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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

292 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 15

Wool Import Licenses Issued in Britain Higher Prices Expected in Australia London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The ban on deliveries and dealings in wool and wool-tops has been lifted, and the Wool Control Board has permitted a resumption of trading under license,…

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"Walls Have Ears" Notices Posted in British Hotels London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 1

A notice headed "Warning—Walls Have Ears," has been posted in all hotels in the Aldershot district. It reads: "It has come to my knowledge…

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Trout Licenses

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 5

A stock of trout fishermen's licenses are on hand at the Clerk of Petty Sessions office at the Count House. The season opens on…

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False Pretences to Hotel-keeper Added Money and Board

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 4

CHARGED on Saturday morning at Leeton Court with false pretences by means of a cheque, his alleged dupe being the licensee…

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Beer Glasses City Hotels Differ Over Reduced Sizes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 4

While most of the hotels in the metropolitan area have reduced the size of their beer glasses, some publicans are continuing to provide their…

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Liquor Licenses Clubs Seek Amended Act Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 3

various sporting clubs in Sydney will meet at an early date to discuss the question of making a combined request to the Government that the…

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£125 for Publican's Booth

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 2

Mr. Bowes, of Mangopiah, has paid £125 for the rights of the publican's booth at the forth-coming Leeton Show. In…

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Hotel Nomenclature

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

For many years business has been carried on in premises known as the Freemasons Hotel. The building has recently been demolished and a new…

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Driver's License Renewed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

Following an accident in September, 1935, in which two women were killed. William Melville, of Paddington, was charged with manslaughter,…

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Licensing Court Applications For. Altertions to Two Hotels Another License May Be Transferred (Before Mr. J. Laidlaw, Licensing Magistrate)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 1

On Wednesday fast the affourned applications for orders under Section 10A in respect of the Murrumbidgee Hotel at narandera, and the…

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Commercial Hotel Suggestion to Transfer License

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 1

Mr. .Smithers appeared for the owners. Messrs. Tooth and Co. Ltd., and asked that the application be ad-journed for 12 months. He said that…

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Renovating the Albion Hotel

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 2

Work on the renovation of the Albion hotel commenced yesterday, and will take about 4 or 5 months. The contractor is Mr. H. C…

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Suggestion to Transfer Another Narandera Hotel License Tooth's Not Satisfied with Re-modelling

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 3

THAT there was a suggestion that the license of the Commercial Hotel, Narandera, should be transferred to another centre…

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Forgot What He Went to Police For But Was Arrested When He Arrived At Station Lost License, Fined £10

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

A LEETON farmer who drove his car to the police station on a mission which had slipped his memory when he arrived there,…

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Licensing Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 1

Re alterations to the Oriental Hotel, Mr. Orr for the executors, stated that the alterations and improvements had been completed. Licensing…

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Licensing Court (Today) Before Mr. J. M. Laidlaw, L.M. Alteration and Additions to Globe Hotel

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 3

Mr. C. O. Smithers (of Messrs. Smithers, Warren, and Lyons) appeared for the owners, Messrs. F. J. and W. Farmer, in making application for…

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Fruit Machines Licensing Proposal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 5

The Cabinet did not reach a on to-night on the question of poker and fruit machines being allowed in clubs under license. The…

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Fruit Machine Licensing? Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 1

The State Cabinet did not reach a decision last night on the question of poker and fruit machines being allowed in clubs under license. The…

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Hotel Ownership New Regulation Names Required by Court

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 4

Under a new Liquor Act regulation, owners of licensed hotel premises in New South Wales are required to send their names and addresses to…

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