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Hotels & licensing, 1938

332 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 17

Hotel License Transferred

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 2

The license of the Wagga Hotel was on Thursday transferred by Mr J. A. Harris, P.M., at the Wagga Licensing Court, from Wallace…

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Liquor Act As Issue Hotelkeepers to Formulate Demands

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 16

In view of the early State elections, the New South Wales branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association is to hold a convention…

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More Listeners' Licenses But No Reduced Fees Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 1

Radio listeners' licenses in Australia now number 1,000,000 and are rapidly increasing, but according to a statement by the Postmaster-General…

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"Hotel Haywire" at Plaza

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 7

A hilarious story of a wale who believes in astrology and whose belief is so consistent that she agrees to divorce even though She does not want…

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S.P. Betting No License Likely in Queensland Heavy Penalties Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1938 · page 8

There is no prospect that the Government will license betting shops. The new Gaining Act, which provides heavy penalties for starting-price…

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Alleged Assault at Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 4

A telephone message at 2 o'clock yesterday morning took Constable Fairfax to the Wagga Hotel where, it was alleged, a man had been assaulted. After…

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After-hour Trading Conviction to Stand Against Harden Hotelkeeper HARDEN

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Coyle, L. M. Foley, licensee of the Carrington hotel, Harden, appealed against the severity of his conviction for a…

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Nine Applications for Second City License Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

The number of applications for the second metropolitan greyhound license now total nine. Before the Cabinet is asked to make a decision, the Chief…

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£174 Stolen From Hotel Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 7

A hotel at Gloucester was entered by burglars last night and £174 stolen from the safe. At 6.15 the licensee placed the money in a safe and when he returned two hours later it was…

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Royal Hotel Closed One of the First Hotels in Narandera License Transferred to Griffith

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Unfortunately sentiment has no part in modern business methods, otherwise the Royal Hotel, Larmer Street, which was one of the first…

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Found Fatally Shot Hotel Licensee at Blackheath BLACKHEATH

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

John Ferguson, 24, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, was found shot today in bed in the hotel. He was lying unconscious, fully dressed,…

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An Hotel of Many Uses

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

So far as we can gather Mrs. Phillips the first proprietress of Royal Hotel. It was during hor time that the hotel had the unique…

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Is Hotel Bar a "Place?" Judge Decides It Is Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

By way of a stated case from the magistrate (Mr. Stevenson, S.M.), in chambers, Mr. Justice Sir Thomas Bavin was asked to decide whether the…

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Is Hotel Bar a "Place"? Judge Decides It Is Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

By way of a stated case from the magistrate (Mr. Stevenson, S.M.) in Chambers to-day, Justice Sir Thomas Bavin was asked to decide whether the…

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Street Trading Selling From Parked Vehicle Council Grants License

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

For some time the Wagga Municipal Council has been troubled by fruit hawkers who sell their goods from horse drawn vehicles which move up…

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Licensee Found Shot Dead in Hotel Bedroom Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 1

John Fergusson, aged 24 years, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel. Blackheath, was found shot to-day in a bedroom at the hotel. He was lying…

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Radio Stolen From Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 6

A wireless set was stolen from the Broadway Hotel, Junee, this week. The police questioned a man in connection with it, but the set has not yet been…

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Licensee Found Shot (Continued from Page 1) Wipe Threatened with Revolver Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 6

The police, after investigation, arc satisfied that the case is suicide and that Fergusson previously revealed homicidal tendencies…

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Wagga Hotelkeepers 10 O'clock Closing Favored Delegates Chosen for Big Convention

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 5

A meeting of the Wagga Licensed Victuallers was held at the Australian Hotel last night. Alderman H. M'Donough presided, and there was a…

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Hotel Closing Hours Wagga Hotelkeepers in Favor of 10 O'clock Closing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

The Wagga Licensed Victuallers were wen represented at [?] held last night at the Australian Hotel…

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