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Hotels & licensing, 1940

187 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 10

Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 May 1940 · page 3

In an effort to raise funds for the Wagga licensed victuallers' ball, in aid of the Wagga and Lewisham Hospitals and the Wagga Ambulance, Mrs. L. M…

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Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1940 · page 7

The Wagga Licensed Victuallers' ball in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital, Lewisham Hospital and the Wagga District Ambulance will be held in the…

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Forced Police Motor-cyclist Over Road Embankment "Would Have Crashed Head-on If in Four-wheeled Vehicle Driver's License Suspended

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 6

HAD he been driving a four-wheeled vehicle at the time, he must have inevitably been struck head-on by the defendant's truck,…

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Debarred from Holding License, Crashed While Under Influence £40 in Fines, Five Years Disqualification for Truck Driver Leeton Electrician Left Lad Home

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 1

£40 in fines, together with disqualification from holding a motor vehicle driver's license for a period of five years, was the penalty imposed on a Leeton electrical contractor when the story of his midnight collision, while driving a utility truck, with three stout…

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Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1940 · page 8

The Wagga Licensed Victuallers' ball will be held in the Kyeamba Smith Hall on Wednesday night, July 10. Proceeds from the function will be…

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Hotel Accommodation For Men Awaiting Enlisting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

Nine men who have come from distant places to enlist at Cootamundra the headquarters of the 56th Battalion are to receive free hotel…

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Items of News Wagga Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Licensing Court will be held at the Wagga. Court House at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 24, for the purpose of…

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"Hotel for Women" at Capitol

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 7

One of the most amusing satires on .women generally ever produced is "Hotel for Women," showing at the i Capitol Theatre this afternoon and…

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Hotel Keeper Charged with Murder Says He Drank Luminol Death Sentence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

That he had taken quantities, of luminol for some days preceding the shooting of Evelyn Grace Gabell, aged 46 years, on February 16 and that on…

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Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 6

The committee has been busily engaged in the preliminary arrangements for the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Ball, to be held in the…

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Hotel Change

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 4

At the Licensing Court, at Lockhart, on Wednesday, Mr. P. W. McCarthy, solicitor, made application for the transfer of the New Gunyah…

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Hotelkeeper Welcomed

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 5

At a valedictory given to the retiring licensee, Mr. "Tony" Moffat, the new proprietor of the "New Gunyah" Hotel, Lockhart, was cordially…

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Licensed Victuallers Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 7

Tickets for the Licensed Victuallers Ball, which will be held at Kyeamba Smith Hall on Wednesday, July 10, will soon be available. The committee is…

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Gundagai Police Court Transfer of Hotel Licenses Traffic Matters

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 5

The Monthly Gundagai Police Court was held on Tuesday last. Mr. Frank Grugeon presiding. The list was very short, and contained only…

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Fishing Without Licenses

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 4

Robert Claude Le Fevre and John Blair Bridle were charged at the Tumut Police court yesterday with trout fishing in the Tumut River on…

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Fished Without License Men Fined At Tumut

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 5

At the Tumut Police Court yesterday, David Edward Le Fevre, Robert Claude Le Fevre and John Blair Bridle were charged with…

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Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 4

Tickets are now available for the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' ball to be held at the Kyeamba Smith Hall on Wednesday, July 10. Early bookings…

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Inebriate's License Revoked

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 1

Frederick Smith (68), was charged, with drunkenness. Plain Clothes Constable Love produced a license on which defendant…

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No New Licenses in New South Wales Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. A. Mair) has announced that following a Cabinet decision there will not be any new greyhound racing licenses issued in New…

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Licensed Victualers Cabaret Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1940 · page 2

Owing to the [?] authorities having taken over the Kyee[?]ts Smith Hall the Wagga licensed [?] will now hold their [?] at the…

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