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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 10

Traps for Publicans

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 6

At the Dubbo Licensing Court recently, Mr A. R. Perry P.M., remarked that there were three traps which unwary licensed victuallers…

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Darwin Hotel Management

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

An inquiry was held recently into the management of the State hotels at Darwin. The hotel supervisor's evidence was to the effect that the…

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Renewal of License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Before Messrs. Elias Bowden and J. W. Brikenhead, L.M.'s, at the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, W. J. Hammond, licensee of the Carrington Hotel, West…

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Woman Hotel Thief. Life of Crime

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 1

An educated woman named Mary Macdonald, whoso accomplishments include the knowledge of several foreign languages, has, according to the…

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Auctioneer's License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 4

Cecil Ronald Graham applied to Mr. A. O. Butler, P.M., at the West Maitland Court-hourse to-day for an auctioneer's license. The application was granted…

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Local and General News. Hotelkeepers' Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

All holders of hotel licenses in East and West Maitland and Morpeth are requested to attend a meeting in Miss Edwards' rooms, West Maitland, to-morrow (Wednesday)…

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Tragedy at Manly Man Shot at Steyne Hotel. Woman Wounded by Bullets. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 2

Charles Minchin, residing at Crook well, shot himself in the head at the Stoyne Hotel, Manly, this morning, and died immediately…

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Hotel Boycott

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 February 1920 · page 5

The secretary of the Woollahra branch of the Australian Labour Party states that at a meeting of the league last night a resolution was carried calling upon members to…

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Licensing Applications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

George Miller, licensee of the Cessnock Hotel, Cessnock, applied to the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day for booth [?] for Cessnock races on Saturday next…

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Transfer of License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 February 1920 · page 2

An application by Robert Lee, for the transfer of the license of the Belmore Hotel, West Matiland, from Stanley Slack to himself, came before, the Licensing Bench,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

Hawkers' licenses were granted to James Cornolius Bidwell and John Harris Bowman, and a collector's and second-hand dealer's license was granted to Albert Reynolds…

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Cessnock Licensing Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court on Monday, Ernest Weawley applied for the transfer of his billiard license to Henry Fisher. Mr. G. Ward…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 3

Hawkers' licenses were granted to James Cornelius Bidwell and John Harris Bowman, and a collector's and second-hand dealer's license was granted to Albert Reynolds…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Licensee and Wife Incinerated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 6

A fire broke out in the Commercial Hotel, Cargo, near Orange, at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning. which resulted in the building, which was constructed of weatherboard,…

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License to Answer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 4

At die West Maitland Licensing Court this morning (Messrs. G. Atkin and Elias Bowden being on the bench) Inspector Huzzacott applied for a summons against…

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Local and General News Hotel License Transferred

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

At a sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday, an application for the transfer of the license of the Albion Hotel from Thomas A. Ball to Edwin Folley,…

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West Maitland Police Court. Monday, February 23. (Before Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., and Elias Bowden, J.p.). on Licensed Premises

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 14

A young man pleaded guilty to being found on the licensed premises of the Exchange Hotel during prohibited house. Sergeant Nolan stated that he found…

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Hotel Tragedy. Woman Victim's Story

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 5

An inquest was held in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the death of Charles Minchin, who was found, dead at the Hotel Steyne, Manly, when Mrs…

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Friday, February 27th. Failing to Produce License

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 3

Georgo R. Picstone, of Cessnock, when called upon to answer a charge of not producing his motor car license when asked to do so by the police, failed to…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 6

In the Licensing Court the license of the Aberdare Hotel, Weston, was transferred from John [?] Stewart to Henry Alphonsus Jenkins, and that of the Angel Inn. West…

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