Literary Institute…

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Coursing Stir N.C.A. Secretary Resigns Second Sydney License Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

Mr. J. P. Galbraith has resigned the secretaryship of the N.S.W.N.C.A. and also severed his connection with the Greyhound…

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£20,000 for Woman Who Ran His Hotel

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 5

An hotel manageress, the wife of a clerk and a barmaid learnt recently that they are to receive legacies [?]anging from £20,000 to £500…

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Thieves in Hotel Chased by Boxer-Licensee Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 1

The Derrimut Hotel, near Sunshine, was entered by thieves early this morning. They were in the act of moving a half-ton safe from the premises…

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Big Haul Sydney Hotel Raided

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 1

A large squad of police raided the Hotel Sydney on Saturday night, and took the names and addresses of more than 150…

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No Driver's License When Involved in Accident Young Man Fined; Also For Negligent Driving

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 5

As the sequel to a motor car accident at the intersection of Warren Road and Wamboin Street, on the night of April 30…

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Trangie News of Other Days Members of 1899 Progress Association Horses Worth £52 Township's First Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 5

To-day Trangie is one of the most progressive and prosperous towns in Western New South Wales. This is due largely to the…

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S.P. BOOKMAKERS Cleared from City Hotels Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 1

The police claim that although the declaration of four hotels as common gaming houses has been in force only a few weeks, the action has resulted…

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The Royal Hotel

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 6

Plans for the remodelling of the Royal Hotel at Coonabarabran were before the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Pickup, and approved on…

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Punter Puts It Over Hotelkeeper

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2

After last Gulgong race meeting a sad-eyed man approached a local publican and moodily asked for a "punter of beer."…

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Summonses Issued Persons Found in Hotel Sydney Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 1

Summonses have now been issued against about 100 persons whose names were taken in a recent raid on the Hotel Sydney. They were issued…

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Jockeys and Trainers Licenses for New Season Cook and Duncan Omitted Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 1

Jockeys and trainers' licenses for the 1938-39 racing season were announced by the A.J.C. to-night. Notable omissions from the list of jockeys…

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New Publican

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. H. S. Gregg, after having held the license of Tattersall's Hotelm Gilgandra, for the past two years, has disposed of his businedd to Mr…

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Hotel Hours Change in South Australia Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 1

A Bill to make hotel trading hours 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. in bars, and elsewhere from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., instead of the prevailing hours, was…

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Commodious Improvements the Imperial Hotel 40 New Bedrooms, Modern Conveniences and Shops

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 1

By the end of the year the Imperial Hotel at Coonabarabran will compare favorably with any outside of Sydney, by…

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