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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

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Bourke Municipal Council Sights Selected for Sewerage No. 1 Station and Treatment Works. C.W.A. Proposed Rest Room in Park. No New Taxi Licenses for Three Months

The Western Herald · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

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

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Legion may Make Loan to Community Hotel

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 11

A suggestion that the Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women be the first organisation in the field to support the proposed…

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New Trotting License for Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

Orange Far West Trotting Club has received its license and will hold its first meeting on October 16—during the Cherry Blossom…

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Licenses Approved

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 5

The following applications for licenses were, submitted by Mr. Young, heatth Inspector, at the Coonabarabran Shire Council…

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Licensing Court Two Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 6

The licenses of the Club House Hotel, Wellington, and the Goolma Hotel, were transferred at the…

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Chamber Recommends Omnibus License for Mrs. Delves

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

Referring to the Shire Council's refusal to recommend the granting of an omnibus license to Mrs. Delves, Mr. F. J. McKeon, at a meeting of the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night, said that Council feared,…

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Community Hotel Committee’s Report Endorsed by Chamber of Commerce

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce at a meeting on Thursday night, endorsed the work already carried out by the Community Hotel sub-committee and appointed the present organisers as a permanent committee to press forward…

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Bowling Club Criticised For Opposing Ex-Soldiers' Claim for Club License

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 3

Strong resentment was expressed at a meeting of the Peak Hill RSL on Saturday of the action of the Peak Hill Bowling Club making a…

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Hotel Robberies. Goods Valued at £62 Stolen

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

Three robberies, two from parked cars, and one from a hotel room, took place at the Club House Hotel on…

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Licensing Court Grants Club License To Bowlers Servicemen’s Application Fails

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 6

At a special sitting of the Licensing court held at Coonabarabran on Monday and Tuesday morning, when the Coonabarabran Bowling Club and the Ex-Servicemen’s Club each applied for a liquor license, the Bench regretted that…

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"Hotel Narromine" Permission to Erect Neon Sign Withdrawn

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 5

It was reported to last night's meeting of the Narromine council that after permission had been granted for the erection of a Neon…

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Bowling Club Liquor License Not Taken Too Kindly by Legion Members

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 5

Members of the Coonabarabran sub-branch of the Legion of Ex-serviceman are anything but pleased with the result of the licensing Court’s decision last week to grant a liquor license to the Bowling Club in preference to the…

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Need For Modern Hotels In Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 6

Ever on the alert to push Dubbo interests to the lindt Ald. W. Grant at Tuesday's meeting suggested the time…

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Licensing Court at Dubbo Today

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 1

The Full Bench of the Licensing Magistrates, Messrs. Bliss, Scobie, and Wells, sat at the Dubbo Court House today…

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Liquor License to Golf Club Court Rejects Bowling Club's Application on Technicality. Bench Rules That Appeals May Be Lodged Within 21 Days

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 1

PROVIDED that there is no appeal lodged by either the Bowling Club or the Ex-Servicemen's Club within 21 days, the Wellington Golf Club will have been successful in its application for a Club Liquor License…

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Narromine Bowling Club Granted Liquor License United Services Applications Adjourned for Later Hearing

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

The Narromine bowling club was granted a liquor licences at Dubbo yesterday by the Full Bench of Licensing Magistrates, Messrs. [?]…

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Liquor Club Licenses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 2

At a full sitting of the Licensing Bench at Wellington on Wednesday, the Golf Club was successful in its application for a…

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Generous Gesture of New Local Hotelkeeper

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 12

Although be has only resided in Wellington for a short period, the proprietor of the Club House Hotel, Mr…

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Bus License Refused Tax Proprietors Protest

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

[?] briefly in last is[?] [?] application fr[?] Mrs. A. M. Delves for an omnibus licence for her nine-seater car…

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Liquor License for Servicemen's Club

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 3

Coonabarabran sub-branch of the R.S.L. has written to headquarters asking to be advised concerning the best steps to take…

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