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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

381 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 20

Liquor Case. Evidence at Cessnock. Licensee Acquitted. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

At Cessnock Court to-day, Frederick William Miller, licensee. Northumberland Hotel, was charged with having kept his premises open…

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Pugilist Charged Attempted Theft From Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 6

James White 27, was brought before his Honor, Justice Ferguson, acting Chief Justice, at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon on…

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Bus Licenses. Cessnock Council Attacked Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council last night disapproved of the bus license granted by Cessnock Municipal Council is Stanley Barksby, from Cessnock to…

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"Most Extraordinary Procedure That I Know Of" Cr. Burns Severely Criticises Action of Municipal Council. Shire Disapproves of Bus Licenses to Barksby and Wailes

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

Surprise bordering on bewilderment was expressed by the Kearsley Shire President last night when his Council received a notification that the Municipal Council had granted Stanley. Barksby a bus license from Cessnock to Kurri, and also a license to John Wailes…

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Liquor Case. Evidence at Cessnock. Charge Against Licensee. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 16

At Cessnock Court to-day, Frederick William Miller, licensee, Northumberland Hotel, was charged with having kept his premises open…

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Bus Licenses. Bribery Allegations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 11

A temporary license for three months, to run between Cessnock and Kurri, was granted by Cessnock Municipal Council to Stanley…

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Quarterly Licensing Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 4

The quarterly licensing report for the Maitland Licensing District was road and received at the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, before…

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Alleged Vagrancy. Hawking Without License. Cases at West Maitland Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 5

John William Burke pleaded not guilty at West Maitland Police Court before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., to a charge of having insufficient lawful…

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Bus Licenses. Councils in Conference. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 5

At a conference between Cessnock Municipal and Kearsley Shire Councils last night, regarding the issuing of bus licences by the former body to…

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Anzac Day. Closing of Hotels. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 5

The Acting Premier, Mr. Button shaw, said to-day that while the Government will not issue a proclamation to make the closing of hotels…

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Councils Clash Over 'Bus Matters Kearsley's Objection to Barksby's License Caucus Meeting Ruffles Independents. Tarro Now Invited to Join Fray

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

The objection by Kearsley Snire Council to the granting of [?]us licenses to Mr. S. Barksby and Mr. John Wailes, by Cessnock Municipal Council, was ventilated at a conference of both Councils, held in the Municipal Chambers last night…

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"I'll Take It Out" Failed to Return Expired License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Phillip Leake, miner, was charged this morning with failing to return expired certificate and number plate in…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 6

""At a sitting of the Quarterly Licensing Court, to-day, the the magistrate granted a booth license to John Kennedy Killalea, of the Caledonian Hotel, for…

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Alleged Vagrancy. Hawking Without License. Cases at West Maitland Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 14

John William Burke pleaded not guilty at West Maitland Police Court before Mr. D. W. need, P.M., to a charge of, having Insufficient lawful…

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Bus Licenses. Councils in Conference. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 16

At a conference between Cessnock Municipal and Kearsley Shire Councils last night, regarding the issuing of bus licenses by the former body to…

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Pugilist Charged Attempt Bd Theft From Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 11

James White 27, was brought before his Honor, Justice Ferguson, noting Chief Justice, at the Maitland Circuit Court on 18th inst., on…

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Bus Licenses. Cessnock Council Attacked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 9

Kearsley Shire Council on 19th inst disapproved of bus license granted by Cessnock Municipal Council to Stanley from Cessnock to…

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Bus Licenses. Confluence at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 5

The second conference in connection with the issuing of a bus license to Stanley Barksby by Cessnock Municipal Council, will be hold…

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Selling Without a License Queensland Auctioneer Fined £200

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

At Tweed Heads Police Court on Monday, Sydney Alfred Thornton, auetioneer, of Messrs Thornton and Pearce, Brisbane, was fined £200, with 8/ costs,…

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Alleged Bribery. Bus License Application. Royal Commission Opens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

The Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Davidson, held a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the bribery allegations made during the recent…

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