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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

332 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 17

Enterprising Thieves Take Jewels and Key From Flat Then Rob Hotel Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 7

Entering the flat of Miss A. N. Titus, Richmond, this morning, thieves took £53 worth of Jewellery, a handbag containing £2, and the key of the hotel…

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Election Day Hotels Closed Liquor Law Anomaly Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6

The president of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. H. Connolly) revealed an interesting anomaly in the Liquor Act to-day. He said that while all hotels must close on…

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Rodney Inquiry Ship Surveyor's Evidence Would Refuse License SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 5

The senior ship surveyor, Roberts Stanley Westhorpe, giving evidence at the Marine Court inquiry regarding the Rodney, elaborated on his earlier…

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Hotels Closed To-day But Grocers Sell Beer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 3

All hotels throughout New South Wales were closed to-day. The Liquor Act provides for the closing of hotels on election day, but a…

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Walked in Sleep Fell Over Hotel Balcony In Serious Condition in Hospital JUNEE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

A man of some thirty years, Mr. Frank Reid, engaged, with Messrs. Rocia, Ltd., walked in his sleep during the early hours of the morning, and…

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The Globe Hotel, Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Mr. Andy Abernethy, who took over the Globe 'Hotel, Tumut, at the beginning of the year, advertises the popular Globe in this issue…

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2 Cootamundra Hotels Demolition and ReBuilding Ordered

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

At the Licensing Court at Cootamundra this morning Inspector Lake said that an inspector from the metropolitan. Licensing Board, had, with…

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Wagga Airport Provisional License Granted Will Be In Commission To-day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

Pending completion of the Wagga Airport, four miles from Wagga on the Tarcutta-road, a provisional license has been granted by the Civil…

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Cootamundra Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 4

At the Licensing Court at Cootamundra on Monday, inspector Lake said that an inspector from the Metropolitan Licensing Board had, with…

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"Plugger" Scanlon to Apply for A.j.c. Jockey's License

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 8

W. ("Plugger") Scanlon, who for many seasons was leading rider in Victoria and later rode successfully in England, Prance and India, intends…

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Two Cootamundra Hotels Demolition and Re-Building Ordered

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

At the Licensing Court at Cootamundra this week, Inspector Lake said that an inspector of the Metropolitan Licensing Board, had, with…

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Coronial Inquiry Commercial Hotel Fire At Tumut

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

Before Mr. Frank Grudgeon, an inquiry was held, at Tumut, yesterday, concerning the fire which damaged the Commercial…

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Missing Luggage Traveller's Claim Against Hotel Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 2

The action in which Edward Arthur Edwards, described as an overseas traveller of independent means, sought to recover £200 in the…

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Commercial Hotel Fire Inquiry Held on Wednesday Accidental Finding

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 6

An Inquiry was held at the Tumut Courthouse on Wednesday by Mr. Frank Grugeon, P.M., Into the cause of the fire which destroyed and damaged portions of the Commercial Hotel, Tumut, en 28th February last…

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The Wynyard Hotel

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

It will be acceptable news'to their legion of friends, as well as to the general public that Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Fowler have, after an…

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The Royal Mail Hotel the Royal Mail Hotel — the Weirdness of the Bush — Axes and Taxes — Kurrajong Wool — an Old Advertisement — Informative

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

On the lonesome line of traffic, Where the Tumbarumba track Forked for Bago, and for Taradale as well…

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£25 Fine for Betting in Hotel S.P. Man Used Bedroom

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

JOHN Saunders pleaded guilty at the police court on Thursday, to a charge that on March 26, he used a room at the Hotel…

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Four Hotels Demolition Ordered Large Additions to Others

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 5

Addressing the Licensing Magistrate (Mr. J. A. Harris. P.M.) at Wagga Licensing court on Monday in connection with his quarterly…

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Licensing Court

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

In the Licensing Court, Mr. J. J. Warren was granted permission to effect minor alterations to the Royal George Hotel premises, Urana…

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Hotels in Wagga Extensive Alterations Ordered By Licensing Inspector

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 2

Following the annual inspection of hotels in Wagga and in the Wagga police district by the licensing inspector (Inspector Mui[?]). and Inspector…

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