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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 19

Great Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 2

Describing the destruction of the great Arlington Hotel the manager (Mr. Richmond) said:—"I have been through 50 earthquake but never one…

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Kearns Refused License. New York, June 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 6

The New York Boxing Commission has refused to renew the license of Jack Kearns, Jack Dempsey's manager, who desired to second Walker…

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Licensing Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 6

For the year ending 30th June, 1926, hotels in the Singleton licensing district will pay license fees on assessments totalling £22,478/6/8, of which…

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Sale of Postage Stamps Private Selling Licenses to Be Withdrawn

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

According to a statement made by Postal Chief Brown, the licenses which have been issued by the Department to private persons to sell…

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Assessment for Hotels

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

Hotels in the Singleton licensing district, for the year ending June 30, 1926, will pay license, fees on assessments totalling £22,478/6/8, of which…

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Hotel Guest. Charged with Vagrancy. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 5

Ramsay Murray, aged 55, a [?]arpenler, was before the city court to-day on a charge of vagrancy. He was arrested at the Select Hotel, where he…

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Hotel Guest Arrested Wanted in Sydney. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 2

Ramsay Murray, aged 55, a carpenter, was before the City Court to-day on a charge of vagrancy. He was arrested, at a select hotel, where he was…

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Colonial Wine License Transferred From Ellalong. to Premises at Wollombi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

Before Messrs W. Le Brun Brown and W. S. Arnott, Licensing Magistrates, at the West Maitland Court House this morning, Valentine Joseph…

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Beer Clubs Cessnock Institution Claim By Hotelkeeper

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 9

It is common knowledge that s number of "beer clubs" exist in Cessnock and according to a statement made in the District Court at…

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Paterson Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 4

A quarterly licensing court for the licensing district of Paterson will be held at the courthouse, Paterson, on July 30, 1925, at 10 a.m…

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Kearns Refused License. New York, June 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 15

The New York Boxing Commission has refused to renew the license of Jack Kearns, Jack Dempsey's manger, who desired to second Walker…

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Hotel Guest. Charged with Vagrancy. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 3

Ramsay Murray, aged 55, a carpenter, was before the city court to-day on a charge of vagrancy. He as arrested at the Select Hotel, where he…

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Licensing Figures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 6

For the year ending 30th June, 1926, hotels in the Singleton licensing district will pay license fees on assessments totalling £22,478/6/8, of which…

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Wireless Listeners' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 4

A communication has been received by the secretary of the Electrical Employers' Association from the postmaster-General stating that the…

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Hotel Case Prosecutions in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 5

In the Cessnock Police Court to-day several cases were heard in which the Caledonian Hotel Aberdare, of which Joseph St. Clair Noonan is licensee…

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Wireless License Fees

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 2

The wireless telegraphy regulations are being amended to permit of the listening-in license fee being paid in half-yearly instalments, dating from…

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Eaton's Hotel. New Licensee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 3

Mr. McClymont, formerly of Merriwa, has purchased the license of Raton's Hotel from Mr. C. J. McLean. Mrs. McClymont, wife of the…

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Serious Occurrence. Hotel Proprietor Rioughly Handltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

The Empire Hotel, Scone, was the scene of a very serious occurrence early on Saturday might last, as the outcome of which the licensee of the…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 7

In the Licensing Court, Norman Thomas McLeod applied for a transfer of the license of the Royal Hold. Dungog, from Argyle Bruce…

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Double Tragedy. A Desperate Fight. Man and Woman Found Shot. in City Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 1

A shocking double tragedy occurred in a ham and beef shop in King William Street South, opposite Old Glenelg railway station, South A desperate struggle was waged in a room at the Cafe Francais Hotel, George-street, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, between [?]…

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