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Hotels & licensing, 1953

24 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Money Wallet Stolen From Companion Result Of Gay Spree In Hotel Bars

The Bega District News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

Charged with having stolen a wallet containing two £10 notes and. one £5 note, the property of William Vincent (also known as Johnnie or Jacky) Haigh, on December 5, last year, Norman Boon,…

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Order To Rebuild Hotel Candelo Not Economic Proposition Says Owners’ Counsel

The Bega District News · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

Matters concerning the two Candelo hotels came up for consideration at the Bega Licensing Court, on Thursday last week, when Mr. Wells, S.M., heard two matters…

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Another Hotel Going Begging

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 7

Hotels do not appear to be the Paying propositions they have been in the past, because we had the spectacle of…

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Candelo Hotel Man Shows Champ. Heifer First Appearance In Cattle Ring

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 6

The biggest sensation in the Jersey cattle section, at the Pambula Show, last weekend, was the success of the new Candelo exhibitors, H. W. and J. Rettallack, of the Candelo Hotel, and “Auld…

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Street Traders to Be Licensed Move To Upset Motion Defeated In Council

The Bega District News · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

A notice of motion, moved by Ald. Dowling, and seconded by Ald. Cochrane, to rescind a resolution passed by the Bega Municipal Council, on December 9, 1952, on the question of granting…

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Death of Candelo Hotel Man

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 7

On Friday morning the death occurred of Mr. Robert Lindsay Sharpe, aged 69 years, [?]rencee of the…

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Charge Against Cooma Publican Man, Thought Drunk, Dies of, Fractured Skull

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

The license of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Cooma, has been charged with the manslaughter of CharIes Higgins, 36, of Catherine Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, who was found lying in an…

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Cooma Publican Remanded

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 6

Coomapublican, Victor James Snuddon, who is charged with . feloniously slaying Charles Higgins, was remanded until…

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Cooma Publican to Be Tried on Slaying Charge

The Bega District News · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 9

After an all-day sitting, the Cooma District Coroner (Mr. H. V. Brigden, J. P.), on Tuesday last week,…

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Six Men Found in Hotel After Hours

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 10

Six Bega young men, charged with having been on licensed premises alter hours, were found guilty by Mr…

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Installation of Cold Room at Great Southern Hotel, Queen St., Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 2

Bert Taberner is once again to the fore with the best in Refrigeration. Complete new unit, consisting…

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Publican Appeals Against Penalty No Conviction Recorded On Judge’s Order

The Bega District News · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 4

An appeal by Eric John Green, licensee of the Tathra Hotel, against the severity of the penalty imposed against him in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions on November 5, last year, was dismissed…

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Private Control for Hotel Kosciusko

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 2

Tenders for the erection and running of a new hotel, and for the leasing of the Chalet, at Kosciusko, are to be invited from…

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Hotel Men in Court Action

The Bega District News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 2

In a dispute between two hotel licensees arising out of a transfer of the licence of the Commercial Hotel,…

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Bank Hotel Makes Improvements

The Bega District News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. Reg Grayson, licensee of the Bank Hotel, entertained a large gathering of businessmen, fellow hotelkeepers, and…

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Counter Lunch at Tathra Hotel

The Bega District News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

With the return of serving of counter lunch in a number of metropolitan hotels, it is interesting to learn that the Tathra Hotel…

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Hotel Hampton Court, King’s Cross

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 8

Sydney’s Popular Licensed Hotel Attractive Accommodation for 250 Guests Single and Double Bedrooms…

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Bank Hotel to Change Hands

The Bega District News · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

Mr. Grayson, who has been licensee of the Bank Hotel, Bega, since October 3, 1951, is disposing of his interests in…

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Hotel . Hampton Court, King’s Cross

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 6

Sydney’s Popular licensed Hotel Attractive Accommodation for 250 Guests Single and Double Bedrooms…

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Tenders Invited for Kosciusko Chalet, Hotel

The Bega District News · Friday 3 July 1953 · page 1

Tenders are being called this week, from private enterprise, for the erection and running of a new hotel and…

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