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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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Small Fire in Hotel Cellar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 4

A small blaze in the cellar of the Railway Junction Hotel was put out quickly last night by the Dubbo Fire Brigade…

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Fatal Shooting in Bar of Parkes Hotel Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 3

A man who is alleged to have walked into a Parkes Hotel yesterday afternoon and fired four fatal shots into another…

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£30 Compensation for Assault at Dubbo Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

Fabian Collyer, a former POW of the Japanese and now a PMG Department employee, of Darling Street, was placed on a bond of £10 to be of good behavior for 12 months by Mr. McNamara, SM, at…

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Licensing Court Baradine Hotel Transfer

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 10

An application for the transfer of the Baradine Hotel publican’s licence, from Leslie Alan Johnson, to Clement Joseph…

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Fire in Hotel After Guest Smoked in Bed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Ashes from a eigarette are believed to have caused a fire which broke out in a bedroom of the Macquarie View Hotel,…

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Hotel Balconies Will Be "Reserved", Feb 10

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

Dubbo police would ask Council's cooperation in requesting hotel licensees to keep people off their balconies during the Queen's drive through the town, the Superintendent of Dubbo District Police…

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Driver's License Is Suspended On A Drink Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

At the Dubbo Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, Phillip F. McGee, of Gipps Street, Dubbo, was fined £30 and disqualified from holding a driver's license for three years for driving under the influence…

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HAYMES & Rita Make Basement Exit From Hotel New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 1

Singer Dick Haymes and his actress wife, Rita Hayworth, went into seclusion yesterday to await hearings on the…

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Visitor Dies in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 3

Albert (Joe) Martin, 60, of "Moonel," Eumungerie, dropped dead in the Railway Junction Hotel, Dubbo, at 5 pm on…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences Granted

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

Applications for booth licences were granted at the Coonabarabran Licensing Court, held today be…

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Five Taxi Truck Drivers Fined; for License Breach

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

A witness admitted in the last Dubbo Court that a taxi driver had paid him to obtain evidence against five taxi truck drivers. The witness, Warren Payseno, builder's laborer,…

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Women Inspectors for Hotels Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

A team of trained women should be used to improve hotel meals and accommodation said the…

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Judge On Evils Of 6 O'Clock Hotel Closing SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Declaring that the evils associated with 6 o'clock closing should not be tolerated in a civilised community, the Liquor Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) in his report said that most of the trade…

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Food Liquor In Hotels

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Dealing with the question of hotel meals and accommodation Mr. Justice maxwell in his report said:…

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Country Vote on Hotel Hours to Be Separated Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

Cabinet Ministers generally favor legislation to amend the Liquor Act and provide to for a referendum on hotel closing hours. It is believed that a method of voting in the…

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Tasmania's Hotels Close 10pm HOBART

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

Tasmanians cannot understand why NSW hotels close at 6 pm as Tasmania has had 10 pm closing for hotels for nearly 22…

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Longer hours needed for country hotels Wellington licensees comment on Maxwell Liquor Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

Wellington hotel licensees to-day praised Mr. Justice Maxwell's comment in the Liquor Commission report that country hotels should have extended hours. The licensees were approached…

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Women Inspectors for Hotels

The Western Herald · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 6

A team of trained women should be used to improve hotel meals and accommodation said the Liquor Royal…

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Judge on Evils of 6 O'clock Hotel Closing

The Western Herald · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 6

Declaring that the evils associated with 6 o'clock closing should not be tolerated in a civilised…

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Trial for Murder Follows Shooting in Hotel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

The fatal shooting of a man in a Parkes Hotel bar on January 6 this year was a case of cold blooded, callous murder, said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Ziems) in the Dubbo Criminal Court today…

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