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Hotels & licensing, 1954

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On Licensed Premises on a Sunday Three Men Fined

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 2

Donald N. Webb, Edward G. Webb and Reginald A. Jeffrey were each fined £3, with 12- court costs, by Magistrate W…

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Country May Get 10 P.M. CLOSING Clubs Linked With Hotels in Referendum

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

The Attorney-General, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, quoted many factors in Parliament last week that would influence voters in favour of 10 p.m. closing at the liquor referendum…

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Hotel at Young Still Trading

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 7

Mrs. Ada Sutton, managing director of the Australian Hotel, Young, said on Friday that the hotel and its…

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Publican's Generous Gesture

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

Few knew of the League of Wheelmen's plight, when, after leaving Cowra in the recent road race they found our that Junee were unable to find the £40 necessary to stage the sprint finish at that town…

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Joke Causes Loss of Young Man's Driving License Was Given Doctored Drink at Reception

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 2

Practical jokes can have cruel and harsh consequences and to a young Gundagai district man, a practical joke…

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£300 for Private Hotel

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The lessee of an Eastern Suburbs private hotel, which was sold at a District Court auction…

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Junee Hotel Burglars Caught on Train at Yass Goods Recovered By Quick Police Work

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

One and a half hours after it had been reported that a Junee hotel had been ransacked, two men were…

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Junee Hotel Burglars Caught on Train at Yass Goods Recovered by Quick Police Work

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

One and a half hours after. It had been reported that a Junee hotel had been ransacked, two men were arrested at Yasa on…

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Shire Council Will Take Out Electrical Contractor’s License “Competition Badly Needed” Says Engineer

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 9

The Gundagai Shire Council this week decided to apply for an electrical contractor's license. This action was advised by Electrical Engineer Bidmead, who said that it would create badly needed competition…

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Robbery at Darlington Pt. Hotel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 4

Thieves secured a haul of between £800 ami £900 in cash when they broke into the Punt Hotel, Darlington Point at some…

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Court Refuses Transfer of Hotel Licence Applicant Has Six Convictions in Twelve Months; to Appeal

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 2

An application for tho transfer of the publican's licence of the Railway Hotel, Cootamundra, to Eugene John Levingstone Maas was refused by Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., this week after a lengthy case…

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Case Against Hotel Licensee Dismissed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

At the Tumut Court on Wednesday before Mr. W. Finlay, S.M., Walter B. Fowler, licensee of the Wynyard Hotel…

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Taking Timber Without License

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

At the Tumut Court on Wednesday William Harold Tegart was charged with causing timber to be obtained without…

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Kosciusko Trust May Interest Private Enterprise in Hotel Project

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

Kosciusko State Park Trust intends to interest private enterprise in a lease of a site for the erection of a new hotel at…

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Gundagai Hotel Robbed Thieves Ransack Bar

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 1

On Friday night last thieves broke into the Hume Hotel at South Gundagai, and got away with a haul valued at…

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Judge Upholds Appeal in Railway Hotel Case Application for Transfer of Licence Granted

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 2

An appeal by Eugene John Loving stone Maas against a decision by the lower court in Cootamundra refusing his application for transfer of the publican's licence of the Railway Hotel to himself from…

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Wagga hotel licensee is fined

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 2

The licensee of a Wagga hotel was fined £4 with 12 court costs in the Petty Sessions yesterday for being the…

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Hotel trading extension "harmful"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: If hotel trading hours were extended to 10 p.m. it would be harmful to the general welfare of…

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Letters to the Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents) Hotel trading hours

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 2

Sir.—I have followed with interest the letters of various correspondents both for and against later closing hours…

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Hotels—Gundagai’s Biggest Business Accommodate 66,500 Tourists Each Year Spend Many Thousands Annually With Local Business People

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 1

Undoubtedly Gundagai's biggest business is the hotel trade,, which circulates annually £100,000 amongst local business houses, Shire and transport. The hotels derive a major proportion of their revenue from tourists, and…

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