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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 10

Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 9

The license of the Lochinvar Hotel was transferred from John Thomas Keys to James Fraser. A billiard license at Cessnock was…

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State Hotels. Loss of £475 at Darwin

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 5

The balance-sheet of the four Government hotels show the following:-Expenses.-Salaries for the year, £10,000; repairs, £1000; replacements, £1300; trade expenses…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 4

Messre. Elius Bowden and J. W. Birkcehead, L.Ms., presided over a sitting of the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day. William Henry Brown was granted a…

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Local and General New Hotel Proprietor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

Mr Thame has bought out Mr Norton of the Bank Hotel, Dungog. It was only a short time ago that Mr Norton acquired the hotel from Mr…

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A Most Unusual Case. Selling Beer Without a License

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 4

A licensing case possessing unusual features has been adjudicated upon by Major Crane, P.M. of Grafton. Evidence was taken at…

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Boycotting Hotelkeepers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the New South Wales branch of the Wool Basil Workers Federation. it was agreed that members should refrain from entering any hotel in…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 4

A sitting of the Licensing Court was held yesterday. The was occupied by Messrs G. Atkin, P.M., and A. Simmons and W. Bailey, J.'s P. Sergt…

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Second-Hand Dcaler's License Refused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 4

At the East Maitland Licensing court yesterday. before Mr. G. Atehl,L.M.John Edward Walker made application for a second-hand dealer's license. The…

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Sensation in Hotel Landlady Chloroformed. Intruder Alarmed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 4

A sensational occurrence took place early one morning last week at Mr T. Hardy's Oxford Hotel, Inverell, when a masked man gained admittance to the…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court Messrs. G. Atkin, L.M., and J.W. Birkenhead (member) presided, The license of the Club House Hotel West Maitland, was…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 6

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr. W. Ba[?] J.P., presided at a sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday. A district auctioneers license was granted to j. A. Bray. and…

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Licenses Granted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 4

Sitting as a Licensing Bench yesterday, Mr G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr W. Bailey, J.P., granted a district auctioneers' license to J. A. Bray, and…

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Local and General News. Transfer of a License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 4

An application for the transfer of the license of the Exchange Hotel, West Maitland, from Dionysius J. M'Guire to Robert William Cafe came before Mr. G. Atkin…

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Transfer of a License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 4

The Licensing bench at the West Maitland Courthouse to-day was occupied by Messrs. G. Atkin and Elias Bowden, L.M. An application for the transfer of the license of…

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Commandeered Hotel. Crown Must Pay. London. Monday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 5

After protracted legal proceedings, the House of Lords has decided that the DeKeyser's Hotel CO. is entitled to compensation for the Crown's occupation of the hotel…

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Fewer Hotels Seductions in 14 ELECTORATES

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 2

The number of hotels in New South Wales may possibly be educed by 480 as a result of the investigations of the Licenses Reduction Board…

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Why Australian Hotels are Best. [Published by Arrangement.] Soldier Makes Some Comparisons

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

Sydney Evening News (20/4/20) printed the following from the pen of George Clune, of Bondi, N.S.W., who served with both the A.I.F., and the American…

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Commandeered Hotel. Crown Must Pay. London, Monday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 2

After pro[?] proceedings, the House of Lords has decided that the DeKeyser's Hotel Co. is entitled to Compensation for the Crown's occupations of the hotel…

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Booth License Granted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

At a short sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr G. Atkin, P.M., Mrs M. Benson, of the Central Hotel, applied for a booth license for…

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Production of Motor License

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 4

At the conclusion of a case at the Police Court yesterday, where Mr Shaw appeared for a person charged with furious driving of a motor cycle, the police…

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