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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

429 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 22

Motor-cyclist Fined No License and No Light

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 2

Frank Norris appeared at Cessnock Police Court to-day, charged with having driven a motor cycle after dark without a light aud also…

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No License Motor Driver Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court to-day William Henry Lawson was charged with driving a motor vehicle…

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Killed by Car Driver Had No License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 2

Gorden Henry Edwards, aged 24, of Kensington, received fatal injuries when his motor cycle and a motor car collied in Rainbow-street, Randwick…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 3

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., in the Licensong Court, the license of the Australian Hotel, Browe, was transferred from…

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Killed by Car Driver Had No License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 7

Gordon Henry Edwards, aged 24, of Kensington, received fatal injuries when his motor cycle and a motor car collided in Rainbow-street, Randwick…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Hotel License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 4

At the Went Maitland Licensing Court to-day, before Mr. D. W. Hood, P.M., an application by Harold Wilson Modeon for the transfer of the…

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Licensing Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 4

The quarterly report of the licensing inspector of the Maitland district was submitted by Inspector Graham at the West Maitland…

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Licensing Court. Application for Spirit Merchant's License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

Lewis Lazarus, of Cessnock made application to Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday for a spirit…

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Turned Down Application by Lewis Lazarus. for Spirit Merchant's License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 4

At the Licensing Court yesterday, with Mr. D. W. Reed on the Bench, Lewis Lazarus applied for a spirit merchant's license for promises…

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Hotel Row. Man's Face Severely Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 7

Henry Crosscombe, a wharf labourer, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on John Whalan, on July 21, was remanded for…

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License Transferred Abermain Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 4

In the Licensing Court at West Maitland on Monday, Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., granted a transfer of the license of the Abermain Hotel…

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Licensing Court. Application for Spirit Merchant's License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 16

Lewis Lazarus, of Cessnock made application to Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the West Maitland Licensing Court on Monday for a spirit…

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Razor Slash Man's Terrible Wound. Altercation in Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 16

John Whalan, 46 years of age, a well-known member of the Wharf Labourers' Union, is a patient in Newcastle Hospital, suffering from a…

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Hotel Row. Man's Face Severely Injured. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 5

Henry Crosscombe, a wharf labourer, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on John Whalan, on July 21, was remanded for…

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Drove Car While Drunk License Cancelled and Fined £15

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 8

At East Maitland. Poilce Court, on Thursday, Austral Gordon Foote, of Denman, was fined £15 on a charge of having driven a motor-car whilst under…

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West Maitland Court Monday. July 30. Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.m. Expired Motor License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1928 · page 4

Lilian Carter was fined 5/ with 8/ costs for failing to return an expired motor driver's license. RAILWAY BREACH…

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Hawker's License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 5

Application was made by Arthur James Tebay, at Cessnock Court-house to-day, for a hawser's license. The applicant stated that he had…

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West Maitland Court Monday. July 30. Before Mr. D. W. Seed, P.m. Expired Motor License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1928 · page 13

Lilian Carter was fined 5/ with 8/ costs for failing to return an expired motor driver's license. RAILWAY BREACH…

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Betting Losses Publican's Story in Bankruptcy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 August 1928 · page 4

In the course of his examination beforce the Registrar in Bankruptey (Mr N. C. Lockhart) on Wednesday, Henry Goldman told the official assignee, Mr…

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Hotel Row. a Fractured Sk[?]ll. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 8

As the result of a dispute over a bicycle in an hotel on Saturday night, William Glover, aged 10, sustained a fractured skuil, and is now…

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