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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 19

Royal Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the announcement in this issue of Mr. N. T. McLeod, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Dungog…

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License Suspended. Drove Car Whilst Intoxicated. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Geoffery John Lamb motor mechanic was fined £10, in default two months imprisonment for driving a car whilst…

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Scone Hotels. Changes of Management

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

During the last few months every hotel in Scone, which number five, nas changed hands. Last week the Golden Fleece was transferred to…

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On Smoking. in Picture Theatres, Halls, Hotels, Etc

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 5

Recent prosecutions have raised a controversy as to what is permissible in the matter of smoking, drinking, etc., in public halls,…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

The secretary of the above union (Mr. A. Neath) reports having made good progress on his recent local visit. He will be again visiting the district…

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Sleep Ends in Death a Drug Addicts Fate Death Occurs In Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 12

A grim story of swift death following upon the unauthorised use of a ypodermie syringe charged with heroin was unfolded recently, when…

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Country Visitor Robbed. Jostled in Sydney Hotel. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 13

Patrick Ryan, a visitor from Canberra, who is staying at a George-street hotel, informed the police that the was passing from the public bar to…

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License Suspended. Drove Car Whilst Intoxicated. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day. Geoffrey John Lamb, motor mechanic, was fined £10, in default two months' imprisonment, for driving a car whilst…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 4

The license of the Railway Hotel, West Maitland, was transferred to Oscar John Todd from J. A. Beatty, by Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the…

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A "Family" Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 5

For over 60 years the family of Porter held the license of the Royal Mail at Booroorbau. The hotel no longer has the old family name over…

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Assault at Scone. Hotelkeeper Injured. Case at Newcastle Sessions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1925 · page 2

Arthur Pearce, (28), was arranged at Newcastle sessions, with having maliciously wounded William Joseph Bowen, at Scone, on July 11. There…

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Federal Capital. Cost of Proposed Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 3

The report of the Federal Public Works Committee on the proposal to erect at Canberra a hotel for 120 guests to provide further necessary…

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Hotel Row. Shooting at Blakehurst. Manager Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 5

At the Kogarah Police Court Harold Westbrook, 29, hotel manager was committed for trail on a charge of having maliciously…

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Battered Licensee. Row in Hotel. Trouble Over Change. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

Before Judge White, at the Quarter Sessions to-day, Arthur Pearce was charged with having on July 11 last at Scone, maliciously…

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Hotel Row. Shooting at Blakehurst. Manager Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 5

At the Kogarah Police Court, Harold Westbrook, 29, hotel manager, was committed for trial on a charge of having maliciously…

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Motor Licenses. English Laxity. Exciting Comment. London, Aug. 21

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 12

Two deaf and dumb motorists were fined for dangerous driving during the week. The system of issuing motor licenses has been the subject of…

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Federal Capital. Cost of Proposed Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 8

The report of the Federal Public Works Committee on the proposal to erect at Canberra a hotel for 120 guests to provide further necessary…

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Shooting at Blakehurst Hotel Manager Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 5

At the Kogarah Police Court on Thursday, Harold Westbrook, aged 29, hotel manager, was committed for trial on a charge of having maliciously…

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Licensing Court Feiday, 28th AUGUST. (Before Mr M. H. Cleeve, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 5

An application for the transfer of the license of the Percy Hotel from Frederick Malachi Donoghue to Robert Roberts was considered, and the license…

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Hotel at Canberra Construction Recommended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 8

The report of the Federal Public Works Committee on the proposal to erect at Canberra a hotel for 120 guests to provide further necessary…

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