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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

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Registration of Wheat Farms and Growers' Licenses

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

It was learnt from the Department of Commerce on Tuesday that the distribution of the application forms…

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Dubbo Hotels Licensing Inspector's Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

The district licensing inspector (Inspector C. W. North) forwarded his quarterly report to the local licensing magistrate (Mr. R. G. Cookson, L.M.)…

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Liquor Act Time in Hotels General in Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 4

Dubbo hotel licensees have been formally advised by Inspector C. W. North that the new instructions concerning the enforcement of the…

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Wine Saloon Licensee Hides Behind Door When Police Call

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 5

Edmund Hensley, who until recently was licensee of the Talbragar Street, wine saloon, was found hiding behind a door when…

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Railway Hotel License Transferred

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

Before Mil R. G. Cookson, in (the Gilglandra Licensing Court on Tuesday, the licesse of the Railway Hotel, Gilgandra, was…

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Hotelkeepers' Association Opposition to U.L.V.A. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

A well known city hotel-broker, Mr. A. C. Partridge, has announced that he is organising an Hotelkeepers'…

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27 Dubbo Hotels Pay £2431 for Licences in Year Public Revenue Shows Slight Decline In 1940, But Liquor Trade Ratio Maintained

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 2

The 27 hotels in the Dubbo licensing district pay an average of £90 each in licensing fees to the Government per annum. This does not include excise duty on beer and other taxes associated with the liquor trade…

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After Hours Trade Warning to Licensee Given Another Chance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 5

"Your past licensing record shows that you have not conducted your business properly, and have persisted in after hours trading…

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Threat To Industry If Lithgow Hotels Close at Six Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

Senator Ashley (Labor. N.S.W.) declared to-day that unless Lithgow workers obtained an extension of liquor trading hours, so that they could get…

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Warning to Licensee

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 7

“Your past licensing record shows that you have not conducted your business properly, and have persisted in after hours trading. I…

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District News Narromine Gift of Town Clock Mr. T. E. Perry's Generosity Hotel Closure—Pennant Bowls

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 6

Through the generosity of Mr. T. E. Perry, the squire of "Narramine" station, Narromine will have a town clock, should the Municipal Council accept…

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Hotel License Renewal Adjourned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. W. C. Geikie, conducted a Licensing Court at Wellington on Tuesday last. The only matter dealt with was…

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Coonamble Fire Razes Old Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 1

A fire which occurred at Coonamble in the early hours of yesterday morning destroyed the two storey Avenue Hotel…

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Magistrate Emphasises Anomalies In Licensing Act Interference with Law Impossible Technical Breach Of Dubbo Hotel—No Mark

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

Pointing out anomalies in the Licensing Act, Mr. R. G. Cookson, in the Dubbo police court yesterday, said he could administer the law only as he found it. The legislators, without amending the law, had no more…

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Hotel Licensees' "Immunity" From Law Makes Temperance Men Indignant Two Ministers Silent On P.M.'s Comment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 4

A statement by Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., at Dubbo police court, that "men higher up" are responsible for local police allowing hotel…

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Special License Required to Drive Steam Tractor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 9

Portion, of the Traffic Act, relating to the licensing of motor drivers had its sequel at the Wellington Police Court on…

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Bill to License Auctioneers and Agents

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Justice, Mr. V. H. Treatt, in. Parliament last week, moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The quarterly licensing court for the Bourke Licensing District will be held at the Court House, BOurke, on Tuesday, 22nd April…

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New Royal Hotel

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

A commencement has been made on the demolition of the old Royal Hotel, to make way for the building of a modern structure on this…

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Licensees Gesture

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

In the Dubbo licensing court yesterday the application of Mr. J. H. P. Byrne, of the Royal Hotel, Mendooran, for permission to conduct a booth at…

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