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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 16

Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day before the Magistrate Mr. M.H. Gleeve an application to make material alteration to the…

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Licensee Fined. a Rather Hard Case

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 7

At Tuesday’s Police Court, Charles Hall, licensee of the Cessnock [?] was charged with having, on 20th March, allowed unlicensed persons on…

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Dangerous Motor Driving. £10 Fine and License Suspended

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 8

Archibald Muir, who was found not guilty at the last Maitland Quarter Sessions on a charge of manslaughter arising out of the death of…

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On Licensed Premises. During Prohibited Hours

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 3

Before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cossnock police court on Tuesday, Charles Hall, licensee of the Cessnock Hotel, was charged with allowing…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, April 21. (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.). on Licensed Premises

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 8

Walter Chubb was charged with allowing persons on his licensed premises of the Heddon Greta Hotel, Heddon Greta, on Good Friday…

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Strikers Run Amok. Pandemonium at Cadia. Hotel and Shops Broken Into

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

A serious riot occurred at Cadia, 11 miles from Orange on Friday night, during which a hotel and a number of business premises were broken…

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Swept by Fire. Queensland Town. Nine Shops and Hotel Burnt. Exciting Scenes. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 4

A disaster overtook the prosperous town of Toogoolawah to-night, when, within a space of one hour and a half, half the main portion of…

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De-licensed Bus. Used on a Motor Run

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 3

The Cessnock Shire Council proceeded against John Harvey bus proprietor, at the local Police Court for driving an [?] motor omnibus…

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Singleton Licensing Court. Transfer of Hotel License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1926 · page 6

At a sitting of the Licensing Court before Mr. M. H. Cle[?] P.M., the license of the Terminus Hotel was transferred from A. J. Pooley to Cyril…

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Terminus Hotel License Transperred

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1926 · page 6

At the Singleton Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr M. H. Cleeve, P.M., the license of the Terminus Hotel was transferred from A. J. Pooley to Cyril…

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Robbery in City Hotel. Two Men Charged

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 May 1926 · page 1

Two men urn alleged to have assaulted Thomas Archibald Leonard in a Sydney hotel on Wednesday afternoon and robbed him of £260…

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License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday afternoon, the license of the Carrington Hotel was transferred from Lillan Anne White to…

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Hotel Keepers Notice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 4

Mr. Albert Chapman announces that he has taken over license of the Carrington Hotel and will be pleased to attend to old customers…

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Licenses Reduction Board's Report for 1825. Compensation Payments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 3

The report of the Licenses Reduction Mould for 1925, made available shows that Deprivation Courts, which wore held during the year in the…

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Banco (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) a Country Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 2

An appeal was made on behalf of the defendant in the case of Sydney Harcourt Ellercamp against Horace Higson, to set aside the verdict…

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Singleton Licensing Court. Transfer of Hotel License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 10

At a sitting of the Licensing Court before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., the license of the Terminus Hotel was transferred from A. J. Pooley to Curd…

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Ho[?]l License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 May 1926 · page 4

The license of the Clare Castle Hotel at Raymond Terrace was transferred from Joseph Woods to Edward Thompson by Mr. M. H. Cleeve…

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Interesting Hotel Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 3

A case of interest to hotelkeepers land travellers was the appeal of Ernest Martin, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Forbes, and Edward…

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Local and General Wangi Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 May 1926 · page 4

Three of Cessnock's citizens Messrs. G. A. Ward, Wm. Barrett, and the Rev. V. Clark-Duff gave evidence in connection with the…

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Serious Anomalies State Liquor Laws. Licensing Bench's Suggestions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 6

"The Liquor Act of 1912 is a consolidation re-enactment and road-justment of various laws made to regulate the liquor trat[?]e from the…

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