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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1943

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Two Hotel Licences Change Hands

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 4

In the licensing court at Dubbo yesterday the licence of the Pastoral Hotel was transferred from Norman E. H. King to Harry Fletcher…

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Women to Replace Men in Clubs, Hotels Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 1

As a result of a conference which is being held today between the NSW Director of Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) and the secretary to the Clubs'…

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Hotels Pay £3590 Dubbo Drink Bill Rise Shown in Licences

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1943 · page 2

The rising consumption of liquor in the Dubbo licencing district, where the 26 hotels paid an average licensing fee of £134 each in 1942, compared with £90 in 1940, is clearly indicated in the statistics for the year 1942…

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Hotels Ration Beer By Late Opening

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 1

Then is a shortage of beer in Dubbo this neck and most of the hotels have been rationing supplies by refusing to serve schooners and…

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Petrol Ration Tickets Special Licenses

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 7

Mr. C. G. Robertson, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Premier, Mr. W. J. McKell, re the issue of petrol…

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Schooners Scuttled In Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 1

With men lined 10-deep in the bar and those in the serving section dashing about in a frenzied state as they sought to provide the liquid…

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Hotel Staffs

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 3

Representations have been made to the Director General of Man Power, bringing under notice the difficulties being…

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[?] Pet[?] Ration Tickets to Cover Special Licenses [?] to Country Police Officers

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

[?] to your recent [?] the question of [?] for the issue of [?] cover…

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Licensee Not Bound To Escort Men From Premises After Meal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 2

Upholding an important point, so far as the licensee was concerned, raised by Mr. L. M. Whiteley at the Dubbo police court yesterday, Mr. R. G. Cookson, PM, dismissed a charge brought against Walter Terence McHugh, licensee of…

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Craboon Hotel Licensing Court Decision

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 2

A special meeting of the licensing Court was held at the Court House, Gulgong, on Wednesday, for purpose of considering a…

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Hotel Painting Ban

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

Sydney, Thursday: A ban on painting work in hotels in New South Wales was announced by the State Manpower Director (Mr. Bellemore) today. The…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 4

Before Mr. R. G. Cookson, Licensing Magistrate, at the Bourke Licensing Court on Tuesday evening last, the following transfers of…

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Second Narromine Fire in Five Days Garages Destroyed at Rear of Imperial Hotel Loss Not Cored By Insurance

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1943 · page 1

When the Narromine fire brigade were called out to a fire which destroyed the lock-up garages at the rear of the Insp[?]al Hotel…

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Fought with Police Sensational Arrest Made at Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 2

A man wellknown to the police was arrested at a Dubbo hotel in sensational circumstances on Thursday evening. It is alleged that for 15 minutes he fought with two detectives in a parlor at the hotel before he was subsequently…

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District News Narromine Car, Garage Destroyed By Fire at Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 4

A car was totally destroyed by fire which gutted a garage at the rear of the Imperial Hotel, the outbreak being the second in the town…

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All Newcastle Hotels "Black" to Unions Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

From the unions' viewpoint, all hotels in the Newcastle district are on the blacklist. No arrangements have been made…

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Hotel Closure legal Declares Premier Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 1

Hotelkeepers who had supplies of beer were not entitled to close their opening during the Premier (Mr…

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Case Against Licensee Withdrawn by Police

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

When a case of allowing persons on permises after hours against Walter Terner Mellugh, who until yesterday was licensee of Tattersall's…

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Hotels to Remain Open. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Premier McKell stated he proposed to take steps if possible to compel hotelkeepers to keep…

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Equality in Distribution Of Hotels' Stocks Canberra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 1

Following widespread complaints that beer was being served in lounges or saloons while hotel public bars were closed, the…

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