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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

429 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 22

Applicants for Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 November 1928 · page 4

"In all future occasions, the matter must stand over until full and complete enquiry has been made." This statement was made by Mr. D…

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Licensing Court Friday, November 30. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 December 1928 · page 6

No objections being filed, the applications for renewal of auctioneers' district licenses to Henry Gordon Bailey Robert Lester Bailey, and…

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Fatal Scuffle. Death of Hotel Barman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 3

James Jones, 48, of Cottosloc, died in Perith Hospital from internal injuries received in a scuffle on Saturday night in the Central Hotel,…

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Attacked in Hotel. Four Men Injured

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 5

Pour seamen were suddenly attacked by a large number of men in the Bristol Arms Hotel, Bay-street, Sydney, shortly before 6 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Fatal Scuffle. Death of Hotel Barman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 7

James Jones, 43 of Cottesloe, died in Perth Hospital from internal in juries received in a scuffle on Saturday night in the Central Hotel…

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Peacemaker Shot Altercation at Hotel. Arrest Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 2

During an altercation in a hotel at Waterloo on Saturday evening Robert Prophett, aged 36, of Waterloo, was shot in the abdomen, while the…

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Drunken Motorist License Suspended for Three Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 2

James Thomas Noone, 26, a master butcher, was charged at the Parramatta Court, with having driven a motor car while under the influence…

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Disturbance in Hotel Peacemaker Shot. Police Make Arrest

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 2

Robert Prophett, an ex-alderman of the Waterloo Council, who was shot in the abdomen at Waterloo on Saturday night, died early on Sunday morning in…

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'Bus Application New Fageol and West Maitland Run. Temporary License Pending Inspection

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 7

Matters dealt with at the last Kearsley Shire Council meeting included an application by Rover Motors Ltd., for a license to run their…

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Police Baffled. W.a. Hotel Tragedy. Dead Man's Partner Released

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1928 · page 5

The shooting of William Patrick O'Brien, 32, about midnight on December 3, in his room at Mon Repose Hostel, Kandinin (W.A.), has…

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Unlucky Moree Another Disastrous Fire. Seven Shops and Hotel Destroyed MOREE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 December 1928 · page 7

A second disastrous fire within a little more than a week, occurred at Moree early this morning when seven shops and…

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Panic-stricken Hotel Guests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 December 1928 · page 7

The guests at the Central Hotel were not awakened until some time after the outbreak and, by that time, the flames Wore licking at the walls…

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Licenses Cancelled. Successful Appeal by Wharf Labourers. Newcastle Case. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 December 1928 · page 7

At the Police Court this morning an appeal by eleven men; whose-licenses to work on the wharf had been annulled, was upheld on the…

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Licenses Cancelled. Successful Appeal by Wharf-labourers. Newcastle Case. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 5

At the Police Court this morning an appeal by eleven men, whose licenses to work on the wharf had been annulled, was upheld on the…

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Peacemaker Shot Altercation at Hotel. Arrest Made

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 13

During an altercation in a hotel at Waterloo on Saturday evening. Robert Prophett, aged 36, of Waterloo was shot in the abdomen, while the…

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Unlucky Moree Another Disastrous Fire. Seven Shops and Hotel Destroyed MOREE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 5

A second disastrous fire within a little more than a week. occurred at Moree early this morning, when seven shops and…

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-Panic-stricken Hotel Guests

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 5

The guests at the Central Hotel were not awakened until some time after the outbreak, and by that time, the flames were licking, at the walls…

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Drunken Motorist License Suspended for Three Years

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 16

James Thomas Noone, 26, a master bucther was charged at the Parramatta Court, with having driven a motor car while under the influence…

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Police Baffled. W.a. Hotel Tragedy. Dead Man's Partner Released

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 6

The shooting of William Patrick O'Brien, 32, about midnight on December 3. in his room at Mon Repose Hostel, Kondinin (W.A.) has…

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Licensing Court Friday, 14th DECEMBER, 1928. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.m.) Billiard Licenses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 7

Applications for renewal of billiard licenses were granted to Minnie Southon, Henry Joseph Miner, Charles Lewis Halter, and Frederick Powers…

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