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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1871

4 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Publicans Act. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1871 · page 4

SIR—The Permissive Bill recently before the Assembly is not likely to become law. It is to be hoped, however, that there will be shortly a revision of the Publicans Act, in order chiefly…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 18, 1871. the English Licensing Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1871 · page 2

OF the new men whom Mr. Gladstone, when forming his ministry, raised from the position of private membership to that of members of the Government of the country, Mr. Austin…

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Muscle Brook. Destruction of the White House Hotel

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 3

A mott disastrous fire occurred here, early on Wednesday morning, and which resulted in the complete demolition of the above old established hotel. As to its origin, no reliable or positive…

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PART V. MISCELLANEOUS. Licenses for wharfs bridges ferries and other objects

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1871 · page 3

75. The Governor with the advice aforesaid may grant by auction or otherwise leases of any portion of Crown lands for wharfs bridges punt-houses ferries and for the erection of machinery for saw-mills…

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