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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

194 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 10

Military Officers Charged. Alleged Extortion From Publicans. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 1

Sherard Michael Becher (32) lieutenant and provost marshall at Liverpool Camp, and Mark Waugh (37,) sergeant major, appeared before the Central…

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Publicans Organise

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the executive of the United Licensed Victuallers' of the south-western districts was held at Smith's hotel…

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In a Sydney Hotel

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 6

A well-known masher, who wears an eye glass, affects the law as an amusement, and the stage as a profession and is in some matters…

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Partnership in Publican's Booth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

In the Albury Police Court, before Mr. J. Laidlaw, P.M., Patrick Hogan was charged that on September 7 he had sold liquor without holding a…

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Police Posing As Soldiers to Catch Hotelkeepers. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

The Newcastle Labor Council has passed a resolution disapproving of police posing as returned soldiers in order to trap publicans…

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The Closing of Hotels. Will It Be Eleven O'clock After the War?

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 3

Mr. Holman has announced that before II o'clock closing is reverted to. Parliament or the people will be given an opportunity of determining a permanent…

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Robbery at Junee. Loftus Hotel Safe Opened. Man Committed for Trial. Smart Police Work

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 3

When the safe at the Loftus Hotel, Junee, was visited on the morning of September 15 it was found to have been opened during the night and £44 in…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday September 25th, 916. (Before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.m.) Unlawfully on Licensed Premises

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

Francis Edward Ryan, for being found on licensed premises at Royal Hotel, Wagga, during prohibited hours, to wit, at 8.15 p.m. on the night…

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The Commercial Hotel

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

Patrons of it is popular hostel have been impressed with the fresh, renovated appearance of the interior, work creditably performed by Mr. C. Brewis…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Soldiers and Publicans. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 6

Sherrid Becher, lieutenant and provost marshal, and Mark Waugh, a sergeant-major in the Australian military forces, were charged at the…

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When Hotels Never Closed. Brandy at £2 a Bottle

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 7

Having for his companion as a fellow bullock—driver, Sir Thomas Beat, Victoria's late Premier, Mr, Thomas F. Saunders, of Orbost (Vic), in a letter describes items of interest…

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Large Hotel Commandeered. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 2

The Government has commandeered the Great Central Hotel at Ashome for convalescent officers…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1916 · page 4

At the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M. (Chairman) and Mr. L. A. Fosbery, J.P., an application for the transfer of…

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Licensed Victuallers. Deputation to the Premier

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the Southern Districts L.V. Association waited upon the Premier at the Council Chambers…

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The Loftus Hotel Case

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 3

A plea of guilty was entered by Harry Randolph Cox, who was charged with stealing £44 from a safe at the Loftus Hotel, Junee…

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Licensed Victuallers' Deputation

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

A deputation of licensed victuallers waited upon the Premier, Mr. Holman, at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, when Mr. J. J. Scott, President, placed…

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Closing of Hotels. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 3

Although no power exists under the State Liquor Act to close hotels on referendum day, it is considered certain that a proclamation will be issued…

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Hotels to Close. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

It is reported to-day that a proclamation is to be issued by the Minister for Defence closing all hotels throughout the Commonwealth the referendum…

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Referendum Day. Hotels Must Strictly Close. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

A war proclamation was issued to-day that all hotels must be closed on Referendum Day. The proclamation also provides that no liquor is to…

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Hotel Restrictions. New Regulation. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

A war regulation issued today provides that not only must hotelkeepers not permit liquor to be sold, but also must not permit any intoxicating…

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