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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

314 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 16

Royal Hotel Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 1

Visitors to Denman are as one in complimentary references to the enterprise of Mr. Thos. Carter, in erecting such an excellent and…

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Sanitation of Hotels

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 3

The attention of owners and licensees of hotels is called to a pamphlet recently issued by the Department of Public Health dealing with the…

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Early Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 5

A petition asking for the closing of hotels at six o'clock was signed by over 4000 soldiers at Liverpool and Casuia…

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Cessnock Hotel. Employees Strike. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

A strike of employees at Cessnock Hotel occurred last night. It appears that one employee was paid off and the whole hotel staff censed work as a protest…

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Auctioneers' Licenses Refused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

Because they could not prove that a material injury of a public nature would be occasioned if licenses were not granted to them, four auctioneers at the North Sydney Police…

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Hotel Strike Collapsed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 3

The difficulty caused by a strike of employees at the Cessnock Hotel, which occurred early in the week, has been overcome byu the engagement of a new staff…

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Dry Canteens. Hotels in Proximity to Camps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 12

At the meeting of the Federal Cabinet it was decided, on the recommendation of the Parliamentary War Committee, that dry canteens should be continued, and that the…

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Paterson Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court for the licensing district of Paterson will be held at the Paterson Courthouse on Friday, 28th instant…

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Death of a Man. Publican Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

In the City Police Court, Brisbane, before Mr. Eglinton, P.M., Albert Henry Biggs, licensed victualler, was charged with having, on December 29, unlawfully killed…

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Annual Licensing Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

At a sitting of the Licensing Court on Thursday, Senior-Sergeant Nancarrow (Inspector under the Licensing Act) presented his report on licensed,…

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Hawkers' Licenses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

At a sitting of the Singleton Licensing Court on Thursday, before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., and Messrs A. Simmons and W. Bailey, J's.P.,…

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Death in Brisbane. Publican Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 7

In the Brisbane Police Court on Saturday the hearing was continued of he case in which Albert Henry Biggs, licensed victualler was charged with having unlawfully killed…

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Man's Death. Publican Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

In the Brisbane Police Court on Saturday the hearing was continued of the case in which Albert Henry Biggs licensed victualler, was charged with…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, J. W. Birkenhead and Elias Bowden, L.Ms., at the Licensing Court held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, Robert William…

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A Well-known Wingham Resident's Opinion. Wingham Hotel, Wingham, September 29th, 1915

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. J.E. HOWLAND, Chemist, Noweastle. Dear Sir,—For some time I have been suffering from Rheumatic Pains in my…

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Dry Canteens. Hotels in Proximity to Camps

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 11

At the meeting of the Federal Cabinet it was decided, on the recommendation, of the Parliamentary War Committee, that dry canteens should be continued, and that the…

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Prisoner's Breach of License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 5

Charles Bevan, alias Russell, who was out on license in connection with a sentence of three years penal servitude passed at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, was charged…

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Fatally Stabbed. Argument at an Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 2

Michael M'Nally, 26 years of age, fireman on an auxiliary cruiser in Sydney Harbour, was fatally stabbed on Saturday at Darlinghurst. It is stated that M'Nally, with another…

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A Licensing Matter. Referred to Full Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 3

Application was made to Mr. Justice Sly in chambers in Sydney for a rule absolute for prohibition against the decision of the Tienterfield Licensing Court permitting the…

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Licensing Count. (Before Messrs. H. F. Roberts, Elias Bowden, and J. W. Birkenhead, L.Ms.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 6

Joseph Millard applied for the transfer of the license of the Royal Oak Hotel to John Thom. Mr. J. H. F. Waller appeared for Millard, and Mr. W. J. Enright for Thom…

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