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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1953

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

Liquor License for Braidwood Servicemen's Club

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

At the Licensing Court held at Braidwood on Thursday last, before the Licensing Magistrate, Mr. R. M. Stewart, the Braidwood Servicemen's…

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Hotel Accommodation Unpaid Licensee’s Action

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Ernest Spendelove proceeded against J. Cavanagh for failing to pay for meals and accommodation…

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Another Hotel Going Begging

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

Hotels do not appear to be the paying propositions they have been in the past, because we had the specicle of a few days ago of a brewery…

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Street License to Sell Fish

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

A temporary license to sell fish one day a week for one month from a street stand in Crawford Street will be issued by Queanbeyan Municipal…

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Licenses Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 4

On the Inspector’s recommendation, applications for licenses were approved by the Municipal Council as follows:…

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More Licenses Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 4

Licenses approved by the Municipal Council at its meeting last Thursday: Public Vehicles:…

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Charge Against Cooma Publican Man, Thought Drunk, Dies of Fractured Skull

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

The licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Cooma, has been charged with the manslaughter of Charles Higgins, 36, of Catherine Street, Leichhardt,…

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Licenses Granted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

The Municipal Council last Thursday approved the following licenses:— Dairymen and Milk Vendors: R. and A. Simmons, 28 Meredith Street; W…

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Publican Fined

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 2

Richard Leslie McMillan was charged with failing to close and keep closed to the public every bar on his licensed premises, at a time when…

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Felonious Slaying Charge Cooma Publican Committed for Trial

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 1

Victor James Snudden, Licensee of Prince of Wales Hotel, Cooma, has teen committed for trial at Ap[?] Quarter Cessions on a change of…

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Licensee Fined for Refusing Meals

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3

On a charge of having failed to provide meals for a traveller, a [?] hotelkeeper at W. Wyalong was fined £20…

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Hotels Must Disobey Local Council a New Light on the Verandah Post Controversy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

The following pan, taken from the "S.M. Herald," will most certainly prove of interest to Tallaganda Shire councillors, who have…

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150 Guests at Wedding Reception in Hotel Garden

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

The sunken garden at the Hotel Canberra made an attractive setting for the reception, attended by 150 guests, that followed the recent afternoon wedding of Miss Phillippa Anne O’Hanlon and Mr…

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Hotel License Transferred

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 1

Transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel, Bungendore, from the present lesse, Francis Patrick Farrell, to Torrington Richard…

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Street Trading Licenses Refused No Permits for Mobile Hotdog Stands in Q’bn

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 1

Street trading licenses for mobile hotdog stands will not be issued by Queanbeyan Council. The Council last week refused two applications after it received a letter from the Chamber of…

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Early Queanbeyan Hotel Still Going Strong From Roadside Shanty to Modern Hotel Vanished Inns of Q’beyan Recalled

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 3

The Oaks Inn, the Hand and Hear, the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle .... these are some of the now vanished hotels that served Queanbeyan in earlier years which are recalled by Mr. Ern Spendelove in this article. Mr. Spendelove was the first hotel licensee in the Australian Capital…

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Hotel Glasses in Pockets Cost Him £5

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 2

Having a 10oz. ULVA beerglass and six whisky glasses in his possession cost a new Australian, Luigi Matti of Crest Road, Queanbeyan, £5 at the…

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Notes and News Another Hotel Raid

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1953 · page 2

On Friday night, when there were quite a number of people in town on the occasion of the Y.A.'s woolshed ball, police officers from Goulburn…

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Serious Charge Alleged Savage Attack in Hotel Bar

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1953 · page 2

At the Braidwood Court of Petty Sessions last Friday, before Mr. John Fox, C.P.S., a new Australian, Mihali Groudef, who, through an interpreter…

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Licenses Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 2

Issue of these licenses was approved by Queanbeyan Council last week:— Public Vehicle Driver.—C. M…

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