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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

381 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 20

Plane Crash Flew Without License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 2

At the Parramatta Court, Walter, William Grothers, 20, a military trainee, was fined £2, with £1/10 costs, for having flown an aeroplane…

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Closing of Hotel Premises

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 4

inspector Granam or the Maitland police, has Informed us that the question having arisen whether licensed premises situated in electorates…

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Muswellbrook in the Early Days Some of Our First Hotels Early Carriers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 4

Muswellbrook in 1855-58, was in two distinct parts, the northern and the southern, divided by Muscle Creek, There wits not one building south of…

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Military Trainee Fined Flew Without License

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 2

In the Parramatta Court on Wednesday, Walter William Crothers, aged 20, military trainee, was fined £2 with £4 10/ costs for having flown an…

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Milk Vendors' licenses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

Cessnock Municipal Council last night granted milk vendors' licenses to the following:—George Pringle, Quorrobolong; Ivan S. Slade, Mount…

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Plane Crash Flew Without License

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 8

At the Parramatta Court, Walter William Crothers, 20, a military traince, was fined £2, with £4/10/ costs, for having flown an aeroplane…

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Dead at Hotel. Toowoomba Tragedy, Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 5

Cyril Gowlett, 38, an electrician, was found dead in the Australian Hotel, Toowoomba, this morning, suffering from the effects of…

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The 'Bus Battle Weston Meeting Demands License for Barksby. "Magistrate Gave Unbiassed Decision," Says Cr. Varty

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 3

"That the Kearsley Shire Council be requested to grant Barksby a license to ply for hire between Pelaw Main and Cessnock, and that in the event of the Council refusing, a petition be drawn up, and sent to the council, bearing the signatures of ratepayers and residents, asking the…

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Tragedy at Hotel Believed to Be Death Pact

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 3

The body of Cyril Cowlett (24), a school teacher, was found in the Australian Hotel, Toowoomba (Q.), early yesterday morning, while Mrs Ambrose…

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Muswellbrook in the Early Days Some of Oijr First Hotels Early Carriers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 4

About '56 saw the advent of the bull frog bell, a riveted piece of metal instead of the cast bell metal. It gave off a knocking sound very much like…

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The 'Bus Battle "Give Barksby a License or Resign" Petition to Shire Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 5

A petition is now in circulation, amongst Weston residents, demanding that the Kearsley Shire Council grant S. Barksby a 'bus license to…

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Hotel Changes Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 6

In an advertisement elsewhere, Mr. W. J. Lillyman, late of Eaton's Hotel, Muswellbrook, Intimates that he has taken over the Family Hotel,…

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Dead at Hotel. Toowoomba Tragedy. Toowoomba

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 October 1929 · page 16

Cyril Gowlett, 38, an electrician was found dead in the Australia Hotel. Toowoomba, this morning, suffering from the effects of…

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Quarterly Licensing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 October 1929 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning, inspector Graham, Licensing Inspector for the Maitland district, informed Mr. D…

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A Decline. Wireless Licenses in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

Figures issued by the Director-General of Postal Service (Mr. H.P. Brown) show a further decline in the number of wireless listeners licenses…

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Hotel Robbed Safe Carried Away

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 2

The Melbourne Hotel, in Hay-street, Perth, was broken into and a small safe containing £112 in cash and about, £300 in cheques was car…

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Narrow Escapes. Fere at Innisfail Hotel Destroyed. Innisfail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 5

A number of boarders narrowly escaped being trapped when a fire broke out in the Criterion Hotel, South Johnstone, early to-day…

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Daring Theft at Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 3

A daring theft was carried out in a Perth (W.A.) Hotel yesterday, when a small safe containing £112 in cash, and about £300 in cheques,…

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Narrow Escapes. Fire at Innisfail. Hotel Destroyed. Innisfail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1929 · page 16

A number of boarders narrowly escaped, being trapped when a fire broke out in the Criterion Hotel, South Johnstone, early to-day…

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A Decline. Wireless Licenses in Victoria

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 October 1929 · page 16

Figures issued by the Director-General of Postal Services (Mr. H. P. Drown) show a further decline in the number of wireless listeners' licenses…

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