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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

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Two Man Gain Pilot Licenses

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

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

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Served Liquor After Hours Hotel Keeper, Drinkers Fined

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

The licensee of the Mountain View Hotel at Tooraweenah, Frank Herbert Morse, and five men drinking in the hotel when it was visited by police on…

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Another Hotel Keeper Loses Licence

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 3

An application by Ben Bernard, of the Royal Hotel Bathurst, for a renewal of his licence was…

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Fire Alarm At Narromine Hotel

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

The howl of the fire siren disturbed the peace last Sunday night at about 11.15. The outbreak was in the…

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Renewal of Liquor Licenses

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 7

Sitting as the Licensing Magistrate at Coonamble last week, Mr. Stapleton, S.M., approved the…

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Single Bottle Licenses SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

A petition for the introduction of single-bottle licenses had been signed by 300,000 people for presentation to…

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Licensing Court

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 10

A sitting of Licensing Court was held at the Coonabarabran Court House last week, before Mr. C. K. Ward, Licensing…

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Coonabarabran’s New Modern Hotel, To Open

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

The new modern, Hotel Coonabarabran erected by Malouf Holdings Pty. Ltd., will be opened on Saturday. That was stated at Tuesday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council by Cr. W. T. Malouf principal…

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Bakers Must Be Licensed Next Week SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

The Secretary of the Bread Manufacturers Association of NSW (Mr. C. B. Lane) said today he hoped that the…

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Official Opening of Hotel Coonabarabran

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

With the Coonabarabran Shire Band marching down the street in full drees uniform, the new Hotel…

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Licensing Court

The Western Herald · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 6

Before the Licensing Court on Tuesday last, the license of the Oxford Hotel, Bourke, was transferred from S. O. Dean to…

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Local and General Vote on Hotels This Year

The Western Herald · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

The State Government will hold a referendum on hotel trading hours this year. The referendum will probably be in…

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Community Hotel Proposed by Chamber

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Dubbo Chamber of Commerce at its meeting this week decided to recommend that the municipal council look…

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Tooraweenah Hotel

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

An appeal heard at Coonamble last week quashed a decision at a recent Licensing Court in which F…

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Breweries Ban Films From Hotels SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

Hotels must come showing films in their bars by Monday as the result of an edict yesterday by Tooth and Toohey's…

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Appeal by Hotelkeeper Upheld Special Undertakings Noted by Judge

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 6

An appeal by F. H. Morse, of the Mountain View Hotel, Tooraweenah, against the refusal of the Licensing Magistrate to grant a renewal of his…

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Liquor Licenses Transferred

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 4

In the last Dubbo Licensing Court two applications for transfer of Liquor Licenses were granted…

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Tractor Drivers Must Be Licensed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 3

Any person driving a tractor or self-propelled farm machinery on a public highway must possess a driving…

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Stole From Hotel Rooms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 3

A man who told the court he had a wife and five children to support was fined £15 in Dubbo Court today on each…

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Varsity Students Operate 600 Room Hotel Oslo, August 20

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 4

The students of the University of Oslo, ranging in age from 19-25, now own and operate the largest hotel in Scandinavia—the 600-room Student Town at Sogn, on the outskirts of Oslo…

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