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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

187 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 10

"Bit Lathered" in the Avenue Farmer Loses License Fines For Other Traffic Offences

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 2

"I ADMIT I was a bit 'lathered'—I was going to a friend's place to have a snore off, and I was only about half a chain from…

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Area Beer Not Hit Yet Protests on Publicans' Prices in Riverina Narandera and Other Centres Hold Meetings

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 3

WHILE public indignation in Riverina and other parts of the State at the increase in beer and liquor prices is finding expression in…

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Licensing Official in Wagga To-day

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 6

Mr. W. H. Delaney will be in attendance at the office of the Wagga Greyhound Racing Club to-day for the purpose of receiving applications for racing licenses, issuing…

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Beer Strike Hotels to Be Picketed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 8

A beer strike involving 12,000 workers on the south coast began at midnight to-night. All hotels in the Illawarra district, between Helensburgh and Dapto, have…

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"Should Never Have Been Brought Before Court" Narandera "Murrurnbidgee" Licensee Charged With Offensive Behaviour

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 6

A case which the two local justices who occupied the Bench stated should never have been brought before the court was heard at…

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Wrong Beer Measures Hotelkeepers to Be Charged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1940 · page 2

Following complaints to the Weights and Measures Department that hotels are serving less than 20 ounces of beer when a pint is requested, prosecutions…

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Beer Strike Starts at Griffith Hotels Picketed Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1940 · page 2

A beer strike started at Griffith today and there was a big falling off in business at various hotels. These were, picketed throughout the day by a…

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