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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1950

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Musings Without Method More About Australia Hotel Coolamon, Coolamon, November, 1949

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 1

It is quite simple. I go to afternoon tea end am shown the verandah being altered to mate a children’s bedroom and I am…

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Mirrool Township Destroyed by Fire Only Hotel Escaped

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

A fire which broke out about 8 o'clock on Wednesday night last completely wiped out all the business premises of the small township of…

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Royal Mail Hotel

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 4

Although the owners of the Royal Mail Hotel at Hillston—detroyed by fire sometime ago—wrote stating they considered it…

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Barellan Hotel Licence Transfer (To the Editor)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

Sir. — As a member of the committee appointed at a public meeting held on 9th May, 1949, to oppose the transfer of the Barellan Hotel licence…

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Woman Falls From Hotel Balcony

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

An elderly woman fell from the Onion Hotel balcony at Tumarumba on to the bitumen street, and suffered a badly…

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Woman Injured in Fall From Hotel Balcony

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1

About 9.15 a.m. on Tuesday a guest at the Union Hotel suffered severe injuries when she fell almost 15 feet…

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Rode Motor Cycle Under Influence S.M.'s Verdict Means Loss of License

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

Station-hand, Raymond Spalding, pleaded guilty in the Court of Party Sessions in Junes this morning to driving a motor cycle while…

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BUILDINGS — Licenses —Noxious Weeds Inspector Reports to Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

Various matters were contained in the report submitted to this week’s Council meeting by the Health and Building Inspector (Mr N. Agnew)…

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Local Men Contest Charges of Sunday Imbibing on Licensed Premises for Lawful Purposes

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

The majority of Wednesday's sitting of the Tumut Court of Petty Sessions was taken up by the hearing of evidence in cases in which three men were charged with being on licensed premises on a Sunday and also in which the licensee of a Tumut hotel…

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Marrar Hotel Change in Licenees

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. Walter Anderson has disposed of the license of the Marrar Royal Hotel, to Mr. R. Whittaker, of Roseberry, Sydney…

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Yass Hotel Ransacked

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

Thieves broke into and ransacked the Australia Hotel at Yass early on Friday morning. The thieves entered the hotel by…

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Permit for Luxury Hotel Cancelled

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: A £10,000 permit granted last week by the Acting Minister (Mr. Hipworth) for work on the…

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Schools V. Hotels and Nightclubs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: An appeal to State and Federal Politicians to "treat children as well as they are prepared to treat the…

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Application for Hotel Licence Refused at Urana

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., sitting as a Licensing Magistrate at Urana, last week, heard the application of Kenneth Frank…

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Royal Hotel Passed In For Private Sale After £53,500 Was Bid

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

The Royal Hotel, one of the most modern buildings in Wagga, was passed in for private sale yesterday after a bid ol £53,500 had failed to reach the reserve…

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Soldier Settler Forfeits Driving License Despite Strong Plea by Counsel Sequel to Accident On Prince Alfred Bridge Convicted of Driving in Manner Dangerous to the Public

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

DESPITE a strong plea by his solicitor (Mr H. Dawson) and the fact that the police admitted that Soldier Settler Ernest John Gallagher, of Nangus, bore an excellent character and was sober when he crashed through the railing of Prince Alfred Bridge on 28th…

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Two District Drivers Lose Licenses Driving Under Influence Brings Penalty

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

On Friday March 3rd. last John Alexander Woodhouse, of Nangus, was arrested by Constable Geo. Lynch, of Gundagai,…

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Bomb in Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sunday (AAP-Reuter): A hand-grenade was tossed by someone on the pavement into the main dining-room…

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Former Gundagai Publican Provides Best Meal in Junee But Sergeant Could Not Get Lunch

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 7

When Sgt. Lithgow, of Wagga, went to the Loftus Hotel Junes at 1.10 p.m on February 8th the Iicen-see explained that he was not…

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Four Hotel Licences Transferred

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

In the Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.M., approved of the transfer of four hotel licences, three of them in…

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