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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

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Albury hotel standard

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 2

Edward Stutchbury, a spokesman for the Commercial Travellers' Association, was cross-examined this week…

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Publican Admits to Defrauding Tax Dept

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A Sydney publican admitted to the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) to-day he had been taking large sums from the profits of two hotels and pocketing them to defraud the Taxation Commissioner…

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Liquor Commission Hears Evidence on Hotel Meals

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An alteration a witness made to a hotel tariff schedule last night was a form of lying, the Liquor Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Maxwell) said today. The witness (William Thompson) licensee of the Watson's Bay Hotel,…

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Black Ban on Hotel to Be Investigated

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Crown Solicitor (Mr. McCrae) has asked police to investigate the black ban by a group…

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Bathurst Hotel Criticised at Liquor Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Drinking and gambling went on until the early hours of the morning at a Police Boys' Club function held at the Royal Hotel, Bathurst, in 1949, a former police sergeant told the Liquor Royal Commission today…

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Night Trotting Talk at Young. Show Association to Apply for License

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 6

Application is to be made immediately by the Young P. and A. Association for a licence to conduct night…

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Injured After Brawl in Hotel Maher Cup Prospects Sent Man to Hospital

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 4

Some people take their football more seriously than others. A man is in the Young…

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What a Publican Should Have

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 2

Here's a wee bit for our town publicans which we road the other day: Regarded as one of the best publicans in the south, George…

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Community Hotel at Griffith Under Discussion

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 4

The Governor has approved by notification in the Government Gazette of May 2 of the petition for a grant of a publican's licence to Mr…

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Night Trotting Talk at Young Show Association To Apply For License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 May 1952 · page 8

Application is to be made immediately by the Young p. and A. Association for a license to conduct night…

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Hotelkeeper's name cleared

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. Doyle Mallett had been cleared of any dishonest practice in the purchase of Gearin's Hotel, Katoomba, Mr. Martin Hardie, Q.C., told the Liquor Royal…

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What a Publican Should Have

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 2

Here’s a wee bit for our town publicans which we read the other day: Regarded as one of the best…

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Yarrangobilly Hotel Mystery New Australian Found Unconscious

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1

Mystery surrounds the injuries suffered by a Yugoslavian in the vicinity of the Yarrangobilly Hotel on Saturday night…

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Country Publicans' Letters Defend Hotels

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Forty-two letters replying to alleged complaints about country hotels were tendered to the Liquor Royal Commission yesterday by Mr. J. W. Smyth, Q.C., counsel for the United Licensed Victuallers' Association…

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Tamworth Hotel Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Monday: The Royal Hotel, Bundarra, was completely destroyed by fire today…

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District Grazier Loses Driving License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

Arthur McAIister, well known Tumblong grazier, pleaded guilty in the Gundagai Court last Tuesday to a charge…

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Cashed Valueless Cheques at Gundagai Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

A man who cased a valueless cheque for £15 at the Gundagai Criterion Hotel twelve months ago, was brought…

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The Liquor Inquiry "New Blood Needed in Hotel Business"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday —Tom Watson, general manager of Tooth's brewery, told the Liquor Royal…

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Accidental Death Records Coroner Driver Admits He Did Not Have License

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

The driver of the car which overturned and caused the death of Miss. Joan Smith, of Wagga, on May 3rd., was not…

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Some Country Hotels First Class, Commission Told

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Toohey's Brewery considered several country hotels to be "first class," the company's general manager (Mr. Eric Leslie Callaway) told the Liquor Royal Commission today. Included in the "first class"…

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