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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

16 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message) ManFound Dead in Burning Bed in Hotel Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

Samuel Newlands, aged 35, manager of a miniature golf course, was found lying in a burning bed at the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, this morning. When…

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Hotel Thief

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 6

Reginald George Willmott, who was arrested at Braidwood and remanded to Moss Vale, appeared at the latter Court to answer a charge of stealing…

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Thieves Thwarted Hotel Keeper’s Daughter Shows Pluck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 1

A daring attempt at robbery was made on Sunday afternoon at an hotel at Wollongong, but was frustrated by the pluck of Miss Shea, daughter of…

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Position of Publicans

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 1

Mr. Hoad asked the Minister for Justice in the Assembly last week whether he was aware that many holelkeepers had entered into leases…

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Licensing Court Tuesday (Betore Mr. Forrest, P.M.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 3

The applications for renewal of all the hotel licenses in the district were granted. There were do police objections…

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Music at Hotels an Offence Under Liquor Actsydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

An official of the Crown Law Office expresed the view that a hotel proprietor who had an orchestra playing on his premises during meals was actually…

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Music in Hotels

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 3

An official of the Crown Law Office, commenting on the refusal of a magistrate at Moree to grant a music permit for a dance to be held in a…

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Hotel Serves Three Guests

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 3

The world’s quickest successful venture on hotel operation occurred in Hollywood recently, when an important hostelry opened its doors, registered…

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Licensed at Canberra Changed with Driving Un-registered Lorry in N.S.W.

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

A case of considerable interest to district motorists was heard before Mr. Forrest, P.M. on Monday, when Robert O’Brien pleaded not guilty to driving an…

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Got Home on the Publican

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

A country hotelkeeper, having struck financial trouble, was approached by a commercial traveller with whom he had many a night out…

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Hawker Fined Failed to Display Name arid Licensed Number

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 1

This morning before Mr. Forrest, P.M Michael O’Keeffe was charged that he did not have his name and licensed number printed in Roman letters in a…

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Publicans and Premier

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 6

Pointing out the serious financial difficulties in which hotel-keepers found themselves, Mr. Kilpatrick (C.P.) asked the Premier in the New…

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Hotel Dispute

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 5

John Mitchell, Christiana Mitchell, and Baron Leslie Mitchell, mortgagees of the Hotel Goulburn, sought the assistance of the, Equity Court in…

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Claim for Wages Hotelkeeper to Pay £43/10/9

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 2

A case under the Industrial Arbitration Act 1912, Section 49, was heard by the Industrial Magistrate, Mr. J. W. T. Forrest, at the Cooma Court on Friday,…

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Opossum Licenses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 2

Sergeant Genner has asked us to remind those holding licenses to destroy opossums to return them before 1st August, when the open season…

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Licenses to Keep Rabbits

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 6

It is only permissible to keep furbearing rabbits in the counties of Cumberland and. Camden, and in approved premises, under licenses from…

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