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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

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

Hotel Licence Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

The licence of the Farmers Home Hotel, Wagga, was yesterday transferred from Kenneth Norman Mitchell to Laurids Frode Lyager…

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Hydro Hotel Not for Sale Reply to Shire Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

MESSRS Tooth and Co. Ltd., have no intention of selling their palatial property Known as the Hydro Hotel in order that it may…

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Country Hotel Accommodation

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

Some country hotelkeepers are trading on the timidity of the public and are refusing accommodation when it is obvious that few people are staying in…

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Tragic Hotel Fires 138 Deaths

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

SASKATOON (Saskatchewan), Monday: At least 11 persons were killed and 18 injured when the Hotel Barry caught afire in the early hours…

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Terror and Tragedy in America's Worst Hotel Fire At least 116 Dead; Many Jump from Skyscraper

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.): At least 116 persons are believed to have lost their lives in America's most tragic hotel fire. An early morning outbreak turned the Winceoff Hotel in Midtown, Atlanta (Georgia) into an inferno…

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Temora Firm Granted Wine and Spirit License Interesting Evidence Given By John Meagher and Co

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 7

With several prominent town and Temora district residents giving evidence in support of the application, the licensing magistrate…

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Many Deaths in U.s.a. Hotel Fire

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

Trapped by fire in a 15-storey hotel in Atlanta which had no fire-escapes in the front of the building, about 122 guests were burned to death or were…

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Country Hotel Accommodation

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

Home country hotelkeepers are trading on the timidity of the public and are refusing accommodation when it is obvious that few…

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Hotel Tragedy Smoke and Fumes Caused Most Deaths

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Most of the 120 deaths in the disastrous Winecoff Hotel blaze, at Atlanta, resulted from asphyxiation, because smoke and…

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Another Hotel Disaster Eleven Dead in Canadian Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: Twenty-four hours after the Winecoff Hotel inferno in Georgia (U.S.A.), in which 116 persons lost their lives, another hotel disaster has occurred…

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Poll of Electors on Griffith Community Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

Wade Shire Council decided at its meeting last Friday, to conduct a poll of electors on the establishment of a community hotel at…

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Publican's Ball Raised £52

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 6

The Publicans' Ball for the Wagga and District Chamber of Commerce Commuhity Advancement Fund raised £52…

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Poll of Electors on Griffith Community Hotel

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 1

Wade Shire Council decided at its meeting last Friday to conduct a poll of electors on the establishment of a community hotel at Griffith. It was…

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Community Hotel for Griffith Council to Take Poll of Electors

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 3

The Wade Shire Council, Griffith, at its meeting on Friday night, decided to take steps to establish a community hotel and in particular…

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Coursing Cowra Greyhound Club Regains Racing License

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 8

The Cowra Greyhound Racing Club has regained its license and is hoping to stage a meeting on December 26…

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Fine for Hotel Licensee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 2

Richard C. Grey, licensee of the Grand Hotel. Wagga, was fined £4 with 8/ costs in the Wagga Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for…

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U.S. Grand Jury Says Hotel Was "Fire Trap"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 1

ATLANTA (Georgia), Tuesday: The proprietors of the Winecoff Hotel, where 121 persons died in a fire on…

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Hotel Hours' Poll on Feb. 15

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Referendum on hotel dosing hours in New South Wales will be held on Saturday, February 15 said, the…

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Wagga Hotel Licensee Fined

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 2

Derek Mullins Osborne, was fined £5 and 8/ court costs by the Police Magistrate (Mr. R. A. Hardwicke) at the Wagga Court of Petty…

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Fines at Wagga For Being On Licensed Premises

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 2

Neville Leslie Peacock, of the Coffee Palace, Wagga, was fined 10/ with 8/ court costs, when he was convicted by Mr. Hardwicke,…

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