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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

210 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 11

Hotelkeeper's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 4

There was a pleasant function at the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle, on Thursday night when a large number of friends of Mr. [?] Atkinson, who has been the license for seven and a…

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Hotel License Refused. to Naturalised German

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 16

The Premier on Saturday made available the grounds of objection upon which a transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Cowra, was refused to Mr. Peter…

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The Hun in Brussels. King Albert's Palace an Hotel for Germans

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 10

A correspondent, who escaped from Brussels by corrupting a very corruptible German sentry with a gold watch and banknotes, tells of the following incidents:—…

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Early Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 4

At the Labe[?] Conference in Sydney on Friday, the following resolution was carried by 33 votes to 47, on the motion of Mr. G. Lewis, general secretary of the Federated Millers and…

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Publicans' Liability. Cessnock Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

In the Small Debts Court, Cessnock, yesterday, c case of considerable local interest was heard in which Harold Judge, of Belibird, sued Robert William Cafe, licensee of…

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Dungog Licensing Bench

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 4

At a meeting of the State Executive Council, held yesterday, approval was given to the appointment of Mr. R. W. Allison as a member of the Dungog Licensing…

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The Liquor Problem. Early Closing of Hotels. Address by Mr. Lloyd

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 6

At the Town Hall last night a fairly large audience assembled to hear an address from Mr. W. A. Lloyd, who was formerly the official lecturer of the Liquor Traders'…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 7

(Before Messrs. W. J. M. Fincham, Elias Bowden, and J. W. Birkenhead, L.Ms.). William Henry Brown was granted a renewal of colonial wine license at Laguna…

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Alleged False Pretences. Sale of an Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 7

Gordon McDonald, departmental manager of the Public Co-operative Stores, Pitt-street, Sydney, was before the Central Police Court, charged with false pretences…

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Licensing Bench

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 2

Mr. R. W. Alison has been appointed as a member of the Dungog Licensing Bench. Public Meeting…

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Hotelkeeper's Liabilities

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 3

Whether a hotelkeeper was liable for the safe custody of a horse left in his charge by a guest was the subject of a case in the Small Debts…

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The Liquor Problem. Early Closing of Hotels. Address by Mr. Lloyd

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 5

At the Town Hall on Wednesday night a large audience assembled to hear an address from Mr. W. A. Lloyd, who has formerly the…

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Early Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 7

At the Labour Conference in Sydney on Friday, the following resolution was earned by 53 votes to 47 on the motion of Mr. G. Lewis, general secretary of the Federated Millers and…

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An Unlucky Thief. The Publican's Fists

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 5

There is one of the light-fingered fraternity in Sydney at present who has substantial reasons for rogretting his visit to an intended victim's house. The…

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'Follow the King.' Early Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 2

At the service in the Methodist Church yesterday afternoon an address was delivered by Mr. James Marion, secretary of the New South Wales Temperance Alliance, on…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 4

Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., Elias Bowden, and J. W. Birkenheal, Ls.M., Messrs. Tooth and Co., as owners, were granted a renewal of the licenses of the…

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Licensing Count

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 6

At the Licencing Court yesterday, before Mr. R. H. V. Abnuti, P.M., and Mr. A. Simmons, J.P., Senior-Sergeant Nauearrow called upon Alfred J. Moore, licence of the…

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"Follow the King." Early Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 10

At the service in the Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon an address was delivered by Mr. James Marion, secretary of the jew South Wains Temperance Alliance, on…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1915 · page 6

Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and Mr.A, Simmons, J.P., sat as a Licensing Court at the Singleton Police Court on Thursday. Senior-Sergeant Nancairrow called…

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Hotel Closing Hours. Meeting in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 3

The closing of hotel bars at 6 o'clock was the subject of a number of addresses at the Sydney Town Hall last night. The big hall was comfortably filled with ardent…

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