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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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Strange Story Told at Inquest Man Found Shot in Hotel Washroom Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 1

An inquest concerning the death of Robert James Anderson, who was found shot in an hotel wash-room on March 20 at the…

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Licenses for Car Radio

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 2

With the growth tn the use of radio sets in cars the N.R.M.A. is receiving many inquiries as to license requirements for such…

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Man, Beast or Corpse. N.S.W. Hotels Must Give Each a Roof

The Western Herald · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 6

Among many queer provisions being found in N.S.W. liquor laws are: A hotel is regarded as a…

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Fire at Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 4

At 1.17 p.m. on Saturday the Fire Brigade received a call to the Pastoral Hotel in Talbragar Street. On arrival it was found that the western wing…

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Hotel Coolah Changes Hands

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 11

Messrs. R. and F. Johnson handed over possession of the well and favorably known Hotel Coo-lah to the new licensee, Mr. Alfred…

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Hotels Boycotted

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 11

The price of beer was increased last week in New Zealand hotels, and workers decided to boycott them until the price was reduced…

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Hotel Ownership. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 5

A Government Gazette notice states a bill be introduced immediately under the Liquor Act, requiring information about the…

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Cancellation of Licenses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 2

The recent amendments to the Motor Traffic Act, providing for automatic cancellation of driving licenses of motorists convicted of travelling at a speed…

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Government Will Act If Hotelkeepers Take Advantage of Public Sydney. Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 6

An increase in the price of beer by reducing the size of glasses, in order to compensate hotelkeepers and brewers for the extra 3d a gallon excise they…

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New Hotel Premises "Home Away From Home."

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 4

The new Exchange Hotel at Binnaway, conducted by that popular couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sheehan, is now completed and is quite…

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Digger Notes Tin Hare License Applied For

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the Bourke Sub-Branch R.S. & S.I.L.A the following was unanimously carried:—…

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Driver's License Cancellations

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 2

The recent amendments to the Motor Traffic Act, providing for automatic cancellation of driving licenses of motorists convicted of…

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Local and General. Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 4

Before the Licensing Court on Tuesday last the license of the Post Office Hotel, Bourke, was transferred from Mrs. Annie Fitzgerald…

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Hotels Declared Black by Lithgow Residents

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 1

All hotels in Lithgow have been declared "black" by the local anti-profiteering committee…

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Outbreak Of Fire At Imperial Hotel

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred at Imperial Hotel at about 8-10 a.m. on Friday last, but was extinguished before any great damage resulted…

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Mysterious Plane Hotel Sprayed With Machine Gun Bullets London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 1

A spray of machine gun bullets fell in the hamlet of Bellachantuie, in Argyllshire, and the window of an hotel was broken…

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Open Verdict On Hotel Victim Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 1

The inquest on Robert James Anderson (22), who was shot dead in a city hotel washroom on March 10, concluded to-day…

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Local Jottings Fewer Wireless Licenses

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 2

Figures released by the Director-General of Postal Services, Sir Harry Brown, revealed that the number of broadcast listeners' licences in…

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"Hotel Imperial" Coming to Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 2

A woman who was flame, trapped in the cauldron of war; Secrets that would doom an army, locked in a shelltorn hotel! Those are some of the…

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"Hotel Imperial" One-night Presentation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 4

For one night (Saturday) only at the Monarch and Roxy Theatres will be shown "Hotel Imperial," the story of a magnificent love forged in the…

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