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South Coast · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

17 stories in South Coast's papers

Jockey McKenzie Falls from Hotel Window

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

At about 4 o’clock this morning the well-known jockey, McKenzie was discovered in the yard at the Central Hotel with his thigh broken…

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Licensing Co[?]

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

At the Licensing Court day, before Mr. Prior, L.M Matheson submitted [?] port, with everything in…

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Licensing Court

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 3

The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector (Sergt. Matheson) was submitted to the Court on Wednesday. The report was of the usual…

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Hotel Boycott

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 2

A noisy meeting of the union which is organising the hotel boycott at Darwin was held on Wednesday night, when 40 unionsists were tried in…

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Exciting Raid on Hotel

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 9

A cry of "Police" caused panedmonium at the White Swan Hotel, Darlington, on Sunday last. There was an immediate scuffle, and when a…

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Jockey Heavily Fined. Stealing From Hotel

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 1

Patrick James Higgins, a jockey not unknown in this district, had two charges of stealing to answer at the Queanbeyan Police Court this week,…

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Hotels to be Declared Black

The Nowra Leader · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 7

Speaking to our representative (says the Wollongong "Illawarra Mercury") this morning, Mr. F. Lowden, district miners president,…

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Licensing

The Bega District News · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

J. Hornby Kitching was granted the transfer of license of the Cobargo Hotel, Cobargo, from John Morgan Evans, Mr F. W. Richards…

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License To Fish

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

Now that the Fisheries Bill is likely to be before Parliament in July, the bundreds of people who obtain a living by attending to the wonts of…

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The “Sea Horse” Hotel a Memory of Ben Boyd

The Bega District News · Monday 4 June 1928 · page 4

“Boyd Town, begun Anno Domini MDCCOXLIII.” This legend, still clear and distinct, is inscribed above the portico of the big white stone…

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Radio for Hotels an Elaborate Set

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 7

A Lismore hotel has been equipped with a combination radio set and gramophone, which is wireless de luxe to the average individual. The…

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State's Oldest Hotel Beerless After 112 YEARS

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 10

The Licenses Reduction Board sat in Windsor on Friday of last weeK, and the transfer of the license of the historic Black Horse to a new…

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The Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 20. Before Mr. Chapman, L.M.

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 3

James Hiram Hardiman applied for transference of the license of the Hotel Nowra from Louis J. Banness, for whom Mr. Manion appeared…

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Cutting Timber Without License

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 6

At Nowra Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. Chapman, P.M., Duncan McMillan was charged with cutting timber on Crown property…

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Cutting Timber Without License

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 4

Arthur Green was charged with cutting timber on Crown lands, without being bolder of a license. Defendant's wife appeared, and…

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Mugs for 4d Hotelkeepers at Variance

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 1

Following the action of certain hotelkeepers in pledging themselves last Week to assist the police in observing the licensing laws, a…

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What Is a Receipt? Hotel Manager Fined

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 3

An extraordinary case was heard at Katoomba Court on Tuesday, when the Crown proceeded against Fra[?]k O'Grady, manager of the Hotel…

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