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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

162 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 9

Cr. Keeping Disagrees With Hire License, Renovations, and Grant to Tennis Club

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 11

Three resolutions passed at the last special meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council during his absence has got…

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Club House Hotel License

The Western Herald · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 4

Before Messrs. Scobie, Bliss and Welles (Members of licensing Reduction Board) at the Court House Bourke on Wednesday last, an…

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Adverse Report on Cowra Hotels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

An investigation by Cowra Council lias shown that most Cowra hotels are in a dilipadated state and are totally in adequate for the needs of the town…

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Municipality of Bourke Removal of Hotel License Disapproved Of

The Western Herald · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

A meeting of the Aldermen of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Publican's Turn to Complain

The Western Herald · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 7

The N.R.M.A., which has been complaining for years of the ill-treatment of the travelling public by indifferent hotel licensess, now…

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Luxury Hotel for Occupation Troops People Wouldn't Believe It Says District Resident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 4

Bu[?]t at a cost of approximately £200,000 in preparation for influx of distinguished visitors to Japan for the O'ympie Games,…

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Hotels Turn Away Hundreds for Show-race Week Accommodation Position Acute

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 2

Hundreds of would-be visitors to the Dubbo Show and races will be disappointed because of the acute accommodation position over the next week. Already hotels have turned down hundreds of enquiries…

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Colored Plan of Community Hotel Wanted by Tourist Department

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 13

Mr. S. M- W. Stelling, Under-Secretary for Tourists, has intimated to the Coonabarabran Shire Council that he is very interested in…

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Luxury Hotel For Occupation Troops “People Wouldn’t Believe It,” Says District Resident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 12

Following last weeks letter from Private Bruce Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hunt, of Cassilis Street, who is a member of the…

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Hotels To Be Straightened Up

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 5

The increased attention being paid by the licensing authorities to see that hotels function in the way set out by the provisions of the Licensing Act,…

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Few Hotel Are Up to Proper Standard, Says N.r.m.a. Official

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

Out of a total of 1410 licensed hotels in NSW country districts, the NRMA considers that only 68 are fulfilling the Association's standards…

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£500 Open Challenge Coona. Publican Makes Offer To Councillors

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 12

With the time getting near for the licensing court to hear arguments for and against the granting of a liquor license for…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. N.r.m.a. De-registers Hotels

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 7

Following complaints by members of failure to secure reasonable service the N.R.M.A. has removed three well-known country hotels from its…

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Disastrous Hotel Fire Also Destroys Newspaper Office

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 1

Fire destroyed a wing of the Royal Hotel which included the office of the Namoi Herald, at Gunnedah early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at about £25,000…

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Hotel Accommodation for Indigent Family New York, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 1

A thirty-five-year-old father, in the city relief, who appeared in the Domestic Relations Court yesterday to explain why one of his…

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Tansfer of Grand Hotel License

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 10

At the Wellington Licensing Court on Tuesday morning last, the license of the Grand Hotel was transferred from James…

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Plan Overdue Grading Hotels and Guest Houses

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 8

Better accommodation at hotels and guest houses in New South Wales is aimed at in a new Government campaign…

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The Face at the Bar Room Door Drover Gets Poisoned Eye As Result of Hotel Brawl

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 11

When I put my face in the bar-room door of the Imperial Hotel on the fifth of September last, I saw a fight between…

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Not Holder of a License

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 10

Lawrence Clive Matthews, of “The River,” Coonabarabran, was fined £3 plus 5/6 court costs, after he pleaded guilty to driving a…

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Few Hotels Up to Standard

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 6

According to N.R.M.A. officials only 68 out of a total of 141 licensed hotels in New South Wales country districts are fulfilling the…

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