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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1911

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Licensing Court. Monday, January 30th. (Before Mr O. H. Gale, P.m.). a Transfer

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

The license of the Percy Hotel was transferred from A. E. Ball to Isaac, Upion, late of Quirindi. Mr W. J. Cragg appeared for both…

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Marriage and Divorce. the Issue of Licenses. London. Feb. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 5

Dr. [?]strol, Chancellor of the [?]ese was written a letter to the Right Rev. Dr. Winnington Ingram, Bishop of London, informing him that after the Deceased Wife's…

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A Missing Publican. Strange Disappearance [?] MUDGEE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

The unaccountable disappearance [?] A. Mason, a well-known hotelkeeper [?] ville, near Mudgee, and the father [?] C. Mason, of Mudgee is reported…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, February 2. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.m.). Music Permit

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

-Isaac Upton, licensee of the Percy Hotel, was granted a music permit in connection with a banouet to be held this (Saturday) evening…

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Important Licensing Point. Interdicted Hotels May Come Back

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 4

That a coach and four might bo driven through any Act of Parliament is a commonplace, and cases Innumerable in support of the old saying could, be cited…

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Interesting Licensing Point. Local Option Vote

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 5

At the fortnightly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association in Sydney consideration was given to a letter from the association's solicitors (Messrs. Shipway and Berne)…

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Hotels Need Not Close

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Licensed Victualers Association in Sydney consideration was given to a letter from the association's solicitors (Messrs…

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Interesting Licensing Point. Local Option Vote

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 15

At the fortnightly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association in Sydney consideration was given to a letter from the association's solicitors (Messrs. Shipway and Berne),…

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Marriage and Divorce. the Issue of Licenses. London, Feb. 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

Dr. Tristram, Chancellor of the di[?]ese, has written a letter to the Right Rev. Dr. Winnington Ingram, Bishop of London, informing him that after the Deceased Wife's…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

Thomas R. Quinn made application, and was granted a billiard license for premises situated at Cessnock. Mr. A. E. West cott supported the application…

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Assessing Hotels. the Shoreditch Case. London, Feb. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 3

The House of Lords has given its decision in the Shoreditch assessment case. The Lord High Chancellor. Lord Loreburn, and Lord Shaw, differed from the…

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Death From Neglect. a Publican Censured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1911 · page 3

At Inverell on Tuesday the district coroner held a magisterial Inquiry concerning, the death at the hospital of a single man, Martin Tayler, aged 50…

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The New Metropolitan Hotel Commodious Structure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 2

On the corner of High Albert streets, the site of the Metropolitan Hotel, which had become so dilapidated as to have been beyond further repair, a fine,…

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Rival Hotel Applications. Requirements of Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 4

A special sitting of the Maitland Licensing Bench (Messrs. J. McKensey, P.M., John ROurke and Elias Bowden, L.M.S was held at the Courthouse, West…

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Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 5

The Royal Hotel at White Cliffs has been totally destroyed by fire. The outbreak is supposed to have originated in the cellar…

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Rival Hotel Applications. Requirements of Aberdare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

The special sitting of the Maitland Licensing Bench held at the Courthouse, yesterday, to consider rival petitions for a certificate authorising the issue of a conditional…

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The Metropolitan Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 4

The Metropolitan Hotel, a fine three-storey brick building of some 30 rooms, erected at the corner of High and Albert streets, on the site of the old hotel, will be opened this…

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A Licensing Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

The adjourned licensing case, in which John Price Jones, of Carrington (Richard Snedden, petitioner's representative), was the petitioner for a conditional license at Aberdare, was mentioned…

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Referendum for Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 5

Mr. Leif Jones, Liberal member for Westmoreland, will shortly introduce a bill establishing a referendum on the issue of licenses in specified areas, a measure equivalent to…

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Adventure in a Sydney Hotel. Two Girls Tackle a Burglar

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 March 1911 · page 4

A daring attempt at burglary was made by a young man at a Sydney hotel on Saturday night. He walked upstairs while the premises, were open;…

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