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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

78 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 4

Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 6

Before Mr R. G. Cookson, Licensing Magistrate, on Tuesday evening last, renewals of publican's licenses were granted to many hotels…

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Police Tour Hotels

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

More than 50 police who inspected the leading Sydney hotels, cabarets, and dance halls on Saturday night last reported that, except for some…

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New Hotel Hours Likely

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 2

Provided the necessary National Security Regulations can be gazetted by Saturday, the new opening hour of 11 a.m. for N.S.W. hotels will come…

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Charge Dismissed Against Dubbo Hotelkeeper Guests in Private Rooms

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 3

At the Dubbo Court Court today, Mrs. Gray, of the Macquarie View Hotel, was proceeded against on two charges of having two…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 6

Before the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. B. G. Cookson) on Tuesday last, the license of the Royal Hotel, Bourke, was transferred from…

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Hotel Transfer

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 28 September 1942 · page 3

Mr. R. G. Cookson, in the Licensing Court to-day, granted the application of the transfer of the Railway Hotel, Dubbo, from James Radford…

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Fire in Hotel Bedroom

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 2

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, Mr. AIberti Gordon Wicks, boarder at the Macquarie View Hotel, awoke to find that the bed on which he was…

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Business Without License

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 3

Henry. Thomas Brazier, who did not appear, was charged with carrying on the business of agent without a license…

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License Revoked

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 3

Arthur Joseph Wilson was charged with, whilst being out on license to of good behaviour during a sentence of 18 months‘ hard labor, did…

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Stealing Hotel Glasses

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 12 October 1942 · page 3

Alan Peter Keith Healey, soldier, 18 years, pleaded guilty to having stolen six glasses, valued [?] the property of Henry [?]…

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Brawl in Hotel Italian Uses Chair Riotious Behaviour and Assault Charge Results

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 October 1942 · page 2

At the Gilgandra Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M. charges of offensive behaviour, were made against Gtuseppi Rechichi (an Italian) and Francis Noel Rohr, a local shearer…

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Publicans Who Water Beer

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 3

Publicans who water beer will probably become liable in future to penalties of the Blackmarketing Act. This provides for three months’ gaol for…

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Hotel Transfer

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 November 1942 · page 4

At Coonamble Licensing Court on 11th inst., before Mr. R. G. Cookson (Chairman), the license of the Terminus Hotel, West…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Expired Petrol Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 5

The Majority of petrol licenses in the private car group expire after the issue of November ration tickets, no more spaces for…

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Hotel Fire at Queanbeyan

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 3

QUEANBEYAN, Friday.—Fire swept through the top portion of the Royal Hotel, Queanbeyan, at 9 a.m. to-day, causing damage estimated at…

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Hotel Females Lose by Wage Rise

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 20 November 1942 · page 4

Although female employees under the country hotel employees award received a rise in wages of 1/6 a week this month they will receive just…

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Position of Hotels More Beer and Less Hours

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 7 December 1942 · page 3

Enquiries from the Secretary of the Dubbo branch of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association showed that no increases were allowed in…

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State Hotels Urged by Bishop Burgmann

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 21 December 1942 · page 1

Bishop Burgmann, of Goulburn, in his monthly diocesan letter, declares that the State should take over the ownership and…

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