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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

235 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 12

Hotel Fires Started by Man with Grudge

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Detectives are investigating a series of fires which broke out in the living rooms in three city hotels…

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Found on Licensed Premises

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 1

Cecil Beggs, Reginald Lipscombe, James Clancy and George Wallis were charged with being found on the licensed premises of the Commercial…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 1

Frederick James Duncan was chained with being the licensee of premises upon which a person (George Wallis) was found during…

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Hotel Charges Alleged Profiteering in Country

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Any charges of profiteering by country hotelkeepers will be immediately investigated, said the Deputy Prices…

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Another Hotel Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The fire bug who set fire to four Sydney hotels last Wednesday was again at work to-day. A fire was discovered in the…

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Wagga District Court Agent's Claim for Commission Exchange of Farm and Hotel Verdict for £241/7/6

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 3

There was only one case heard in the District Court held at Wagga yesterday, before His Honor Judge Stacey. It was the first time that the District…

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Hotel Drinking May Be Banned Between and 5 P.M. Rigid Enforcement of Laws

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday. — Prohibition of drinking in hotels between the hours of two and five in order to discourage undesirable drinking by idle…

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Another Sydney Hotel Fire Narrow Escapes £1000 Damage

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Daring rescues were effected by Sydney firemen when a blaze broke out at the Hotel Carlton in…

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Hotels May Close From 2 p.m. TO 5 p.m. CANBERRA

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 1

Drinking in the afternoon in N.S.W. may be limited to one hour after the Premier’s Conference next month…

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Hotel Hours Canberra

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 1

Attempts by any State Premiers to have the closing hours of hotels extended at night to compensate for afternoon closing will be strongly…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 3

In the Licensing Court, Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., granted an application for the transfer of the license of the Pastoral Hotel, Wagga, from L. Lavery…

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Woman's Death Found Injured Behind Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mrs. Catherine Mary Whitely, aged 83 years, who was found in a lane behind a city hotel on Saturday,…

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Six Months For Stealing in Junee Hotel

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 3

Donald Pope, a thirty-eight year old soldier, Who said he whs A.W.L., was sentenced to six months imprisonment, with hard labor, at…

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Acquitted of Assault Incident at Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 4

On Tuesday, Alexander Crockell was charged with having assaulted Edward George Davies, at Leeton, occasioning actual bodily harm on June 18…

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Six Months for Stealing in Junee Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 1

Donald Pone, a 38 year old soldier, who said he was A.W.L., was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labor at Cootamundra…

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Thefts From Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

Stealing from Junee hotels has been frequent of late, and a soldier, aged 38 years, was sentenced to six months' gaol at Cootamundra on a charge of…

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To Pay £5 Fine And Lose Driver's License for 12 Months

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 2

A Junee district farmer, Mr. James Henry Carroll, lost for twelve months his license to drive a motor vehicle. Carroll pleaded guilty to driving a…

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Junee Farmer Loses License

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 August 1942 · page 2

A Junee district farmer Mr Jas Henry Carroll, lost for 12 months his license to drive a motor vehicle. Carroll pleaded guilty to driving a…

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V.r.c. Committee Refuse License to Jockeys and Trainers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two well-known jockeys in F. De Valle and L. Whittle, and the trainers, H. Leek and A. R. Robinson, have not been…

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Licensing Court Wagga, August 6, 1942 (Before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

An application was heard for the transfer of the license of the Prince of Wales Hotel from John William Theophilus Ray to Reginald Arthur…

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