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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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On Licensed Premises Three Men Before Court More Serious Charges Withdrawn

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

Taking into consideration that the three young men were first offenders, the police, at the Giigandra Police Court on Tues…

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Men in Hotel During Prohibited Hours No Mark Against Licensee With Excellent Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 8

Joseph Edward James and Edgar John Moore pleaded guilty in the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., to having…

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Held Driver's License for 29 Years

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 5

Stated to have driven Jack Johnson to his fight with Tommy Burns in 1908, Norman Francis Witt (46), of…

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In Hotel After Hours Two Men Fined Did Not Have Drink

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 6

In the Dubbo Police Court yesterday, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., Clifford L. Reberger and John Sheridan were charged with having been found…

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INEXPERIENCE Cause of Licensed Pilot's Death in Brisbane CANBERRA

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

The Air Accidents Investigation committee found that H. Beeching, a licensed pilot, who was killed in a crash in Brisbane on March 25, met…

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Railway Hotel License Transferred

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1

At the Gilgandra Licensing Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. G. Cook [?] P.M., the license of the Railway Hotel, Gilgandra, was…

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Appeals Upheld Grand Hotel and Connections Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 1

The appeals of D. Segenfield (owner), J. F. Munro (trainer) and H. Hughes (jockey) against 12 months disqualification imposed upon them and…

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On Licensed Premises Drawn-out Case Before Wellington Court Interesting Story About a Bag

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

When Alfred Henry Matin, the manager of a property at Dripstone, was charged before Mr R. Donaldson, P.M., at the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday with being on licensed premises during…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 4

Dubbo Licensed Victuallers were addressed this week on matters affecting the trade, by members of the executive of the United Licensed Victuallers'…

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Local & General News Hotel Changes Hands

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 5

On the application of James Radford Wilkinson, in the Dubbo Licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Railway Hotel was transferred to…

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Fire in Hotel. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5

A fire occurred this morning in a room on the second floor of the Hotel Belvedere at the corner of Kent and Bathurst Streets…

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Man Rescued From Hotel Fire Fireman's Bravery Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 1

Fireman saved the greater part of the building when an outbreak occurred to-day in a room on the second floor of the Hotel…

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Refreshment Rooms Must Be Licensed Within Three Months

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 6

The attention of proprietors of refreshments rooms is drawn to a new ordinance governing the operations of…

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Hotel Passed-in. £4,000 Offered. Est[?] Late A. P. BYRNE

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

The "Royal" Hotel was yesterday offered for sale at auction and was passed in after a bid of £1,000 had been received…

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£5 Penalties Imposed on Three Defendants Found on Licensed Premises and Charged with Falsely Pretending to Be Travellers

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

Remarking that he had no option but to impose the minimum penalty, although the responsible Minister might take…

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Licensing of Refreshment Rooms Coonabarabran Housing Conditions. Health Inspector Reports

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 6

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire,. Council, the health inspector, Mr. J. A. Wilson, submitted the following report:—…

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Goolma Hotel Renewal of License Objected To

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 4

According to the statement made by Licensing Inspector First-Class Sergt. Ormsby at the Licensing Court on Thursday…

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Hotel Transfer

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Thursday last the license of the Central Hotel was transferred from Thomas Clarke to Mary Violet Bernasconi,…

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Licensing Court

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 5

In the Dubbo Licensing Court yesterday, Mr R. G. Cookson, L.M., granted the transfer of the license of the Court House Hotel from Emily Bell…

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Rode Horse Into Hotel Bar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

Stewart Nevison, a well-known Walcha resilient, was fined £1 at the Moree Police Court this week for riding a horse on the…

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