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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

179 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 9

Man with Revolver Arrested in Hotel Bar Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

Summoned to King's Cross this afternoon, a police patrol arrested a man brandishing a revolver in a hotel bar. Several complaints reached the…

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Metropolitan Milk Board Judge's Trenchant Remarks Widow's Application for License Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

An unusual case came before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers to-day when at application was made on behalf of Mrs. Ann Wiley, widow, of North…

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Hotel Hours Rumor Regarding Alteration Extension Would Be Resisted SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

Mr. V. E. Stanton, secretary of the young people's department of the New South Wales Prohibition Alliance, referring to the rumor that the…

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State Broadcasting Question of Federal License Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

The Postmaster-General (Mr. Fenton) said to-day that if the New South Wales Government desired to conduct a broadcasting service its proper…

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8 to 8 New Hotel Hours Proposed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 21

Overtures have been made for the alteration of hotel trading hours. It is likely that the Government will agree to make some change…

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Wagga Hotelkeepers Who Solicit Your Patronage Stolen Goods Two Strangers Fined

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, relieving P.M., at Wagga Police Court on Monday, Herbert Harold Lott and Rupert Henry Hudson McCabe…

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Old Junee Hotel Closes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

The application at the Licensing Court before the Licensing Board for leave to surrender the license of the Enterprise Hotel, Old Junee, recalls…

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Kangaroo Valley Hotel Destroyed by Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

The Commercial Hotel at Kangaroo Valley, Berry, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants, three women and a…

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Fruit Machines Must Be Removed From Hotels Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) to-day gave instructions that fruit machines must be removed from country hotels…

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Hotelkeepers Fined Conviction Not-recorded

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 7

Several hotelkeepers appeared at the Wagga Police Court on Monday, before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, P.M., charged with having permitted,…

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Hotel Destroyed at Old Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Crawley's Old Junee hotel was burnt to the ground at 5.30 yesterday morning. The building was insured but the furniture not…

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Fire At Old Junee Enterprise Hotel Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 3

At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the Enterprise Hotel at Old Junee, with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire. Less than a fortnight ago Mrs…

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Found on Hotel Premises

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Edward E. Osborne, .who was represented by Mr. J.B. Beard, pleaded guilty to being the licensee of premises on which a person had been…

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Police Court Thursday, 21st JANUARY (Before Mr. J. Balman, P.m.) Pound on Licensed Premises

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Norman McPhee pleaded guilty to being, found on the licensed premises of the Murrumbidgee Hotel during prohibited hours on Saturday. 19th…

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Slashed with Razor Ugly Fracas in Griffith Hotel Italian Changed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 7

An Italian armed with a razor, created a sensation in Griffith on Saturday afternoon last, and as a result [?] his attentions one man was taken…

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Breach of Licensing Act

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 7

At the Hillston Police Court on Tuesday last, before Mr. N. I. Sheridan, P.M., Leonard Austin. Aloysius Barlow, was charged with obtaining…

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Pistol License Graziers' Application Refused Mudgee

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

At the Mudgee Police Court yesterday the magistrate refused a pistol license to Frederick Anderson, a prominent farmer and grazier. The police…

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Fire at Hotel Guests' Narrow Escape Damage Estimated at £12,000 BRISBANE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

Further particulars of the destructive fire at Julia Creek show that 40 guests narrowly escaped with their lives from Gannon's Hotel. They…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 4

Frederick James Duncan was charged with failing to keep the bar of his licensed premises closed to the public during prohibited hours…

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Importation of Firearms Federal Government to Act License Required Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 1

It is reported that the Federal Government intends almost immediately to issue a proclamation under the Customs Act to prohibit the…

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