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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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

Hotel on Fire Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 1

Oaks Hotel, at the Oaks, near [?] was destroyed by fire early this morning. The inmates were compelled to flee, clad only in pyjamas…

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Sunday Drinking P.M. Reproves Young . Men No Mark for Licensee

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

“What is the matter with you, Swan, that you can’t keep away from the hotels?” demanded Mr. Britz, P.M., in the Queanbeyan…

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Sewerage Problems Question of Licensed Contractors Council’s Decision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

At last night’s meeting of the Municipal Council further discussion took place on the vexed question of the qualifications of the…

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Obstructed Police Incident at Hotel Arrest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 3

An arrest at a hotel bar at Canberra on January 21 led to a charge of obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty being preferred…

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New Hotel Building

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 2

The licence of the old Captain’s Flat Hotel was transferred to the new building on Tuesday and Mr. H. Martin, an old identity, declared the new bar open…

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Motorist Fined Left License As Security

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 7

To part with a motor driver's license is an offence under the Motor Traffic Act, as William Claude Heeney, of Canberra, found to his cost…

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Captain’s Flat Transfer Of Hotel License Police Congratulate Owners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., Chief Licensing Magistrate, at Queanbeyan Courthouse early this afternoon, granted the application of William Ferdinand Mabbott…

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Cheques Like Chaff Old Offender Before Court Publican Defrauded

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 1

The combined effects of drink and war injuries were blamed by Patrick Edward Kelly, 551, greyheaded and neatly dressed, who…

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Publicans and Waste Beer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

If a recommendation to the Pure Foods Advisory Committee, which meet on Thursday, is adopted, regulations will be brought down…

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Licensing of Cafes New Power for Shires

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 7

Power to cancel the licenses of cafes, refreshment rooms and restaurants if the proprietors are twice convicted for having dirty premises…

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Charges Dismissed Goulburn Show Sequel Publican’s Booth Lesse in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

There was an interesting sequel to the last Goulburn Show at the Goulburn Police Court on Monday when charges were preferred against two…

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Revision of Hotel Hours Urged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Ross, M.L.A., in urging a revision of hotel closing hours, described the Governments refusal to touch the Liquor Act as "sheer…

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Controlling Sale of Inferior Rams Registered Breeders Seek Remedy Licensing Proposal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

The need for action being taken to prevent the distribution of inferior rams, particularly at country sales, was emphasised by several speakers…

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Hotel Robbed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 7

Notes and silver to the value of £600 were stolen from the strong-room of the White Horse Hotel at Hurstville early yesterday morning…

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After the Match Sergeant Visits Hotel Court Cases Follow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 1

After the Queanbeyan-Yass Cup match on June 25 Sergeant Gray visited Walsh’s Hotel in Monaro Street. So did a number of other…

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Hotel Pavement Sharing the Cost

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 2

Last night the aldermen of the Municipal Council were agreed on the necessity of surrounding the Hotel Queanbeyan with a bituminous…

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Hawkers' Licenses Council's Powers Defined

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

The well-established principle that a local government body may not exercise its powers in the granting and withholding of traders' licences…

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Man Beast or Corpse N.s.w. Hotels Must Give Each a Roof

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 6

Among many queer provisions being found in New South Wales liquor laws tangle are:—A hotel is regarded as a temporary…

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Hotel Robbed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 7

Another big robbery was perpetrated during the week-end, when thieves broke into the Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay, and removed a small…

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Local and General Trout Licenses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 2

Licenses for the trout fishing season, which opens on the first day of next month, are now available at the C.P.S. office. Licenses will be…

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