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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 11

Took Snake Into Hotel Bar Anzac Day Drinkers Scatterd At Parkes

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 3

Toasting and conversation was at its height on Anzac Day in the saloon bar of the Royal Hotel at Parkes…

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South Gundagai Man Loses Driving License Pleads Guilty To Driving Whilst Under The Influence

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 3

LITTLE did well known South Gundagai man, Thos. George Booby, realise that he was being followed as he leisurely drove to his Jackalass home on the afternoon of April 14th last, but his surprise can well be imagined…

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Community hotel petition Available for Signatures

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 4

The Shire Clerk announced at the Council meeting on Thursday night that he had a petition ready for signatures in…

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Request for Additional Taxi License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

A request for an additional taxi plate license was made to last Tuesday’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire by W. A…

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Yass Hotelkeeper Buys Plane

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

Mr Rheub Howes, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Yass, is the first man in that town to purchase an aeroplane. It is a…

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Move To Establish Hotel At The Dog On The Tucker Box

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

A BIG AND IMPORTANT STEP HAS BEEN MOOTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE COUNCIL (CR. F. R. E. McHUGH). YESTERDAY MR McHUGH SUGGESTED THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY HOTEL AT THE PIONEERS’ MEMORIAL SITE AT THE FIVE MILE…

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Council Will Enforce Taxi Licensing Regulations Cr Stan Crowe Objects to The Labelling of Cabs

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

Speaking at this week’s Shire meeting, Cr Stan Crowe said that he was totally opposed to the rule…

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Liberal Move Change in Hotel Licensing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Abandonment of the existing system of hotel licensing is advocated by the Liberal Party…

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Prices Officer and Hotel Charges. Sets Out Scale for Beer And Other Drinks

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 3

The district Prices Officer, Mr. F. Middlemiss, has issued a series of prices governing the sale of draught and bottled beer…

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Not Enough Hotels

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 2

Solution of the liquor problem can be found only in the enlargement of existing drinking facilities or the provision of more licences, states a…

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Fought in a Junee Hotel. Both Contestants Fined at Court

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 8

If any of you people have a book acting as a guide to the stars, would you please turn the pages back to May 5th. and see…

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Argentina Sells All Wool Privately Price Control By Export Licenses

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 3

Argentina is the second largest wool producing country in the world with a production in 1949/50 of…

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Wyalong Tennis Officials in Trouble Sold Liquor, Without Holding A License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 4

Two officials of the West Wyalong Tennis Club pleaded guilty at the West Wyalong Court to charges of selling…

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Hotel Keeper to Be Reported for Breach of Electricity Restrictions

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

At the meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council on Monday the County Engineer, Mr. Chapman submitted the following…

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Police Chief Complains Drunken Drivers Keep Licenses

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 6

Of the 2914 motor drivers charged in 1950 with driving under the influence of liquor, 900—or 41 ver cent…

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Hotels Refuse Liquor to Aborigines

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

Hotels at Coonabarabran [?] still not serving liquor to [?]origines, although the Chief [?]cretary, Mr Clive Evatt…

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Community Hotel Committee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

A public meeting is to be held on Tuesday night next, June 12, for the purpose of re-establishing the Community Hotel Committee. Existing…

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All Local Hotels [?] to Standard Court Grants Renewal of Licenses

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 4

All Gundagai and district Hotels are up to standard. This information was given to the Licensing Magistrate in…

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Licensing of Hillston Aerodrome

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 6

Action will be taken by Carrathool Shire to endeavour to expedite the licensing of the Hillston areodrome for commercial use…

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The Beer Was on After the Football Match Gundagai Publican Fined For After Hours Trading

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 4

When Gundagai defeated Grenfell in the first 1951 Group Nine competition match, local fans were very…

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