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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

205 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 11

1337 Hotels Closed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 2

Up to the end of last mouth the Licenses Reduction Board had closed 1337 hotels in Victoria, and the officials are now engaged in working out the…

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Junee Licensing Court. Friday, July 9.(Before Mr. G. Shephard. L.M., and Messrs. J. F. Quilter and W. J. Hiscock, J.'sP.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 3

A booth license was granted to Rachel Cooney, for a trotting meeting to be held at Coolamon on July 14. Licensing Inspector P[?]cock…

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Hotel Changes Hands

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 4

Mrs. Nash, the proprietress of the Freemason's Hotel, Fitzmaurice-street, Wagga, has disposed of the business, the purchaser being Mr…

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Licenses Granted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 4

A secondhand dealer's license was granted to Thomas Dunn, and a collector's license to Peter Harrington, The Rock…

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Drivers’ Licenses

The Daily Express · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

The following applications were received for drivers’ licenses by the Municipal Council: Thomas Stockton, Gurwood street; Norman Edwrd [?]n…

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Butcher’s Shop Licenses

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 July 1920 · page 2

At the recommendation of the Health Committee the following applications for renewal of butchers’ licenses were granted at the…

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Reefton Fire Only Hotel Destroyed. Temora

The Daily Express · Monday 19 July 1920 · page 2

Reefton, a railway siding on the Temora-Wyolong line, is now temporarily a “dry ” area, as the hotel was destroyed by fire. .Residents were…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd L. M. and Mr. J. J. McGrath

The Daily Express · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

Margaret Seymour, of the Bridge Hotel, Wagga, asked for permission to erect a covered way to bathroom at the aforesaid premises…

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Fire at Temora. Reefton Hotel Destroyed. Temora

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 4

The Reefton Hotel, Temora, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The licensee and other occupants escaped in their night attire…

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Reefton Hotel Burnt Down

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 7

At about three o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out in the Reefton Hotel, which, being an old weather board building, was speedily…

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Licenses Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 4

Applications by Bridget Nash for the transfer of the publican's and billiard licenses of the Freemasons' Hotel, Wagga, to James Hanrshan,…

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Wagga Police Court. Monday, July 26, 1920. (Before Mr. George S. Shepherd, P.M.) Expired Licenses and Certificates

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 4

Frank P. Palmer was charged with failing in deliver an expired Bennse, Through his solicitor Mr. J. C. Sheekey (Messrs Higgins and Sheekey)…

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Wagga Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. S. Shepherd P.M.)

The Daily Express · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Application was made by Bridget Nash, [?] of the Freemason’s Hotel, W[?] for the transference of the license of her premises, and…

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License Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 3

An application by William Searle, executor in the estate of the late William Henry Searle, for the transfer of the license of the Racecourse Hotel,…

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Under the Liquor Law. Hotelkeeper's Appeal. Case From Barellan. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 2

The High Court of Australia to-day granted George Richard Symes, of the Barellan Hotel, Barellan, special leave to appeal against the judgment of Mr…

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Drivers’ Licenses

The Daily Express · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 2

At the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council last night application were made by Mr. M. A. Monks and Albert Anderson, for drivers licenses…

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Wagga Licensing Court. Transfer of License. (Before Mr. G. S. Shephard, L.M. and J. J. McGrath.)

The Daily Express · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 4

Application was made yesterday by William Searle, Executor in the estimate of the late Win. Henry Searle. for the transfer of license of the…

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Publicans & Sinners at the Justice Bar

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 2 August 1920 · page 3

"Many publicans came and sat down," we read in one of Matthew's gospels. They, did so at the Gundagai police court to-day…

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Hotel Wrecked. by Uninvited Guests. Sequel to Social Evening. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 2

As the result of a disturbance at the Tullamarine. Hotel, near Broadmeadows (Vic.) early on Sunday morning, five men were arrested. The…

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Licensee Pined

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 7

John Henry Jackson, licensee of the Australian hotel, pleaded guilty to alowing McGuigan on his premises. One previous conviction within 12…

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