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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

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Limited Hotel Service Not Bar to Licence Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1944 · page 1

Describing a magistrate's finding as entirely unwarranted, Judge Studdert at the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court today upheld an appeal by George…

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Oldest Hotel Licensee

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 1

Believed to be Australia's oldest hotel licensee, Mrs. Scherf, of the Albion Hotel, Warren, cele brated her 95th birthday last…

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Licensing Court Hotels Responsibilities Full Meals for Public

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 14

At the Licensing Court held on Tuesday last, certain hotels in Wellington which were not providing…

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Renewal of Licences Conditions Imposed on Publicans

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 June 1944 · page 1

When renewing hotel licences at the Coonamble Licencing Court on Wednesday of last week, Mr. R. G…

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Local and General Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 23 June 1944 · page 4

At the Bourke Licensing Court on Monday last before Mr. R. G. Cookson, Licensing Magistrate, renewals of publican's licenses were…

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Prohibited Meeting at Hotel

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 2

Recently Forbes police, through their officer, in charge, Inspector McCormack, prevented the Diggers' Race Club from holding a…

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Tragedy in City Hotel. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

Hearing a two year old girl sobbing bitterly in an unlocked room at Mansion House Hotel, City yesterday, a maid entered to find…

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Onus of Management Rests on Licensee

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

In the licencing court at Dubbo yesterday Mr. R. G. Cookson, LM, approved an application for the transfer of the licence of the Pastoral Hotel…

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Licensee Told Chance His First and Last

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

The licensee and two persons found on the premises of the Commercial Hotel after hours on June 3 were before the Dubbo police court…

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More Coupons for Hotelkeepers

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

During recent months the lisences of most hotels were renewed on condition that more meals and accommodation were…

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Hotel Accomodation

The Western Herald · Friday 18 August 1944 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. continues to receive complaints from travellers regarding inability to secure reasonable food at some country hotels, which…

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Car Wireless License

The Western Herald · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 6

Motorists who have a wireless set fitted to their cars are reminded by th N.R.M.A. that it is necessary for them to take out a…

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Electricians' Licensing Examinations

The Western Herald · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 4

An examinations of applicants for Electricians' licenses under the provisions of Ordinance No. 73 under the Local Government Act…

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Tragedy in Victor Hotel Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 1

Because she had not seen for some, hours the proprietress of the Victor, a private hotel in the city. Mrs. Mary Phoenix last night…

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Licensee Fined After-Hours Patrons

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1944 · page 2

Found in the bar of the Pastoral Hotel at 10.30 a.m. on August 22, Albert Clarke and Sam Dentrinos pleaded guilty at the Dubbo police…

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Blazing Mattress Cast from Hotel Balcony

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1944 · page 2

When some beading caught fire in a bedroom at the Pastor Hotel at 1.15 a.m. on Saturday, the mattress was cast over the balcony and burned in…

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Dunedoo Hotel Licence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1944 · page 6

In the Dubbo licensing court yesterday Mr. E. G. Cookson, LM. approved the transfer of the licence of the Royal Hotel, Dunedoo, from Howard Cecil…

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Famine in Coonamble Hotels Fail to Cater for Visitors

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 September 1944 · page 1

One of the scandals of the Americans' visit to Coonamble last week was the lack of facilities for the visitors to have meals. In this regard a grave reflection must be cast…

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Valueless Cheque Said Given to Publican

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1944 · page 4

Reginald Alfred Badger (26), laborer, was charged with false pretences at a special sitting of the Dubbo police court yesterday…

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Peak Hill Hotelkeepers Complimented

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 October 1944 · page 7

The meeting inspecter's [?] reported [?] has [?]…

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