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1899
23 September 1899
MR. WEBB'S PARAGON HOTEL.
The Paragon Hotel, which is in the hands of Mr. Webb, is in the centre of the town, close to the Mechanics' Institute and the New South Wales and A.J.S. Banks. It is a most centrally-situated two-brick structure with a wide verandah, occupying as it does a splendid site at the corner of Perry and Gladstone streets. The Paragon has 84 rooms, all particularly well furnished, including bedrooms, parlors, dining-rooms, large commercial rooms, etc. The bedrooms are roomy and comfortable, and everything about the place is scrupulously clean. Upstairs there are stained-glass doors leading into the verandah, lit up at night with gas, which traverses two sides of the house. This hotel, at which the Supreme Court Judges stay when on circuit, is under the patronage of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales. There are hot and cold water baths. At the entrance hall there are nice pot-plants, and its appearance creates a favourable impression at first sight. The stabling (built of brick) is also fine, with commodious loose-boxes, and is eagerly sought after at race and Show times. There is, too, a large yard. I should add that water is laid on all over the place, and is pumped by means of a windmill into an overhead tank1
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1926
21 June 1926
Improvements which will bring the Paragon Hotel right up-to-date are being carried out2
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1937
8 April 1937
Hotel Licence Transfer
THE licence of the Paragon Hotel, Mudgee, was at Mudgee Court on Monday, transferred from Norman Richard Wade, sole executor of the estate of the late Mrs Wonson. to Samuel R. Arnold3 .
13 July 1937
Owner
William Kurtz “Beverley House” Market St. Mudgee 1/1/20
Mortgagees
Mr. H. J. McPherson, Solicitor, Mudgee 1/1/20
Bank of N.S.W., Mudgee (freehold) 5/1/23
E. J. Barton, Mudgee (by Lessee) 5/1/23
Licensees
Margaret Jones 1/1/20
Eric Wallace Cridge 1/7/20
John Robert Lamb 20/5/21
Walter Wonson 22/11/21 (now deceased) 13/10/24
Elizabeth Wonson 25/5/25
Francis James Wright 11/11/29
James White 13/10/30 (dec’d)
Margaret Matilda White 19/1/31 (carrying on business Section 116) Granted 19/1/31
Public Trustee (Administrator of Estate of White decd) to Margaret Matilda White 4/5/31
Elizabeth Wonson 28/9/31
N. R. Wade, Exor. Est. Elizabeth Wonson, deceased, to
Samuel Raymond Arnold 5/4/37
Sub-Lessee Booth Licenses
14/7/24, 9/8 13/9, 25/11, 28-29/11, 14/2, 17/4, 25/5, 16/5, 26-27/7, 25/7, 29/8, 12/9, 9/11-3-26, 26-27/11, 3-5/3/27, 16/4, 3-4/5, 14/5, 4-6/6, 27/6, ⅜, 29/8, 13/10, 25/11, 10/3/28, 22/9, 13/10, 27/10, 1-3/6/29, 24/6/29, 20/7/29, 2-3/8, 14/9, 21/9, 5/10/29, 9/11/29, 16/11/29, 28/12/29, 4/1/30, 8/3, 13-14-15/3, 25/3, 19/4, 7/5/33, 1/9/33, 26-27/1/34, 3/10/17/24/2/34, 14/4/34, 21/4/34, 30/6/34, 7 & 21/7/34, 8/9/34, 4/8/34, 18/8/34, 25/8/34, 1/9/34, 7/12/34, 14/12/34, 28/12/34, 1/1/35 (2), 16/2/35, 2/4/35 (2), 27/7/35, 10-24/8/35, 3/9/35
General
13/10/24. E. Wonson authorised as Agent for Estate of W. Wonson to carry on until expiration of License.
13/2/26. Application Material Alterations - Granted.
28/1/27. Application Order 40A - No Order made.
13/4/27. Application Material Alterations - Granted. Approx. Cost £100.
27/6/27. Application to make Material Alterations - Granted - Complete by 3 months Cost £350.
12/8/29. Application Material Alterations - Granted - Complete by 3 months. Approx. Cost £800.
11/11/29. Permit 57M Granted. 24/4/33 - Music Permit - Granted for 25/4/33 (see over)
4/12/33. Material Alterations approved - in connection with installation of sewerage system. Cost £70 - complete by
21/4/34. Music Permit granted.
18/6/36. Order made S40A. 3 months to complete.
13/7/37. Application Permit S57A - Granted4
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1955
20 January 1955
(Under New Management)
Lovely Beer and Spirits
At Their Best
First Class Accommodation
We’re extra fussy about our beer, about its quality, and about the way we draw and serve it. We believe, too, that the rest of our very complete bar Stock is well out of the ordinary.
Ted Cronan -Paragon Hotel- Mudgee ‘Phone 113.5