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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16

Bus License Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4

Early in the week Cessnock Municipal Council held a special meeting and decided to grant Amos Fogg, a bus proprietor, a temporary license…

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Chase Over Roofs. Police and Hotel Thief. Shots Fired. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

Seven shots were fired by the police early this morning during an exciting chase after a thief after a robbery at Tattersall's Hotel, in Pitt…

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Robbery at Tattersall's Hotel Sensational Arrest. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

There was a sensational affair early this morning, when a thief was arrested near the dome of the Palace Theatre, next to…

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License for Fogg Granted by Municipal Council Cessnock-maitland Run

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

Cessnock Municipal Council, at a special meeting on Tuesday night, granted Amos Fogg a temporary license, for three months, to run his…

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Resuming Work To-morrow Cessnock Hotel Staffs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4

During the week a deputation from the Cessnock hotel employees approached the hotelkeepers, and asked them if they would be prepared to…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4

The Quarterly Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Maitland will be held at the Courthouse, West Maitland, on Monday, April 14, at 10…

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Victorian Hotels Decrease in Drunkenness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

In the annual report of the Licenses Reduction Board, issued in Melbourne, members of the Board expressed the view that a reduction of…

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Anzac Day. Hotels to Close in the Forenoon. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 6

The Returned Soldiers' League has received Intimation from the Minister for Justice, Mr. Lee, that in the new Liquor Bill there will be…

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'Bus License Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 4

The Cessnock Municipal Council was informed by letter last night by the Kearsley Shire Council that if a 'bus license were granted to Amos…

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More 'Bus Bother Kearsley Demands Cancellation of Fogg's License. But Municipal Council Breathes Defiance Litigation Looms Large in the Offing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

There was more 'bus bother at the Cessnock Municipal Council meeting last night. Kearsley Shire Council wrote stating that they objected to the licence recently granted by the Municipality to Amos Fogg in respect of…

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Publican Missing Supposed Disappearance From Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 3

Grave fears are entertained for the safety of Mr. James Stewart, licensee of the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Newcastle…

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Vehicle Licenses. Cessnock Desire Act Amended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 8

At its last meeting Cessnock Council decided to forward a circular to various northern councils, asking co-operation in a move to have…

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Curious Anomaly Bowral Hotelkeeper Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 6

At Bowral, the proprietor of the Royal Hotel was fined for having permitted a person to be on his licenwed premises after the regular hours of…

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Hotelkeeper Fined Curious Anomaly of the Law

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 3

At the Bowral Police Court, the proprietor of the Royal Hotel was fined for having permitted a person to be on his licensed promises after the…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court before Mr. D. W. Reed, L.M., the license of the Courthouse Hotel, Paterson, was transferred from…

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Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 4

On a charge of having failed to return an ex[?]red motor driver's license, James A. Silver[?] at [?]…

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Local and General Hotel License Transferred

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

At the West Maitland Licensing Court before Mr. D. W. Reed, L.M., the license of the Courthouse Hotel, Paterson, was transferred from…

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Bus Run to Newcastle Rover Motors Application Tarro Shire to Reconsider Question of License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 3

When the application of the Rover Motors Ltd., Cessnock, for permission to run a through bus service from Cessnock to Newcastle, came before…

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Hotel Tragedy. Fox Pound Guilty. Murder of Mother. London, March 21

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 6

Sydney Henry Fox was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of his mother in Room 66 of the Margate Hotel, to which he then set…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 4

At the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, Timothy Quinn applied for an order for the removal of his license to the Commercial Hotel…

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