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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

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English Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 5

The House of Commons, in Committee of the Whole, considered the Licensing Bill in detail yesterday. On the clauses dealing with the granting of compensation to those…

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English Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 June 1904 · page 3

The House of Commons last night rejected by 98 votes the proposed amendment to the compensation clause of the Licensing Bill providing for a time limit for…

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Local News. Hawker's License

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 June 1904 · page 2

At the Courthouse on Tuesday, before Messrs R. Faulkner and C. VV. Doyle, Js.P., a hawker's license was granted to John Albert Bartrop, the necessary sureties…

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Compensation to Publicans

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 2

THE motion for the first reading of a bill providing that compensation be paid to publicans, the venereal of whose licenses shall not be granted…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 2

It is notified in our business columns that the Quarterly Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Murrurundi will be held at the local Court House on…

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Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 3

One of the most important measures of present session is the Government's new Licensing Bill. It has been brought forward a enable the magistrates to reduce the…

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English Licensing Bill. London, June 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 2

The House of Commons, in Committee of the Whole, considered the Licensing Bill in detail yesterday. On the clause dealing with the granting of compensation to these…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 3

Transfer of License-An application for the transfer of the license of the Club Hotel Elginstreet from William Dufford to Mrs. Isabell Coveny was granted, Me, W, J. Enright appeared…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

Renewals,-Applications for the ranewals of their licenses by Michnel Enright (Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland), Roland John Bridge (Mount Vincent Hotel, Maitland), Roland John Bridge (Mount Vincent Hotel Maitland), and Robert Campball…

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Licensing Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 13

One of the most important measures of the present session is the Government's new licensing Bill. It has been brought forward to enable the magistrates to reduce…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 3

Renewals of Licenses.—The following renewale of publicans' licenses were granted:—John Northcott, Centennial Hotel; Robert Hamilton, Sportamao's Arms; Patrick Feneloy, Metropolitan; Edwin…

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Singleton Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 21, 1904. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Messrs R. Faulkner and C. W. Doyle, Js.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

THE appointment of Sergeant Whitfield, as Inspector of Weights and Measures, was confirmed by the Bench for the Singleton police district…

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Licensing Court

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

A special sitting of the Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Murrurundi was held at the Court House on Tuesday last, the bench being occupied by Messrs…

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English Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night, the motion of Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, to the Licensing Bill was further…

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West Maitland Licensing Court. Thursday, July 7, 1904. (Before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and Robert Scobie and Henry Crothers, L.Ms.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1904 · page 2

Renewals.—Isabel Coveny applied for a renewal of the license of the Club Hones Hotel, West Maitland, which was granted.—Margaret O'Brien was also granted the renewal of a colonial wine license…

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Late News by Cable. London, July 8. the Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 5

The Convocations of Canterbury and York and the Houses of Laymen of both provinces, provisionally constituted as the Representative Church Council, held their first…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 7

In the licensing court, the licenses of two hotels and two wine shops were renewed. The inspector's report for the past quarter was submitted to the bench. After the bench…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Tuesday, July 5th. (Before Mr E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., and R. Faulkner, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

Renewals of publicans licenses were granted to Jamas M'Grogan, Singleton, and Annie Billington, Jerry's Plains, and renewals of colonial wine…

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English Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

The House of Commons has paused the Government's new clauses in the Licensing Bill, granting, justices large powers respecting new licenses, preventing benefits to…

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The Volunteer Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 8

A very old and popular hotel in Maitland's history is the Volunteer, occupying a very convenient and central site at the intersection of Hunter with High streets. In the…

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