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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 16

Burglary in Hotel Intruders Caught Napping. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 4

The police were informed, early this morning, that the doors of the Carrington Hotel, at Petersham, had been forced open…

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Work Stopped. East Maitland Flood Embankment. No License From Water Commission

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1930 · page 2

Representations were made to Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., to-day in connection with advice received by the East Maitland Council and the…

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Tourist Traffic Sydney Visitors to Newcastle. Hotels Crowded. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 October 1930 · page 5

A large number of visitors arrived from Sydney at the week-end owing to the holiday in Sydney, and all hotels in Newcastle were full on…

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'Bus Licenses No More To Be Granted Tarro Shire Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

Tarro Shire Council decided to-day that no further 'bus licenses be granted in the proposed Newcastle Transport Trust…

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Shot in Breast Hotelkeeper's Wife Husban Charged Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

With a bullet wound in her loft broast, Mrs. Catherine Lazarus (41), wife of Douglas Lazarus, license of the Railway Hotel, was found flying…

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Terrible Death Gelignite Explodes in Hotel Bedroom Hole Blown in Floor Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 1

When gelignite exploded in his bedroom at a hotel at Nowra early this morning James McGregor suffered dreadful injuries, which…

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Police Surprise Found on Licensed Premises Licensee and Visitors Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

As a result of a visit to the Exchange Hotel, West Maitland, by Sergeant Chinner, three men and the licensee were fined at the West…

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Govt. Threatens to Prosecute Mr. Lang Shot Dead Woman Turns Revolver on Herself Set Fire to Hotel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 1

After Setting fire to Lapstone Hotel, near Penrith, about midnight last night, the manageress,' Miss Bedore Fernadez…

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Woman Sets Fire to Hotel Shoots Herself Through Body When Discovered

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 3

After setting fire to Lapstone Hotel, near Penrith, about midnight on Monday'night, the manageress, Miss Bedere Fornndcz, aged 40, shot herself…

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Light Planes Long Agitation loves Department License Issued

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 1

East Maitland Municipal Council has been advised by the Controller of Civil Aviation that, following the recent inspection…

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Charlie Clayton, Hotelkeeper

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 8

Muswellbrook and district people who know Charlie Clayton—he resided here from 1911 to 1917—the well-known sporting identity, will be interested to…

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Woman Sets Fire to Hotel. Shoots Herself Through Body When Discovered

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 7

After setting fire to Lapstone Hotel, near Penrith, about midnight on Monday night, the manageress, Miss Bedore Feernadez aged 40, shot herself…

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Record Police Raid 200 Arrests on Hotel Roof

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 1

A record number of arrests was made by plainclothes police on Saturday afternoon when they carried out a raid on the roof of the Hotel Doncaster at Kensington. It is alleged that seven men were calling the odds on the different events at Randwick, and that the…

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Hotel Accommodation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Murray (Taree) moved: "That all country hotelkeepers be urged through the Association to have locks on bedroom doors securely…

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Betting Raid 300 Men Trapped. at Well-known Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

One of the most sensational betting raids and one of the most carefully planned for many years, occurred at Band wick on Saturday afternoon…

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Riotous Behaviour Fought in a Hotel Two Men Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 4

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning Wally Harding and Harry Fort were charged with riotous behaviour…

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Sensational Raid Police Make Two Hundred Arrests. Exciting Scene on Hotel Roof

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 6

What may truthfully be described as the most [?] police raid Sydney known, took place on Saturday afternoon…

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Death of Hotel Manageress Disclosures at Inquest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 2

The Penrith Coroner held an inquest to-day into the death of Vera Fernandez, manageress of the Lapstone Hotel, and also into the cause of a fire…

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Hotel Raid Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 1

Cases arising from the police raid on the Doncaster-Hotel, Kensington, came before the Central (Court to-day and were further…

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Hotel Sydney Welcome Innovations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 5

Sensing the widespread demand for lower costs and greater savings. The Hotel Sydney has been one of the earliest of Sydney's largest hotels to…

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