LUE HOTEL, LUE
Owner and licensee, John Thompson; mortgagee, John Davis, Ginghi .
Mr. McPherson (McPherson and Bawden) represented Mr. Thompson Police Inspector Bond in evidence, stated there was one conviction against this hotel. The state of repair of the building was good, there were 15 rooms, of which four bedrooms were used by the public. It has a five stall stable. The distance from Mudgee was 18 miles. and from Rylstone 14. It catered for the general public, and was well conducted. The population within a radius of four miles was 241. There was a small township there, and a railway station. Grazing, farming, and dairying, were carried on in the district. In his opinion the hotel was a necessity.
John Thompson, owner and licensee said he had been 25 years in this hotel. There was only one conviction against him. . The hotel was patronised by farmers, graziers, and the travelling public. It was on the railway route, as well as the main Bathurst road. It was 12 miles from Barrigan, where an oil works was about to open up.
The Chairman: Where is this industry ? Are there men there?
Witness: None at present. They are forming the company.
Mr. McPherson: A very profitable industry at the present time. (Laughter).
The Chairman, (smiling): So the industry is at present in Sydney.
Mr. McPherson: Yes, and it generally stops there.
John Frederick Booth, C.P. inspector, spoke of the accommodation as being the best in the district.
Mr. McPherson: As good as you will get anywhere? - Yes.
The Chairman: They are all the best in the district. (Laughter).
Inspector Bond: He said that about the Junction Inn yesterday. (Laughter)1
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9 December 1937
AT the Mudgee Licensing Court this morning the application of Malcolm Bulmer for the transfer of the licence of the Lue Hotel to Bruce Frederick Nyman, of Canley Vale, was granted2 .
19 September 1938
AT the Mudgee Police Court this morning the licence of the Lue Hotel was transferred from R. D. Henderson to A. McCartney3 .
6 March 1939
AT the Mudgee Police Court this morning the licence of the Lue Hotel was transferred from Mr H. McCartney to Mr J. Robson4 .
9 January 1970
For Sale
Hotel Special Lue
Licensed Freehold - Vacant Possession “Lue” Hotel
Well constructed, newly painted single storey, brick building in good order throughout.
No Orders.
The hotel is to be offered with five (5) acres (approx.) land suitable for grazing.
Finance: Liberal finance available to approved Purchaser.
Enquiries: Hotel Brokerage Dept. 28.8401.
Solicitor: J. Knox, Rylstone.
Auction Date: Tuesday, 20th Jan., 1970, 10.30 Hooker House, Angel Place, Sydney.
L. J. Hooker Limited - Sydney
Australia’s Leader in Real Estate5
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10 September 1971
HOTEL CHANGE AT LUE
The transfer of Liquor License of the Lue Hotel from Mrs. A. E. Erskine to Mrs. Joan Florence Smith, formerly 6 Oaklands Street, Bendigo was made at the Mudgee Licensing Court on Wednesday.
Mrs. Smith told the Court that her husband would handle the cellar work, bar and outside work, while she would have charge of the bar and house.
Mr. Knox of Rylstone represented Mrs. Erskine and Mrs. Smith in the application6
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