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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

429 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 22

Monkey Glands. Coronoff's Visit to England. No License to Conduct Experiments. London. June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 2

Replying to Mr. Briant (Lab.) in the House of Commons, Sir William Joynson Hicks said, that no, limit had been placed on the duration of…

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Licensee Convicted. on Language Charge. Young

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 14

In convicting William See. licensee of the Oddfellows' Arma Hotel at Young, for having used indecent, language, the police magistrate said the…

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Hotel License Fees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1928 · page 4

The court for the annual renewal of licenses was held at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, Sixty-one hotel, 12 colonial wine,…

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Illicit Spirit. Hotelkeeper Heavily Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 4

John Thomas Lindsay, of the Commercial Hotel, Port Kembla, was fined £200 on a charge of having illicit spirit on his premises. The…

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Illicit Spirit Hotelkeeper Fined £200

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 2

John Thomas Lindsay, of the Commercial Hotel, Port Kembla was fined £200 on Tuesday on a charge of having illicit spirit on his promises…

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Prohibition Hotel Owner's Advocacy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 9

"The United States, in my opinion, is better of with prohibition." said Mr. J. F. Child, in Sydney, who controls a chain of residential hotels…

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Monkey Glands. Voronoff's Visit to England No License to Conduct Experiments. London, June 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 13

Replying to Mr. Briant (Lab.) in the House of Commons, Sir William Joynson Hicks said that no limit had been placed on the duration of…

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Illicit Spirit. Hotelkeeper Heavily Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 3

John Thomas Lindsay, of the Commercial Hotel, Port Kembla, was fined £200 on a charge of having illicit spirit on his premises. The…

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Taken Out of Garage Publican Awarded £110

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 6

A moter car belonging to Augustus Lusher, of Marriekville, hotelkeeper, was taken out of the Western Suburbs Garage, in Liverpool-road, Ashfield,…

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Hotel Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

Between 10.30 and 11 o'clock this morning, the safe at the Grand Junction Hotel, West Maitland, was robbed and a sum of £142 stolon. The…

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Booth License. for Football Matches. Application Again Refused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 5

At the West Maitland Licensing Court this afternoon, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Mrs. Lena Bellotti, of the Aberdare Hotel, Weston, made…

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Case Adjourned Police Oppose License. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

"He is a man of intemperate habits and I oppose the granting of a license," said Sergt. Toohey, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, in…

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Hotel Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

The West Maitland police are continuing their investigations into the robbery at the Grand Junction Hotel. The police found some cheques,…

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Hotel Safe Burgled

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 5

Yesterday morning a safe at the Grand Junction Hotel, West Maitland, was burgled, and a cash box containing £142 in cash and some…

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Police Objection Application for Collector's License. Matter Adjourned for a Week

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

In connection with the application of John Hogan for a collector's license, Sergeant Toohey to-day told Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at Cessnock…

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Police Court Police Oppose Application. For Collector’s License

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 6

“He is a man of intemperate habits and I oppose the granting of the license,” said Sergeant Toohey, at the Police Court on…

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Alleged Conspiracy Tin Hare License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 8

A statement that the former Chief Secretary (Mr. Gosling) was to have received payment of a sum of money by way of graft was as reported…

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LOCAL & GENERAL licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 6

A quarterly licensing court, for the licensing district of Maitland, will be held at the courthouse, West Maitland, on July 23, at 10 a.m…

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Dreadful Injury Man Shot in City Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 8

Charles Henry Broadbent, 47, a cattle dealer from South Australia, shot himself in the reading room, at City. Tattersall's Club last night. He…

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Case Adjourned Police Oppose License. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 16

"He is a man of intemperate habits bits and I oppose the granting of a license," said Sergt. Toohey, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, in…

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