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Hotels & licensing, 1911

177 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 9

Peer Shoots Himself. American Hotel Sensation. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 5

A man believed to be Lord Sholto Douglas, a British peer, committed suicide in an hotel in New York, by shooting himself…

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Suicide in a Hotel Believed to Be English Loud. New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 2

A man shot himself in a hotel here, registered in the make of Maurice Stewart of San Francisco. He is believed to be Lord Sholto Douglas, who…

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License Transfer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 2

The Licensing Bench agreed to the transfer of the Club House Hotel (Kincaid-street) license from Michael J. Murray to Chas. E. Slocum, who…

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Licensing Court. Monday, November 13, 1911. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson. P.m.) Transfer Granted

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 4

An application for the transfer of the license of the Club House Hotel from Michael J. Murray to Charles S. Slocum was granted…

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Fire at Coolamon Royal Hotel Stable Burnt. a Horse Perishes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 November 1911 · page 4

A fire broke out in the stables of the Royal Motel at Coolamon at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, resulting in these and other outbuildings being totally…

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Publican and Poet

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

M. Michel Pons, the Parisian publican who (says the "Westminster Gazette") offered himself as a candidate for Francois Coppee's fauteull at the…

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Squatters' Hotel. JACK J. FRIMLEY, Proprietor. (Late of South Australia.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 4

Begs to Intimate to the Public of Wagga and District that he has Taken over the above well-known Hotel, which he intends to Conduct on…

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Fire. Royal Hotel Stables Demolished

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 2

The usual calm serenity of the town was rudely disturbed shortly after midnight on Tuesday night by the clanging of the…

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New York Hotel Tips

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 7

New York hotels and restaurants receive large sums yearly for renting their cloak-room privileges, according to testimony brought out in a suit…

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License Transfer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 2

The application of G. F. Wheeler for permission to transfer the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel to John Williams, was granted…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. Stevenson, P.M.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 4

At a sitting of the Licensing Court the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel was transfered from G. P. Wheeler to John Williams…

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Local and General. New Hotel at Oaklands

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. Alexander opened his new hotel at Oaklands on Saturday. The building is certainly a credit to the district, and should serve local requirements for many…

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Inhuman Treatment of Prisoner. Warder Held to Blame. Release on License Recommended. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 5

The report of Judge Edmunds, who sat as a Royal Commission to inquire into the Alleged illtreatment of the prisoner Denmead in Darlinghurst Gaol,…

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The Prince of Wales Hotel

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. J. Williams, late of the Great Eastern Hotel, Young, have taken up the reins of government, at "The Prince of Wales" hotel,…

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The Club House Hotel

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 November 1911 · page 2

There are new folk at the Club House Hotel, Kincaid-street, just opposite the Olympia. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Slocum have come from…

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Glenroy Hotel Distroyed By Fire

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

About 3 a. m on Wednesday last, the Glen roy Hotel was discovered to be in the grip of the fiery demon, and in a comparatively brief space of…

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Glenroy Hotel Destroyed by Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 November 1911 · page 2

During the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Glenroy Hotel, between Wagga and Tumbarumba, together with a store attached, occupied…

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Gas Main Explodes. Wrecks a Hotel. Ten People Injured. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 2

The fusing of an electric main melted the gas main of a pavement in Nottingham, and the explosion which followed completely wrecked the Albert Hotel,…

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Local and General News Wagga Auctioneers' Licenses

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 November 1911 · page 2

The annual Licensing Court for the granting of auctioneers' licenses for the district of Wagga was held at the Courthouse on Tuesday morning…

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Auctionrers' Licenses

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

The annual sitting of magistrates for hearing applications for auctionces' licenses took place on Tuesday before Mr. G. Stevenson…

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