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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 11

Dead cats in hotel yard, meeting told

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

"I would like some of the officers and aldermen of the City Council to go and take a look at the yard of a Wagga hotel I know." "They can see dead cats, crayfish and other…

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Two Directors Control Seven Hotels on M.i.a., Liquor Inquiry Told

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Royal Commissioner on Liquor was told today that seven proprietory companies, each having the same two directors, conducted seven hotels in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The directors are: Thomas George Murray, investor, of Hunter Street,…

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Hotels in Irrigation Area Two Directors Control Seven

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 6

The Royal Commissioner on Liquor was told on Tuesday that seven proprietary companies, each having the same two directors, conducted…

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Nth. Wagga Hotel Is Mentioned at Liquor Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Royal Commission on Liquor was told today that the Whelan family, of the Maroubra Junction Hotel, had interests in 35 N.S.W. city, suburban and country hotels…

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Commissioner Condemns Some Sydney Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said today that things he had seen…

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Family's 25 Country Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The Royal Commission on Liquor was told today that 25 country hotels were owned or controlled by the family of the late Greg McGirr…

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Manager tells of big money spent on 12 hotels

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A real estate agent told the Royal Commission on Liquor today that he and the Whelan family had joined forces when they found themselves competing for hotel sites. Leslie Joseph Hooker, managing director of L. J. Hooker Ltd., was…

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Snake Wriggled Into Dining Room of Cowra Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

Screams split the air at the Cowra Railway Hotel last Friday when a snake was seen wriggling around…

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Police Inspector to Investigate Deals in Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Royal Commission on liquor today asked Inspector John Young, of the Metropolitan Licensing Police, to investigate hotel deals in which night club proprietor Abraham Saffron bad been involved…

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Licensing Court

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 2

An application by Mr. Otton of Tarcutta for a spirit merchant's licence was made to the Licensing Court which sat…

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£80,000 improvements for local hotels Evidence by Mr. Gleeson

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 2

At the present Liquor inquiry, the following facts were disclosed by Mr. M. J. Gleeson, who was commended on his…

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Cheque Theft by Hotel Useful At Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 2

A 23-year-old hotel useful employed at the Punt Hotel, Darlington Point, pleaded guilty in Griffith Poilce Court last week to the theft…

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Magistrate Refutes Suggestion That He Is Hard on the South Gundagai Hotels

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

IN the Gundagai Court last Tuesday, the presiding Magistrate, Mr W. Finlay, refuted the suggestion by Solicitor F. A. Dodds, that he was hard on the South Gundagai Hotels…

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[?]Rinks Made Him Giddy [?] Aussie Loses His Driver’s License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 7

[?] Saturday Jan Wajto[?] a new Australian, came [?] Gundagai and imbided [?]. The meeting at…

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Licensing Court

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 1

A booth licence was granted to tin- Gilmore Agricultural Bureau for the sports on 15th Deceniher. to operate between 11 a.m. and…

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M.l.a. Sees Chaos If S.p. Shops Licensed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Friday: The present system of open illegal operation of S.P. shops, with sporadic raids by police, followed by amazing, diverse Court punishments, did not generate a respect for the law in those applying it, the Royal Commission on S.P. Betting was told today…

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Hotel transfer refused

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A nun was refused an application for transfer of a hotel licence by the Licencing Bench…

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Theft From Hotel Bar

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 2

A thief last night entered the Tattersall's Hotel and stole £57 from the [?]ill. The robbery was discovered…

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Could Have Put Xmas in Gaol. Publican Saves Man Unhapppy Experience

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 2

Douglas Hancock was within an ace of spending Christmas and New Year in gaol after the hearing of a case at the Junee Court…

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Rent Increased in Junee Court. Licensing Magistrate Gives Verdict for Applicant

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 6

The last sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions before Christmas took place in Junee on Wednesday afternoon last with Mr. C…

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