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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

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Tragedy at Tamworth Hotel Licensee Found Shot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 3

Mr M. J. Hughes, licensee of the Royal Hotal, Tamworth, was found in one of the rooms on Wednesday evening with a bullet wound though the…

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Death of Constable Wolgast Official Police Opinion. Gun License Act the Only Hope. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

The death of Constable Wolgast has caused widespread regret throughout the force. The murderer is still at large, all efforts so far to trace him having…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

The bench at the licensing court held at the West Maitland Courthouse today, was occupied by Messrs. G. Atkia. P. M. Elias Bowden and…

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Meeting of Hotelkeepers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

A meeting of hotelkeepers will be held in Miss Edwards rooms, on Thursday night next, at 8 o'clock, for the consideration business…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

The quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court was hold to-day, Licensing Magistrates E. Bowman, and D. Fleming presiding. The quarterly…

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"Shake It Up, Ethel." Selling Beer Without a License. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

Ethel Ryan, a domestic, was fined £20, or three months' gaol, at the police court to-day for having sold beer without a license…

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Gun License Precautions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

The first prosecutions under the Gun Licenses Act were heard at North Sydney Police Court to-day, when Leslie Woodcroft was fined £5 and Frederick…

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Hotel Barbers Active. Cases at Orange

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

A gang of hotel barbour is operating in and around Grange. Several hotels have been visited during the present month. On Sunday night the…

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Water Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 4

An inquiry will be held by the Local Land Board at the Lands Office, East Maitland, on Tuesday, February 15, in regard to two applications for…

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Muswellbrook Letter Licensing Court. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 2

The quarterly skiing of the Licensing Court of the district of Muswellbrook and Merton (which includes Denman and Merriwa) was held on…

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Gun Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

it has been pointed out to us by the police that when applications are [?]ing made for gun licenses, the gun must be produced to the nearest office of the…

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Licenses to Be Reduced. NEWCASTLE,Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

The Licenses Reduction board has decided to reduce the number of hotel licenses in the Newcastle electorate by 23…

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Smuggling Days of Old (Published by Arrangement.) Revived By Prohibition. Parson Shoots a Publican

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Murder is a frequent incident of dry Jaw enforcement in the U.S.A. "Barely a day passes" says the London "Telegraph" of October 13th, "without an…

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Reduction of Licenses Newcastle District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 3

The Licenses Reduction Board, Messrs. S. B. Gunn, chairman, R. Shelton, and R.P. Sellors, delivered its report at the Newcastle Courthouse…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

In the Licensing Court yesterday, when the application of Stanley Walter Barnes came before the P.M. in connection with the transfer of the Percy…

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Found Shot. Tamworth Hotelkeeper's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 9

Mr. J. Hughes licensee of the Roya Hotel Tamworth diedat two o'clock Thursday 20th inst., as the result of a bullet wound in the head…

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Hotel Barbers at Work Orange Landlords Suffer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

A report from Orange states that a gang of hotel barbers is operating in and around that town. Several hotels have been visited during the present…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. Atkin, E. Bowrden and J. W. Birkenhead, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 2

The following licensing applications' were granted:—George Herbert Watts, renewal of publication license, East. Greta Hotel: Cyril B. Thompson…

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Greta Billiard License. Application Granted Conditional

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 8

Before Messrs. G. Atkin, J.W Birkenbead, had Elias Bowed L.M.s. at the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning, David Pryor applied for…

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Gun Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 4

Although, the regulation forms required to license guns—registration now being necessary under the new Act, have not yet come to hand, about…

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