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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

240 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 12

First Single Woman Given Hotel Licence

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miss. Dorothy Moya Hartigan is the first single woman in New South Wales to be granted a hotel…

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Excitement at Goulburn Hotel Attempted Theft Alleged

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 1

A man who is stated to have jumped over the bar counter at the Grand Hotel, on Monday, in an alleged attempt to rifle the…

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Hotel Hours

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 1

Sir,—Since my recent arrival from England I have noticed a good deal of publicity in the press regarding extension of hotel trading hours…

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Hotel Pest Fined

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 2

A visitor from Melbourne, who had been making a nuisance of himself at various hotels in the town which caused complaints to be made about…

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Criterion Wins Hotel keepers' Competition

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 6

Seven hotels me represented at the Wagga hotelkeepers' day an the Wagga Country Golf Club links yesterday…

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Big Strike By London Hotelworkers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wed.: Every leading hotel in London is threatened with partial paralysis unless the catering…

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Griffith Community Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 5

Representations have been made to the Premier (Mr. McKell) by the Griffith Community Hotel and Liquor Reform Association…

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[?]Licensed Plumber in Gundagai at the End of Present Year

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 1

It was made clear at Tuesday’s Shire meeting that there would be [?]o licensed plumber in Gundagai at the end of the present year…

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Savoy Hotel Guests Have Frugal Meals

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

Guests paying nothing less than £2 a night at the Savoy Hotel, London, on Tuesday morning had to be content with coffee, rolls, and jam for…

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Hotel Guests Hungry in London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Many guests were hungry to-night, in some of the world's most palatial hotels…

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Licensing Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 2

William Merton Congdon—Application, to transfer [?] license of Royal Mail Hotel, Goolgowi, to Samuel Roy Smith Channon…

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Nightwatchman Disturbs Thieves At Hotel Central Robbery Also at Railway Hotel

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 2

Cootamundra's nightwatchman, Mr. Alec Deirk, sustained several cuts about the face early this morning, when he disturbed four men who were…

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London Hotel Strike Ends

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): The Press Association says that the strike in London hotels has ended. A representative of the Hotels and…

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Three Strangers on Stealing Charge Alleged To Have Entered Room At Royal Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 1

Three strangers appeared before Mr D. W. Murphy, JP, at the Gundagai Police Court yesterday. They faced charges of…

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Peculiar Coincidence in Booking of Hotel Rooms at Young

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 3

When Cr A. Wallace (Bland Shire) and Mr W. Bickett (Yanco) arrived at Young for a meeting of the Northern Riverina County…

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Licensing Court Application for Spirit Licence Withdrawn

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. Bliss, Licensing Magistrate, visited Narandera for the purpose of hearing applications for spirit merchants' licences…

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Similar Thefts From Hotels

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 2

Both the Coronation and Imperial Hotels at Portland were broken into by similar menus at the week-end. Thieves sawed through the door from…

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Stray Notes From The City Hotel Closing Hours—

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 6

If country hotel proprietors want 10'clock closing, they'll have to launch a strenuous campaign, for their city brothers are perfectly satisfied…

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Hotelkeepers Fined at Wagga for Overcharging

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1946 · page 2

Breaches of the price fixing regulations detected by inspectors who visited Wagga recently resulted in several hotelkeepers being fined…

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Wagga Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1946 · page 2

In the Wagga Licensing Court yesterday. Mr. S. A. Hardwicke, P.M. granted the Application of L. W. Ridge, licensee of the Riverina Hotel,…

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