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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

319 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16

Gun License Act

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

The Hon W. Bennett, M.L.A:, has been informed by the Chief Secretary regarding his representations on behalf of the Council of the Shire of…

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Gun Licenses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 2

The Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., forwards us the following copy of a letter received by him from the Chief Secretary's Department:—Dear Mr…

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Gun Licenses Act. Anomalies Pointed Out

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 14

A deputation representing shopkeepers who trade, in firearms and the Primary Producers' Union waited upon Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C. (who is…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. Atkin, P.M., and Elias Bowden, L.M.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1921 · page 11

Francis Moore was granted a renewal of the license of the Wentworth Hotel, Bishop's Bridge. South Ann Hampton, widow of A…

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Fireman's Death. Ejected From an Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 2

Two men called at the Gresham Hotel, Brisbane, on Good Friday, and demanded to be served with drink and tobacco. They were remonstrated with…

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Explosion in Hotel Cellar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 5

An unusual explosion took place in the Border City Hotel at Albury, when a cask of best in the cellar exploded, tearing away the flooring in the bar. A…

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The Latest Castle Official Murdered, Shot Outside His Hotel. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 2

Four armed men shot and killed a Dublin Castle official, Captain Rees, outside his hotel at Dublin at 10 o'clock this…

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Gun Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

There have been 240 ordinary gun licenses, 78 special licenses, and 3 gun dealers' licenses issued to date at the West Maitland Courthouse. The…

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Caledonian Hotel Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

In connection with the robbery of £187/10/ in money reported from the Caledonian Hotel. West Maitland, the police were to-day informed that the…

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Licensing Case. a Bathurst Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 7

A case of Vital importance to hotel-keepers came before the magistrate. Mr. Crane, at Bathurst Police Court, when a returned soldier, Denis Koy…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

In the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. G. Atkin, P. M., and Mr. A. Simmons, J.P., a booth license was granted to Mrs. Bonson, of the…

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Fireman's Death. Ejected From an Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 11

Two men called at the Gresham Hotel Brisbane, on Good Friday, and demanded to be served with drink and tobacco. They were remonstrated with…

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Curious Licensing Case Boniface Forgot to Renew

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 3

A rather peculiar situation has arisen in connection with the license of the Newmarket Hotel Albury, which has been closed to business since Saturday…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

Sitting as a licensing bench yesterday, Mr G. Atkin, P.M., and Mr A. Simmons, J.P., granted a booth license to Mrs Benson, Central Hotel, for the sports…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 4

In the Licensing Court held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning Joseph Bateman was granted two booth licenses for Heddon-Greta races…

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Man's Death. Thrown Out of Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 7

The manager of the Gresham Hotel, Loslie, Welch, was charged in Brisbane with unlawfully killing John Hohan. Constable Norton, in his evidence…

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Unlawfully Killing Charge Against Hotel Manager

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

At the Brisbane Court on Monday, Leslie Wilson Welch, manager of an hotel in Brisbane, who was charged with having unlawfully killed John James…

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An Hotel Deal. Swindler Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 6

John Henry Westbrook (42) pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Police Court yesterday to having, on March 29, imposed on Robert Charles Smith, a…

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Man's Death. Thrown Out of Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 6

The manager of the Gresham Hotel, Leslie Welch, was charged in Brisbane with unlawfully killing John Hogan…

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New Hotel Building

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 6

A start will soon be made on Cessnock's new hotel. The tender of Mr. C. Cook, of East Maitland, has been accepted for the erection of a brick hotel…

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