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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

205 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 11

Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 8. (Before Messrs. G. S. Shepherd. L.M. and Cy., Culley, J.P.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 4

The following applications for renewals of hotel licenses were granted,—J. E. Warby (Punt Hotel, Darlington Point), G. R. Synes (Barel[?]…

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City Robberies Gang Still on the Rampage Hotel Haymarket Broken Into SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 1

A gang of thieves is still on the rampage in the city and suburbs. The latest sufferer is the licensee of the Hotel Haymarket, who lost a…

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License Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

At a sitting of the Licensing Court at Wagga, before Mr. G. S. Shepherd, L.M., a transfer of the license of the Royal George Hotel, Tarcutta-road…

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Not Returning License

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 7

A local motor cyclist pleaded guilty to not returning his expired license within the required three days. Fined 10/; costs 6/…

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Hotelkeeper Shot. Assailant Escapes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 1

William Bourke, husband of Mrs. Grace Bourke, license of the Union Hotel, Blackall, was shot in the check last night. It is surmised that the…

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North Wagga Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 2

At the Pastoral Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday afternoon Maeu[?] Blake, Watts Clark & Co. Ltd., offered at public auction the North Wagga Hotel…

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Booth Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

Applications by Annie E. Leaver, Farmers' Home Hotel, Wagga, for Booth licenses at the V.L.A. races on the M.T.C racecourse on June 26 and…

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Licensing Court. Monday, June 21, 1920. (Before Mr. George S. Shephered, L.M., and Mr. J. J. M'Grath, J.P.) Renewals and Transfers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

The application by George Joseph Cotter, licensee of the Squatters' Hotel, Wagga, which was adjourned from last court to allow of certain…

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An Hotel Keeper's Overflow Guests

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 June 1920 · page 2

Lords Justices Atkin and Younger, sitting as additional judges of the King's Bench Division, London, heard an appeal from a County. Court which…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 22. (Before Messrs. G. S. Shepherd, L.M., AND Cy. Culley and G. F. L. Sugden, Js P.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

The applications of J. Foster and j. j. Mahony, which were held over from the previous court, pending certain requirements by the Licensing…

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Attacked in Hotel By Two Men An Accused with 46 Convictions SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 1

James Dillan, who had 46 convictions against him for all classes of offences was sentenced to 6 months' hard labor to-day for having…

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Junee Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

At the Junee Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. M .Shephard, L.M., and W. J. Hiseock, J.P., the following renewals of hotel licenses were…

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Racing at Wagga. Licensed Victuallers' Meeting. Pike Wins Cup. Largest Fields for Years

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

The Cup Meeting of the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club opened on Saturday in delightful, fine weather. As a rule, mid-winter racing…

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Licensing Court. Monday, June 28, 1920. (Before Mr. George Shephard, L.M., and Mr. J. J. M'Grath, J.P.) Collectors and Dealers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 1

The following licenses were granted:— James Duncan, collectors and second-hand dealers…

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Bed in a Palace for Twopence. General Booth's Hotel Is a Boon to the Poor

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 5

A bed for two pence a night is what General Booth, of the Salvation Army, offers to the workless of London. He has opened a veritable…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 6

The adjourned application by Mary Pigot, licensee of the Prince Alfred Hotel, Alfredtown, for the transfer of the license to George Anderson, was…

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Licensing Court

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 2

At the Quarterly Licensing Count to-day (Messrs Malone, P.M., and Elworthy and Sullivan, J's.P.) the quarterly report of the…

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Kosciusco Hotel. Heavy Annual Loss. "Feeding the Well-to-do." Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. Dooley, who attended a meeting of the propaganda committee of the Australian Labor Party to-day, stated that…

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Licenses Reduction Board. a Year’s Operations. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 1

To the end of last month the Licenses Reduction Board had closed 13[?] hotels in Victoria and the offlclass are now engaged on working out…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. Gibson, Licensing Magistrate)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 4

Sunday trading licenses were granted to Camille Burker, Joseph Wylie, and Vernon Wallace. An application by David…

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