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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

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

Two applications for hotel license transfers were granted by Mr. Spence, SM., at Dubbo Licensing Court last week…

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Orders To Move Hotel Verandahs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 1

Four summonses against Tooth and Co. Ply. Ltd., alleging failure to comply with council orders were adjourned till…

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Manslaughter Plea in Parkes Hotel Killing Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Jack Anderson, 33, laborer of Wollongong, pleaded guilty in the Central Criminal Court today to the manslaughter of…

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15 Years Jail for Homicide in Parkes Hotel Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

A laborer who pumped six shots into a man in the bar of a Parkes hotel on January 6 was yesterday sentenced to 15 years' jail for manslaughter which, Mr. Justice Myers said, was 'scarcely…

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Show Committee to Run Own Publican's Booth

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 8

The publican's booth at the Trangle Show on May 7 and 8 will be conducted by the committee of the Trangle PA…

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Yeoval Man Burned in Hotel Fire Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 4

A Yeoval man, Mr. A. R. Agnew, was one of four people who were badly burned in a fire which gutted the Commercial…

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Licensing Court

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 11

Applications, for booth licences were granted at the Coonabarabran Licensing Court last week before Mr. C. K. Ward,…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 6

At the Licensing Court, Bourke, on Tuesday last a liquor license to sell wines, spirits and beers, was granted…

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Punched Hotel Door, Fined £3

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 2

A man who allegedly punched a hole in a plate glass door at Tattersall's Hotel, Macquarie Street on March 5, was fined £3…

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Hotel Pipe Line

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 10

Permission was granted to W. T. Malouf Holdings Pty Ltd to run a sewerage pipe line across TSR17338 providing that…

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Carruthers Works in Hotel

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

Jimmy Carruthers, former world bantamweight boxing champion, began work as a collarman in…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 6

Before Mr. F. Spence, Licensing Magistrate, at the Licensing Court at Bourke last week, the licence of the Central…

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New Grand Hotel Open to the Public To-morrow

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 1

The modern new Grand Hotel, erected in Lee Street at a total cost of £100,000, will be fully open for the public to-morrow. The hotel, which was erected by Sydney hotelier,…

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Granted Hotel License, But Warned by S.m

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Granting a hotel licence to a man at the last Dubbo Licensing Court, Mr. Stapleton, SM, told him that he did not…

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Bakers Must Be Licensed Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 4

Bankers must apply for licences before August 1 under amendments made last year to the Bread…

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Transfer of Publican’s Licence

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 7

An application for the transfer of a publican’s licence from Elizabeth Thompson Smith, Merrygoen to Oswald Thomas…

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No License for Motor Bicycle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

Collin Michael Jamieson, of Tullamore, was fined £1/8/- with 12/- Court costs by Mr. Stapleton SM at Dubbo Court…

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More Club Licenses Sought SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

Additional club liquor licences will be provided by an amendment to the Liquor Bill, the Minister for Justice (Mr…

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Two Men Gain Pilot Licenses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

Two Dubbo men recently gained their "A" class pilot's licences at the Gilgandra Flying Club…

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Tooraweenah Hotel License Police and Residents Object to Renewal

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 2

At the Licensing Court, Coonamble, on 22nd June, an unusual feature marked the normally smooth procedure of the annual renewal of publicans'…

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