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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

187 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 10

Fell From Hotel Window

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 6

Overbalancing from a window at the Union Club Hotel early yesterday morning, Leo Ryan, aged 37 years, traveller, fell 25 feet on to the…

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More Cheque Frauds Hotels Victimised Again

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 2

The daring frauds which were perpetrated on hotelkeepers in the Riverina some time ago are still fresh in the minds of many…

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Hotel Transfer

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1940 · page 4

At the Wagga Court yesterday the license of the Tourist Hotel, Wagga, was transferred from William Brown to Lucy Prances Burrows, formerly of…

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A Sparrow's Hotel

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 3

In Kyoto, Japan, is the world's only hotel for sparrows. This quaint and lovely idea was established nearly 200 years ago. The hotel was…

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Radio Licenses Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 8

Figures released to-day by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Wilson) revealed that since the outbreak of war the number of broadcast listeners…

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Arrests in Dublin Machine-guns Trained on Hotel Dublin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 2

Soldiers to-day trained machine-guns on an hotel in Parnell Square and removed six men…

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Licensing Problem Interesting Case at Broken Hill Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 4

The Full State Court was to-day faced with a knotty problem relating to a hotelkeeper's license. The Liquor Act prohibits an application for a new…

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Tourist Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 2

Mrs. L.F. Barrows, formerly of the Royal Hotel, Tumut, of which she was licensee for eight years, announces in this issue that she has acquired the…

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Hawking Without License

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 2

Three men were charged at the Wagga Police Court yesterday with having hawked goods for sale without a license. They were Clive and…

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Liquor Act Country Licensees to Confer

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 3

A conference of country hotel- keepers will be held in Sydney in about three weeks time for the purpose of considering the new…

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Farmers and Settlers Walbundrie Branch Meeting Licensed Wheat Receivers Not Favored

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3

A meeting of the Walbundrie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Saturday in the Walbundrie Hall. The president (Mr…

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France and Britain Commercial Transaction French License Formality Suppressed Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 1

The Bank of France announces new regulations to facilitate payments resulting from commercial transactions between Britain and France. The…

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Hotel Fire Occupants Trapped Escape by Sliding Down Rope Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 2

Several persons had narrow escapes in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Sarina at Mackay early to-day. The licensee. Mr. T. Woodley, his wife, and…

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Motor Drivers' Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

It was staled at the Wagga Police Station yesterday that many applicants for motor drivers' licenses think that it is only necessary to kn[?]how to drive…

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Improved Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 7

More than £4,000,000 has been spent in New South Wales during the last four years on hotel improvements. The Licensing Bench and the Licenses…

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Should Drovers Be Licensed? Discussed by Urana Board

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 1

The necessity of licensing drovers was discussed at the last meeting of the Urana Pastures Protection Board…

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Hotel Destroyed Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

After a loud explosion a fire broke out last night In the Iyanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, and destroyed the greater part of the premises. Between 20 and…

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Hotel Fast, Jerusalem. Allenby’s Big Bluff

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

Men of the A.I.F. Light Horse when they read that a batch in Jerisalem will be converted into a club to accommodate leave parties, of 50 men of the A.I.F…

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Tom Gordon Licensed Plumber & Drainer

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

With each succeeding year it becomes evident in every direction that increased attention is being paid to the sanitary arrangements of our…

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License for Wiggins Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1940 · page 10

The V.R.C committee to-day granted a license to B. N. Wiggins, who for several years was one of the leading riders in New Zealand…

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