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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

187 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 10

Licensed Victuallers' Ball Elaborate Arrangements for Big Wagga Function

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1940 · page 2

Marked enthusiasm was apparent at a meeting of the Wagga licensed victuallers and representatives of the Wagga Base Hospital, Lewisham…

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Amusements Hotelkeepers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 2

In an effort to raise funds for the Wagga Base Hospital, Lewisham Hospital and the Wagga District Ambulance, the Wagga Licensed Victuallers'…

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Burglar's Blunder Picked Policeman's Room at Griffith Hotel Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1940 · page 4

A burglar discovered his blunder at the Victoria Hotel. Griffith, after midnight on June 12 when, as he was rifling the pockets of a pair of trousers…

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Burglar's Blunder Picked Policeman's Room at Griffith Hotel

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 1

A burglar discovered his blunder at the Victoria Hotel, Griffith after midnight on June 12 when, as he was rifling the pockets of a pair of…

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Wagga Hotelkeepers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 3

The date of the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Ball, Wednesday. July 10, is only a little over a week away. The committee state that they have all…

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Petrol Rationing License Application Forms Available This Weekend Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 4

At the end of this week, at all post offices in Australia, application forms for motor spirit consumers' licenses will be obtainable. About 1,000,000 motor…

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Amusements Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Charity Ball

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 6

The committee of the Licensed Victuallers' Ball advises all to make table reservations now. As the date of this charity function, Wednesday, July 10,…

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Petrol Rationing License Application Forms Available This Week-end

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 1

At the end of this week, at all post offices in Australia, application forms for motor spirit consumer’s licenses will be obtainable. About…

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Wagga Licensed Victuallers Charity Ball

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 6

Intending patrons of the Wagga licensed victuallers' ball, to be held [?] the Wonderland Theatre and Cocoanut[?] Grove next Wednesday night, should[?]…

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Petrol Rationing License Application Forms Available This Week-end

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

At the end of this week, at all post offices in Australia, application forms for motor spirit consumers' licenses will be…

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Licensed Victuallers' Ball

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 2

Two orchestras and two halls will be engaged for the Wagga Licensed Victuallers' charity cabaret ball, to be held next Wednesday night at the…

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Hotelkeepers' Ball on Wednesday Night

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 4

Bookings already made for the Wagga hotelkeepers ball on Wednesday right have been exceptionally heavy and the organisers anticipate an…

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Licensed Victuallers' Charity Ball

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

The Wagga Licensed Victuallers' Cabaret Ball in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital. Lewisham Hospital and the Wagga District Ambulance will be…

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Petrol Rationing No Charge for Licenses Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

The Federal Government does not intend to charge a fee for petrol consumers and resellers' licenses, although it is given this power under the…

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Murwillumbah Club No Renewal of License Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 6

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonking) has been advised by the Greyhound Racing Club at Murwillumbah that it does not propose to renew its license for the year beginning…

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Open License for Rice Export, But Surplus Small

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Although it has been announced that the British Government has now decided to grant "open licenses" for the importation to Britain by…

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Hawked Without License While Drunk

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 2

Police evidence stated that the defendant had been drunk while hawking studs and bootlaces without a license when Frederick Campbell…

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Lost License in Fire, Failed to Obtain Substitute Unusual Traffic Case: Fines on Two Charges

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 1

ALTHOUGH he had obtained and paid for a declaration form for a substitute license to replace one lost when his shop was…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 4

The quarterly licensing court for the police district of Wagga will be held at the Wagga Court House on Monday, July 29, at 10 a.m…

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Licensed Victuallers' Ball To-night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 4

The Wagga licensed victuallers' charity cabaret ball will be held to-night. The committee, with the generous assistance of many volunteer helpers,…

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