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Hotels & licensing, 1918

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Quarterly Licensing Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 4

The quarterly licensing report for the district of Maitland was submitted to the West Maitland licensing bench to-day. In reply to the chairman of the bench (Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.),…

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Wine License for Kitchener

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 4

Owing to a technical failure in regard to the posting of the required notice, an application for a certificate for a colonial wine license for Kitchener, near Cessnock, lodged by…

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Message to Police. All Hotels Closed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 5

The Superintendent of Police received the following message from the Inspector-General of Police this afternoon:— Notify all hotel colonial wine and spirit…

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Hotels Closed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

A military" order has been issued by the Federal authorities closing all hotels within a 15-mile radius of Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat,…

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Hotels Closed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 2

Under instructions from head quarters the local police notified all hotelkeepers on Friday afternoon that they must close their bars for…

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Local Hotels Closed by Order of Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 2

At 4.30 p m. yesterday First-class Sergeant Menary, acting on orders received from the Superintendent of Police at West Maitland, directed that all the…

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Closing of Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 4

The Superintendent of Police in West Maitland has received an official intimation that all hotels, wineshops, and other Heensed houses must close their business…

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Dublin Waiters' Strike. Hotels Send Guests Away

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 November 1918 · page 7

In consequence of a strike of walter and other employee most of the Dublin hotels and restaurants were closed on certain days of August and September. The men…

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Hawker's Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 4

Applications for hawker's licenses for 1919 should be lodged forthwith, as the Court for dealing with them will be held on Monday, December 2nd. They should…

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Licensine Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 4

Two applications for transfers of Hcenses were dealt with by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day. The license of the Carrington…

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Billiard Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 4

Those who are concerned regarding billiard licenses should specially note the fact that only one Court will be held during the month of December to deal with…

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Hotelkeeper's Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 November 1918 · page 4

The estate of the late J. B. Belfield, hotel keeper, Sydney, has been valued for probate at £33,838…

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Hotelkeeper's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1918 · page 4

The death occurred at Weston on Tuesday of Mr. Phillip Jenkins, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Weston. Deceased had been in failing health for some time, due to attack of…

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Hotels' Closing Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 4

Tho Attorney-General was questioned in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr. Robson whether, in view of the fact that the existing legislation providing for the closing hours of…

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Transfer of Billiard License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 4

At the West Maitland Courthouse to-day, a billiard license, formerly held at West Maitland by the late Patrick Delanty, was transferred by the administrators to Daniel Delanty…

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Auctioneers' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 4

A court, for the granting of auctioneers' licenses for 1919 was held at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day. The bench was occupied by Messrs. W. B. Geddes, J…

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A New York Murder. Wife Shot in Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 7

Mr. Charles E. Chapin, news editor of the "New York Evening World," one of the best-known journalists in the United States, shot his wife in the Hotel…

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Hawkers' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 December 1918 · page 4

Applications for hawkers' licenses were dealth with at West Maitland Courthouse to-day by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Cart licenses were granted to Salem Frayfer and William Smith. The…

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Responsibility of Hotelkeepers. Loss of Property by a Guest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1918 · page 2

An action which was decided before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury in Sydney raised the question of the responsibility of an hotel-keeper for loss of property by a guest…

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Licenses Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 4

At the Courthouse, West Maitland,today, before Messrs. W. B. Geddes and Charles Henry, Barden, Js.P., a hawker's license was granted to George Ridley. A…

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