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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

381 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 20

Judge Mocatta Action Against Publican

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 3

The sequel to the theft of money, the property of Judge Mocatta, at the Hotel Royal, Casino, on Saturday week is a summons issued by his…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 4

A quarterly licensing court for the district of Maitland will be held at the Court House, West Maitland, on Monday, July 29, at 10 a.m…

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'Bus Service License for Barksby

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 4

By a unanimous decision, Cessnock Municipal Council last night granted a 'bus license to 8, Barksby, to ply for hire between Cessnock…

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The 'Bus Battle Municipal Council Unanimously Grants Barksby's License. with Tarro and Cessnock Agreed What Will Kearsley Shire Do ? Further Developments Are Awaited with Keen Interest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

The 'bus battle is finished so far as the Cessnock Municipal Council is concerned. At their meeting last night the civic fathers decided to grant Barksby's application for a run to the Cessnock Municipal boundary at Neath…

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Electricians' Licensing Act. Now in Operation. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1929 · page 14

The Electrical Contractors and Electricians' Licensing Act came into operation to-day. and it is now unlawful for unlicensed persons to…

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Wireless Licenses Issued

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 2

The annual bulletin of the Commonwealth Burean of Census and Statistics shows that 270,663 wireless licenses were issued during the year, of which…

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Thefts of Current Bridge Across Light Wires. Hotelkeeper Fined. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 4

At the Cessnock Police Court, to-day, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Frederick White, licensee Caledonian Hotel, was proceeded against on a…

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Tampered with Meter The Light Bill Was "Light" Hotelkeeper's Trick Discovered Fine of Ten Pounds

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 4

At the Cessnock police Court this morning the Caledonian Collieries Ltd, proceeded against Frederick White, [?] of the Caledonian Hotel,…

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Drove Car in Dangerous Manner Alfred Beckett Fined £8 and License Suspended. Echo of Crash on Wollombi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 5

Befors Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, Alfred Beckett was charged with having driven a motor car in a dang,…

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More Bitterness in Barksby 'Bus Battle Shire President and Independents Get Into Holts. Tarro Council to Be Approached and Asked to Cancel License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 9

There was a delightful row at the Kearsley Shire Council meeting last night when the Barksby 'bus matter came on for discussion.Remarks that were far from flattering were hurled about the Council Chamber…

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Proposal to Close Hotels Half Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

These are times of trouble. The hotelkeeners have further [?] ahead.There is a proposal to include in the Amending Liquor Act a…

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Thefts of Current Bridge Across Light Wives. Hotelkeeper Fined. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 5

At the Cessnock Police Court, to-day, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Frederick White, licensee Caledonian Hotel, was proceeded against on a…

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'Bus Service License for Barksby

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 11

By a unanimous decision, Cessnock Municipal Council on 5th inst. granted a bus [?]ouse to S. Barksby, to ply for hire between Cessnock…

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Many Killed. Health Resort Tragedy. Hotel Collapses. Shanghai, July 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 13

The greatest tragedy in the history of Kuling, a Chinese health resort, occurred yesterday when a large Chinese hotel on the side of a…

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Hotel Sydney. an Excellent Guest Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 3

To the casual visitor—as well as the more experienced traveller—the Hotel Sydney, with its wonderfully central position stands as a sort of…

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Church of England St. John's Church License of Lay Reader Next

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 9

At Evensong next Sunday in St. John's Church. Mr. W. H. Ward will he formally licensed as a lay reader from the Parish of Cessnock. The…

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No Cancellation Tarro Shire and Barksby's License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

In connection with Kearsley Shire Council's request that Tarro Shire cancel the license recently issued to S. Barksby for a 'bus run from…

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Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 5

On a charge of failing to return an expired motor driver's license, Charles Victor Weekes, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, was fined 5/-, plus 8/-…

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Hotel Above the Clouds. Wonders of the Jungfraujoch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 9

High among the Alpine snows the atmosphere is entirely germ-free and heavy bookings are being received in particular for the Jungfraujoch—…

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George Hotel Passed In. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1929 · page 5

The George Hotel was offered at auction to-day. The bids reached £26,500, when the property was passed in for sale privately…

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