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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

40 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Publicans and the Board of Health

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

The local publicans received quite a shock last week. At about 2 o'clock they were summoned to attend a meeting of the Licensing…

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Hotels Looted and Wrecked

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Yesterday morning thousands of soldiers left the camps, and completely looted and partially wrecked several hotels at Liverpool…

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Later. City Hotels Closed

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

All the hotels were closed in the city last night while the soldiers were rioting…

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Hotels and the Soldiers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 7

An appeal has been addressed to the Premier by the heads of the churches regarding the liquor trade and the soldiers. Drastic…

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Closing Hotels. Action by Minister for Defence

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) took action under the War Precautions Act on Thursday afternoon with regard to the closing of…

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Hotels and the War

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Defence has issued a proclamation closing hotels within the County of Cumberland at 6 p.m. daily. All…

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Hotel Hours. Referendum

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 5

The Government measure providing for the taking of a referendum on the question of the closing time of hotels during the…

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State Hotels in Queensland

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 2

The Government proposes to spend about £80,000 in the erection of State hotels on the Mount Cuthbert mining field, and within the…

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Coronation of Queen of Allies' Day. Crowning of Miss May Land, Licensed Vituallers' Nominee. Magnificent Function. a Brief But Bright Reign. Patriotic Response

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 2

The coronation of the Queen of Allies' Day took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Queanbeyan showground, and proved a very…

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Coronation of Queen of Allies' Day. Crowning of Miss May Land, Licensed Vituallers' Nominee. Magnificent Function. a Brief But Bright Reign. Patriotic Response

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 4

The coronation of the Queen of Allies' Day took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Queanbeyan showground, and proved a very…

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Hotel Accommodation. Rights of the Travelling Public

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 3

Mr. Black, who, as Chief Secretary, administers the Police Department, has had brought under his notice the decision of the police…

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The Feferendum of Hotel Hours. the Law Further Explained

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 3

The polling for the hotel hours referendum will be the first occasion on which the electors of New South Wales will have the privilege of…

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Harrying the Publican

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. Twomey, organiser for the Liquor Defence Association, is on a visit to Braidwood in connection with the forthcoming…

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The Publicans' Troubles an Outspoken Publican

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 7

With regard to the demands which have recently been made upon the owners of hotels in this district in the way of…

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German Father. Hotel Transfer Refused

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 7

John Thomas Leis applied to the Newcastle Licensing Bench on Friday for transfer to him' of the license of a hotel at Hamilton, but…

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Early Closing of Hotels

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 2

The Liquor Referendum Act. provides that all "licensed premises" shall be closed at the I hour decided upon. Under the…

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Licensing Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The annual Court for the renewal of publicans licenses in the licensing district of Braid-wood, was hold at the Courthouse…

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Liquor Referendum. Hotels Closing Hour. Overwhelming Vote for Six O'clock

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

Saturday's referendum to decide the closing hour of liquor bars for the duration of the war and for a period thereafter, has disclosed an…

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Decline in Hotel Values

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 2

A case which breaks new ground, and is therefore of considerable importance to the hotel trade, came before the Wagga Licensing Court on Friday in connection with…

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