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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

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Bitter Feeling Over Liquor Motion Publican Walks Out Of Commerce Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

A heated clash between two members of the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce last night ended in one of them—a publican—walking out of the meeting. The clash was between Mr. B. McLernon who advocate liquor…

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Tooraweenah Hotel 1890

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 1

The group includes, from left to right: Mr. Shoemack, Mr. Bill Zell, snr., Mr. Bill Zell, inr., Miss Lily Hogben, Mrs. Drew, Gilgandra (nee Harris), Mrs. R. H. Harris, Mrs. L. Shoemack (deceased), Miss Charlotte Brooks (now Mrs. W. Harris), and Mr. Peter Harris…

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Flying Hotels

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 6

Giant, double-decker luxury planes that fly in the sub-stratosphere have been put on the Australia-United States run…

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[?] Hotel

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 3

A modern hygienic method of morning [?] hear has been Introduced at the Royal Hotel. [?] by the new…

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Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 3

Applications for taxi licenses or hire car licenses were received from D. Hopley, F. Bock; Noel Webb, R. C.Gaffney and G. Lyons…

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Bourke Municipal Council Area of Park Land to Be Leased to Bowling Club Council Favours More Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 23 March 1951 · 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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Finance Short for Hotels Basic Wage Rise Blamed SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 2

Because of the basic wage rise, it was doubtful whether owners with limited capital could obtain finance to build…

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Flying Hotels

The Western Herald · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 9

Giant, double-decker luxury planes that fly in the sub-stratosphere have been put on the Australia-United States run by Pan…

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Coonabarabran Community Hotel

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 7

SIR : I wish to congratulate the Shire President (Cr. W. T Maloof) and Crs. Wangmann and Tredwell and other…

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Dubbo Hotels Transferred

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

In the Licensing Court at Dubbo this morning the licence of the Railway Hotel was transferred from J. Brannigan to B…

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Hotel Gutted at Koscuisko Guests, Staff Flee To Safety COOMA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 1

The wooden two-storey Hotel Kosciusko was gutted in a spectacular blaze at 4.30 a.m. today…

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Hotel Licence Is Transferred

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 2

The transfer of the Railway Junction Hotel from Ron Luscombe to Stan Tomlinson was approved by Mr. R. Palmer…

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Bourke Municipal Council Lengthy Discussion on Lease of Land to Bowling Club. Rise in Electric Current Charges Forecasted. Sixty Applications for Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 5

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

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Proposed Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 5

A letter was read from the Road Transport Department re conditions applying to taxi licenses. Preference must be given to…

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Publican Fined for Refusing to Serve Meal Taree

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 1

For refusing to serve with a meal a customer whom he considered unsuitably dressed, a Taree hotelkeeper was…

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Dubbo Publicans' Opinions on Dress in Hotels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 3

"Publicans should be the arbiters of fashion in their own dining-rooms." "The utterances of the magistrate in the Taree case were completely out of focus."…

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S.M. Says Hotel "Risky Place" for Cricket Club Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 2

In the Orange Court of Petty Sessions a Stipendiary Magistrate told a publican that a hotel "was a very risky place to have…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 6

At the Licensing Court, Bourke last week, the license of the Central Australian Hotel was transferred from Mr. Cecil Brown to Mr…

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Bourke Municipal Council Lease of Spark Area to Bourke Bowling Club. Deputation to Premier and Minister for Works. Large Number of Applications for Additional Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1951 · 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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Publicans Still in Dark on Drink Issue

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

Dubbo publicans and winebar managers are still "in the dark" on whether or not they, are entitled to serve liquor to…

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