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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

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Licensing Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 2

In submitting the quarterly licensing report Inspector Graham stated, that vast improvements had been carried out to the hotels in the district…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Wine License Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, L.M., an application for a license for a wine saloon at…

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Hotel Thieves. Whisky and Champagne Stolen. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 5

Thieves entered the Temple Bar Hotel, George-street, City, during the night and stole cases of whisky and champagne valued at £80…

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Tin Hare. No Further Licenses. Decision of Cabinet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 5

The State Cabinet decided that, for the present, no further licenses for the conduct of mechanical coursing meetings should be issued. The Epping racecourse, and that there were over a hundred applications for additional licenses relating to various parts of the State now before the…

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"Tin Hare" Meetings No Further Licenses

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 3

The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided that, for the present, no further licenses for the conduct of mechanical coursing meetings should be issued…

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Civic Hotel. Reduction of Rent. on Alleged Incorrect Information

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 3

Alderman Courtenay, at the finance committee of the Sydney City Council, stated that unreliable information had been supplied to the…

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The Tin Hare No Further Licenses. Decision of Cabinet

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 2

The State Cabinet has decided that for the present, no further licenses for the conduct of mechanical coursing meetings should be issued…

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Mr. Bruntnell to Go Into Licenses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 14

The Chief Secretary ((Mr. Bruntnell), was empowered by Cabinet to go into the matter, of licenses for mechanical coursing, and was asked…

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Licensing Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 9

In submitting the quarterly licensing report Inspector Graham stated that vast improvements had been carried out to the hotels in the district…

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Hotel Thieves. Whisky and Champagne Stolen. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 16

Thieves entered the Temple Bar Hotels George-street, City, during the night and stole cases of whisky and champagne valued at £80…

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Hotel Destroyed Inmate Burnt to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 3

The Commercial Hotel, at Murchison, N.Z., was destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. Bert Roulston, a boarder, was…

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Victorian Blaze Large Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 4

The Grand Hotel, Queenseliff (Vic.), with more than 200 rooms, was practically destroyed by a fire which broke out on Sunday morning…

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Sold Beer Without License Man Fined £30. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Thomas Rickton, aged 52, a wheelwright, was fined £30 at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having sold beer at a house in Francis-street,…

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Hotel Burned to Ground Man Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Thw Murchison (N.Z.) Commercial Hotel was burned to the ground early on Sunday morning. Bert Roulston was fatally injured, and three other…

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Dangerous Driving Two Motorists in Trouble Fined and Licenses Suspended

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

Matthew Hopkinson and Alfred Power were charged before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court to-day, with driving…

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Exceeded Its Power Licensing Board's Jurisdiction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 4

The question for determination in a case in the Full Court ex parte Southon re Sommerville and others, was whether the Licensing Reduction…

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Licenses Suspended. Dangerous Driving. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 6

In evidence given against Matthew Hopkinson and Alfred Power, charged with dangerous, driving, three wit-nesses stated that they drove along…

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Hotel Burgled. Robbery at Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 5

Burglars broke into the bar of the Caledonian Hotel, gaining admission by inserting a hand through a broken pane of glass and lifting the…

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Burglary at Caledonian Hotel

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

Burglars broke into the bar of the Caledonian Hotel on Monday night, gaining admission by inserting a hand through a broken pane of glass and…

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The Singleton Argus THURSDAY, 3rd NOVEMBER, 1927. LOCAL & General News Alterations to Hotels

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

Extensive alterations are at present being made to the Caledonian and Imperial Hotels. When completed the comfort arid appearance of both these…

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