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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

189 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 10

Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 2

Yesterday, before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., Messrs. L. A. [?]tbery and A. W. Purtell, J'sP., renewals of annual hotel[?]nses were grantest to Thomas…

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Publicans' Indignation

The Worker · Thursday 19 September 1907 · page 15

An assertion by the Rev. E. Tregear to the effect that "hotelkeepers would make their own mothers drunk if they could make sixpence thereby" provoked the indignation…

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Hotel Robbed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 5

The Castle Connell Hotel in Regent-street was entered by burglars last night and £22 worth of goods was stolen…

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Fire Near Narrandera. Gillenbah Hotel Destroyed. Narrandera

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 5

The Gillenbah Hotel, of which Mr. John Foley is licensee, was destroyed by fire this morning. The building and contents were insured for £l755. It is…

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Fire at Narandera. Hotel Destroyed. Narandera

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1907 · page 2

John Foley's Gillenbah Hotel and its contents were completely destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock this morning. The building was insured for £1235, and…

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No License and Wayside Hotels

The Worker · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 5

Dear Worker,— In your issue of the 12th inst., your correspondent, "Bottom Square," writes in answer to my letter of a week previous…

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The Red Lion Hotel

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

The Red Lion Hotel was offered for sale by auction yesterday, by Messrs. Meurant and Blake and John Skudder and Co., auctioneers in conjunction…

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Large Hotel Burnt

The Worker · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 15

Folley's Giilenbah Hotel, Narrandera (N.S.W.) was totally destroyed by fire on Sept. 20. The day previous to the fire a contract had been signed and a deposit paid…

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Destructive Fire. the Gillenbah Hotel Burned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 4

The Gillenbah Hotel, one of the oldest hostelries on the Murrumbidgee, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday morning last…

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On Licensed Premises Drinking After Hours

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 4

Before Messrs. G. Stevenson, P.M., and J. J. Baylis, J.F., in the Police Court yesterday morning, George Johnstone was charged with having…

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Licensing Court

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

In the Licensing Court, yesterday, before Messrs. G. Stevinson, P.M., and W. Purtell, J.P., High Stevens, the licensee of the Commercial Hotel…

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Wayside Publican Convicted for Selling After Hours. a Second. Charge Fails

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 4

Mary Ann Walsh, licensee of the Junction Hotel, Urana-road, was charged before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M., at the Police Court yesterday…

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The Licensee Summoned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

Mary Ann Walsh, the [?] of the hotel was charged with allowing persons on hotel during unlawful [?] and also with following ga[?] for stakes on the premises…

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Found oil Licensed Premises a Big Police Hall

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. G. Stevenson [?] George [?] was emerged with being round on the junctions [?] Hotel premises on Sunday…

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South Melbourne Hotel Row

The Worker · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 15

In connection with the fatal affray at the Star Hotel, Clarendon-street, South Melbourne, which resulted in the death of Frank Mangan, who was looking on at the…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. No License

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 2

Speaking at a gathering of the nolicense party, Canon Boyce-said he felt they were within measurable distance of absolute no-licence throughout…

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No-license and Wayside Hotels

The Worker · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 7

Dear Worker,—R.B.L.R. in yours of 26th Sept. claims that he has not shifted his ground from weary travellers getting good meals and…

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Thefts from an Hotel

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 3

On Tuesday morning Henry Ford, an old man previously employed at the Union Club Hotel, appeared at the Wagga police court before Messrs…

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Parson and Publicans

The Worker · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 15

The Rev. George Tregear has returned to his attack on the publicans. Addressing a Footscray (V.) meeting, he repeated his statement that publicans, as a class, would…

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Moore’s Hotel

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 5

The opportune time for the opening of Mr. E. J. Moore’s two-storey brick hotel was taken advantage of on sports day. This…

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