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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

187 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 10

10 P.m. Closing of Hotels “Less Drunkeness” Says Police Chief

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 October 1940 · page 1

“There has been a marked decrease in drunkenness and other offences under the Licensing Act since the introduction of 10 p.m…

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Licensing Court Wagga Session Cases Dealt with

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 3

Various applications for alterations to licensed premises were before Mr. J. Laidlaw, chairman of the Licensing Board, Sydney, at a sitting of the…

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Cockatoo Dock Workers May Strike Over Canteen License Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1940 · page 2

A hold up by Cockatoo Dock workers is threatened A meeting to-day of engineers and ironworkers employed there decided that if the proprietress of the…

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Troops Riot Restriction of Hotel Hours

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Hundreds of troops virtually took control of the city on Sunday night, as a result of trouble over obtaining beer. Extra…

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Troops Run Riot in Brisbane Restriction of HOTEl HOURS Police, Firemen and Pickets Helpless BRISBANE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 4

Hundreds of troops virtually took control of the city last night, as a result of trouble over obtaining beer Extra police, firemen and military…

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State Statistics More Employment Motor Vehicle Registrations and Listeners' Licenses ; SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 2

The number of persons in employment other than relief work in New South Wales was 875,726 in the middle of last month, compared with 872,026…

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No License for Meeting Ballina

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 6

Stating that a license had not yet been issued for the Ballina Greyhound Racing Club, a telegram from the Chief Secretary Department stated that permission…

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Junee Man’s Allegation Against Hotelkeeper Contracted Dermatitis at Bethungra

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 2

At the Workers Compensotion Court, Cootamundra, his Honor Judge W. H. Moffatt, assisted by Dr. Denham (medical assessor) presided over…

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Gave False Name in Hotel Raid

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 1

A defendant who admitted haying given a false name when apprehended in a raid on the Hotel Griffith on Sunday, September 1, was fined at…

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Magistrate's Ruling Hotel Licensee Must Have Sole Interest

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 3

A ruling that the licensee of an hotel must carry on the premises in his own interest, and must not have an interest in any other license was given…

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Serious Charge Albury Man Found Not Guilty Fracas at Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 7

Waiter Charles Buttress, aged 41 years, laborer, of Albury, was found not guilty at the Albury, Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of having…

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Hotel Trading Hours No Relaxation in Queensland Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 8

"I can offer no hope that there will be any relaxation in the enforcement of the liquor trading hours," said the Minister for Home Affairs…

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Carmody's Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1940 · page 8

A meeting of Carmody's Cricket Club members and intending members will be held at the Royal Hotel at 8 0'clock on Tuesday night…

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Licensing Court THURSDAY, 7th NOVEMBER (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.m.) Improvements at Royal Mail Hotel

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1940 · page 2

John Hill Robertson, architect for Messrs. Tooth & Co. Ltd., applied for permission to effect material improvements by way of lavatory stalls…

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Airman Killed Others Injured Hotel Balcony Collapses Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1940 · page 2

One pupil Air Force pilot was killed and two others seriously injured late last night when a balcony at the Federal Hotel on which they were…

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Wagga Supreme Court (Before Justice Sir P. Halse Rogers) : Jerilderie Hotel Sale Claim for £2000

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1940 · page 6

The Wagga Supreme Court sat for the third day yesterday in the action before Justice Sir Percival Halse Rogers and a Jury of four. In which Charles…

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Wagga Supreme Court (Before Justice Sir P. Helse Rogers) Jerilderie Hotel Case £2000 Claim Fails Stay of Proceedings Granted

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1940 · page 6

The hearing concluded at the Wagga Supreme Court yesterday before Justice Sir Halse Rogers and a jury of four, of the claim by Charles Fairfax Telford…

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New Hotel Griffith Licensee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 4

At the Licensing Court at Narandera, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., an application for the transfer of the Griffith Hotel, Griffith, from William…

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Ramifications Widespread From Adverse Reports On Dilapidated Abattoirs Canning, Export Killing License Refused; Shire's Concern On Health Aspect Affects Whole District in Many Ways

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 1

WHEN the condition of the local abattoirs was touched upon by the Willimbong Shire Council at its last meeting, the local governing body had before it a matter which is truly one of such importance that perhaps no other of major stature exceeds it in its application…

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Hotel Transfer

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1940 · page 2

Before Mr. Beaver, Licensing Magistraate, at Lockhart, on Wednesday, a transfer of the licence of the hotel at Pleasant Hills was…

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