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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 16

Car Overturns. Hotel Licensee Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 November 1926 · page 2

When a motor car, containing five persons, overturned on Point Nepean Road, Aspendale (Vic.), James Scott (35), license of the London Tavern…

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On Licensed Premises Breach of Prohibition Order Fine of £3 IMPOSED

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 5

Among the matters which engaged the attention of Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning was a case in which…

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Demand for Licensing Fees and Country Halls

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 8

Hon. J. J. Fitz-Gerald, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:— In continuation of the Chief Secretary's letter of 27th October, in…

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Scone Police Court. Moonan Hotel Cases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 7

Mr. E. A. May, P.M., occupied the Bench at the Scone Police Court yesterday. Percy George Preston, licensee of…

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Car Overturns. Hotel Licensee Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 14

When a motor car, containing five persons, overturned on Point Ncpean Road, Aspendale (Vic.), James Scott (35), licensee of the London Tavern…

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Albion Hotel License Transferred

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 6

At a sitting of Singleton Licensing Couit yesterday, the license of the Albion Hotel was transferred from J. J. Sutton to George W. F. Smith. Mr…

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Trapped by Fire. Outbreak Under Hotel Stairway. Clergyman's Ordel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 9

A fire which broke out in a lumber room beneath the main stairway of the Orient Hotel, at the corner of Bourke and Swanson streets,…

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Drinks at Hotel. Was Noxious Drug Used?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 6

The case in which three men. Henry Johnson, 26, a jockey, Alexander Murthie, 29, a horse trainer, and Sydney Cook, 25, a jockey, were charged with…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 4

The license of the Volunteer Hotel, West Maitland, was transferred from George Gane to William Clendinning by Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 6

At a sitting of the Licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Albion Hotel was transferred from J. J. Sutton to George W. F. Smith, Mr. C…

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Police Court. on Licensed Premises. Convictions and Dismissals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 1

The hearing of eases involving a point of law as it affects the Liquor Act took up the greater part of tut day at the police court on Friday last…

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Hotelkeeper's Loss. Packhorse with Valuables Disappears

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 6

A pack horse, carrying luggage in which had been placed a wallet containing £100 in notes a gold watch, broke away from an…

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Prinks at Hotel Was Noxious Drug Used?

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 3

The case in Which three men, Henry Johnson, a jockey, Alexander Murthie, a horse trainer, and Sydney Cook, a jockey, Were charged with having caused…

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Unregistered Dairy on Licensed Premises

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court an inspector of the Health Department proceeded against W. C. Hanson, hotelkeeper, for conducting an unregistered…

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Served Child with Liquor Publican Fined

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

That he had served a child of five years with a bottle of stout was the charge made against George Berner, licensee of the Warwick Farm Hotel;…

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Jostled in Hotel Bar Bank Draft and Notes Missing. (By Cable.) Auckland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 2

Mr H. H. Stephenson, a new arrival from Canada, was jostled in a local hotel bar. Later he discovered that his bank draft for £300 and a roll of…

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Unregistered Dairy on Licensed Premises

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court an inspector of the Health Department proceeded against W. C. Hanson, hotelkeeper, for…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 6

At a shung of [?] licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Albion Hotel was transferred from J. J. Sutton to George W. F. Smith Mr. C…

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Hotelkeeper's Loss. Packhorse with Valuables Disappears

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 16

A pack horse, carrying luggage in which had been placed a wallet containing £100 in notes and a gold watch, broke away from an…

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Drinks at Hotel. Was Noxious Drug Used?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 11

The case in which three men Henry Johnson, 26, a jockey, Alexander Murthie, 29, a horse trainer, and Sydney Cook, 25, a jockey, were charged with…

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