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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1958

13 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Car Stolen From Rear Yard of Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 January 1958 · page 1

A car, a cream Holden Sedan, No. AHW886, was stolen from the rear yard of the Queanbeyan on…

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New Zealand’s Hotels Cater for Tourists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1958 · page 3

Although New Zealand has made much of its tourist opportunities in the past there is a new and stimulating regeneration of interest in this aspect of the country’s life. An Australian Press and Radio party discovered this when…

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Far and Wide Hotel Up For Public Auction

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 April 1958 · page 3

Crookwell’s Criterion Hotel will be sold by public auction in Sydney this month. Its sale will terminate an association of nearly 54 years with the hotel for owner, Mrs. E. A. Harvey…

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Local Publican and Thirty Men Fined for Liquor Offences

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1958 · page 3

A Queanbeyan publican and thirty men were fined in the Queanbeyan Petty Sessions on Wednesday for offences against the Liquor Act…

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Charge Against Hotel Licensee Dismissed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 August 1958 · page 3

A charge against Loretta P. O’Rourke of being the licensee of premises on which unauthorised persons were found during prohibited hours, was dismissed in the…

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Publican Was “Dead Stiff”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 August 1958 · page 4

A Queanbeyan publican, charged with selling liquor on a Sunday, told police he was “dead stiff.”…

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New Publican Welcomed to Race Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 August 1958 · page 1

Mr. Fred Powell, of the Victoria Hotel, was extended a warm welcome to the Queanbeyan Racing Club by…

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Persons Found on Hotel Premises; Publican Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 August 1958 · page 2

The licensee of the Royal Hotel, John Grant Sims, was fined £5 with £1 costs in the Queanbeyan Court of…

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Alterations to Tourist Hotel Approved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 August 1958 · page 4

Extensive alterations are contemplated in the near future to the Tourist Hotel, Queanbeyan…

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Sympathy for Fellow Publicans

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1958 · page 1

One Queanbeyan hotel-keeper will not be taking part in the big publicans’ scooter race to be…

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The Publicans’ Purse Will be Keenly Contested

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 October 1958 · page 3

As an added attraction to this year’s Canberra to Queanbeyan scooter race, the organisers of the event—the Lions Club, of Queanbeyan—has decided to stage a…

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Publican’s Victory Smile

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 October 1958 · page 6

WINNER of the “publican’s purse” scooter race for publicans, Harry Henderson (Hotel Queanbeyan) has the smile of victory as he and other contestants are mobbed by the crowd after the race on Saturday. Henderson (left) is seen with the other contestants, Keith Hatcher (Hotel Civic) and Kevin Kelly (Hotel Wellington). Several…

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Man Fined After Fracas Near Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 December 1958 · page 6

As the result of a fracas outside the Royal Hotel last Thursday night a migrant, Joseph Serji, of 79…

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