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Hotels & licensing, 1951

204 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 11

South Gundagai Resident Loses Driving License Charged With Driving Under the Influence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 1

In the Court of Petty Sessions last Tuesday, E. J. J. (Jack) Smith was fined £10 and suffered the loss of his…

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License Restored Local Man Wins Appeal “Drink Should Elevate, Not Debase”, Says Judge

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 2

STATING that an appeal against a conviction for driving under the influence was a Quarter Sessions Appeal in name only, but was actually a re-hearing.. in a Higher Court Judge Berne at Gundagai this morning, upheld the…

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Sunday Trading Is Regarded Seriously S.M. in Junee Court on Hotel Obligations

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. C. Avery, warned in the Junee, Court of Betty Sessions on Wednesday last that courts regarded…

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Former Hotel Licensee At Wagga Murdered At Wollongong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday: A hotel licensee, brutally murdered in her room at the Oxford Hotel, Crown Street, Wollongong, formerly conducted hotels in Wagga and Tumut. She was Mrs. Lucy Barrows, 53. The body was found by a housemaid in…

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Proposed Community Hotel Original committee re-formed Preparation of petition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 6

A public meeting was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday night to consider the advisability of re-constructing the original committee which was formed in connection with the proposed Community Hotel for Leeton, and the steps…

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Licensing Bench Sits in Junee. Ganmain Liquor Application Heard

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 7

The Licensing Bench sat in Junee on Wednesday last to hear an application for a spirit merchants' license which had caused…

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Junee Licensing Court Spirit Merchant’s License Granted Ganmain Store

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

At the Junee Licensing Court on Wednesday last the Licensing Magistrate, granted to Hankinson’s Store, Ganmain, a Spirit…

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Would Community Hotel Pay? Scheme Challenged at Wade Shire Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 1

To show a profit, a community hotel at Griffith, costing £300,000, would have to be patronised by a thousand beer drinkers every day. Each…

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Radio Inspector Visits Gundagai. Rush to Secure Wireless Licenses

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 1

THERE was such an unprecedented rush to secure broadcast listener’s licenses in [?]undagai last Thursday that the local Post Office ran out of the requisite W5 forms. The reason for the rush was that a radio inspector was…

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Would Community Hotel Pay? Scheme Challenged at Wade Shire Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

To show a profit, community hotel at Griffith costing £390,000, would have to be patronised by a thousand beer drinkers every…

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Financing Griffith Community Hotel. Wants 1,000 Drinking 8 Schooners Daily Says Cr

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 5

To show a profit, a community hotel at Griffith, costing £300,000, would have to be patronised by a thousand beer drinkers every day…

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Community Hotel Committee Election of Executive

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

At a meeting of the Community Hotel Committee held at this Council Chambers on Monday night, the executive officers…

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All Gundagai Hotels Up to Standard

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 3

The quarterly report of the District Licensing Inspector was submitted to Gundagai Licensing Court last Tuesday…

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South Gundagai Man Loses Driver’s License Charge of Driving Under The Influence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

ONE night recently, well known South Gundagai resident, James Henry Smith, came under the critical eye…

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Sunday School teachers oppose Community Hotel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

A meeting of the Sunday School Teachers' Association was held at the Salvation Army Hall on Monday night, 2nd inst., in the presence of a large…

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Constable Don Koch Wounded Hotel Licensee Mistook Him For Intruder

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 1

Constable Don Koch, formerly of Gundagai, mistaken for an intruder, was shot in the hand by the licensee of a Double Bay hotel early yesterday, according to a police statement…

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Community Hotel As Focal Point of Community Life Stressed by Special Committee of Local Government Association

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

The Community Hotel, as the focal point of community life, comparable with the traditional English inns, has and will…

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Alleged Assault in Hotel Bar Customer Charges Licensee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., the licensee of the Hotel Leeton, James…

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Three Dozen Eggs Thrown in Hotel Kurrajong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Members of visiting Australian Rules Football teams pelted about three dozen eggs in the corridor…

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Apology on Throwing of Eggs in Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Representatives of the Australian National Football Council apologised to the manageress of the…

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