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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 16

On Licensed Premises with Intent to Steal. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 4

Michael James Tomlinson 53, a seaman, was charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, with having been found in enclosed premises at night…

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Hotel Hours. Seven O'clock Closing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

An official denial was given by United Licensed Victuallers' Association that it will shortly make a move for 7 o'clock closing…

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Licensed Sets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 5

The present craze for listening in is exemplified, by the treme?ous number of licenses now in "operation, At the end of February there were…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1926 · page 6

At the Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr M. H. Cleeve, P.M., two booth licenses for the next Singleton race meeting, to be held on 24th inst., were…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 2

The license of the Grand Junction Hotel West Maitland was transferred from Annie Hannah to Thomas Hennessy…

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Hotel Lodgers. May Treat Guests After Closing Hours

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

Mr. Walter Scott, S.M., gave an Important ruling at the Bathurst Police Court, when he decided that bone fide hotel lodgers might invite…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 4

The quarterly licensing court for the licensing district of Maitland will be held in the West Maitland Courthouse on Monday, April 12, at…

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Hotel Lodgers May Treat Guests After Closing Hours

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 3

Mr Walter Scott, S.M., gave an important ruling at the Bathurst Police Court, when he decided that bona fide hotel lodgers might invite bona fide…

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Licensing Court

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

Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve. P.M., at the Licensing Court yesterday, two booth licenses for Singleton Racing Club's meeting to be held on the 24th…

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Hotel Lodgers. May Treat Guests After Closing Hours

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

Mr. Walter Scott. S.M., gave an important ruling at the Bathurst Police Court, when he decided that bona, fide hotel lodgers might invite…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 13

The license of the Grand Junction Hotel, West Maitland, was transferred from Annie Hannah to Thomas Hennessy…

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Adelaide Tragedy. Hotelkeeper Charged with Murder

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 9

Thomas Dugan, licensee of the Alma Hotel, at Norwood (S.A.), gave, himself up at the Adelaide Police Sta-tion, and was detained on a charge, of…

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Pedestrians Scattered Car Driver's License Suspended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 1

When Erie Clifford Foote, aged 23, was charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday with driving a car while under the influence of liquor,…

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Body of Woman. Found in Hotel. Mysterious Phone Message. Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 5

When the door of the Grosvbnor Hotel was forced open at the week-end, the police found the body of a young woman, Dairy K[?] inside…

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Young Woman's Body Found in Room of Hotel. (By Telegraph.) Adelaide

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 2

When the door of a room in the Grosvenor Hotel was forced open at the week-end, the police found the body of a young woman, Daisy Keats, inside…

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A Singleton Hotel Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 5

Before Mr. Justice Gordon and a jury in Sydney, Emily Jane Brody, sued J. V. Pedley, licensee of the Agricultural Hotel, Singleton, claimed…

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Motor Busmen Protest. Withdrawal of Conductors' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 7

A deputation, representing the Motor Traders Association and the Metropolitan Motor Omnibus Proprietors waited upon Mr. J. Mitchell…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, of the Licensing Board, occupied the bench at the Licensing Court at West Maitland this morning Joseph…

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Hotelkeeper's Appeal Royal Oak Hotel Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 7

Judge Curlewis, sitting at Maitland yesterday, beard an appeal by William Peter Costello, licensee of the Royal Oak Hotel, Cessnock…

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License Suspended Drove Car While Intoxicated. Woman Knocked Down. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 5

For driving a motor car in Pitt street last night while under the influence of liquor Cleveland Owens 26, a hatter was fined £10 at the…

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