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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 16

ORATOR-BAITING. Hotel Tragedy Fox Found Guilty. Murder of Mother. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

The I.W.W. crowd must be regarded seriously but the Domain. Sunday afternoon is not without its comedy. There is a small group winch delights 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 fire…

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Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 1

For failing to deliver up an expired motor registration certificate Frederick G. Lomas was, at Cessnock Court to-day, fined 10/-, plus 8/-…

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Another Ultimatum Kearsley Shire to Municipality "Cancel Barksby's License"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council decided, in committee, yesterday to request the Cessnock Municipal Council to cancel the temporary license given to S…

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Free Beer Royal Hotel Rushed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 2

The scene at the new Royal Hotel, Moree on Monday afternoon between five o'clock and six o'clock, was one that would have delighted the heart…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, March 28th, 1930. (Before Mr D. W. Reed, P.m.) Failed to Renew License

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 8

Norman A. H. Dennis was fined 5/ and 8/ costs, or 48 hours' imprisonment, for failing to renew a motor driver's license…

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Hotels to Remain "Black" Richmond Main Miners' Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 3

Richmond Main Miners' Lodge, at a meeting on Wednesday, decided that the "black" embargo placed on the local hotels should remain in force…

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FINED £100. Sold Liquor Without License. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1930 · page 7

At the Central Court to-day Florence Fressic, 28, a domestic, was find £100 for having sold liquor at Bondi last night without a license…

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Hotel Rattle Guns and Razors. Australians V. Italians

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 8

Australians and Italians clashed, at a hotel in Franklin-street, Adelaide, on Saturday night, as a result, it is alleged, of the foreigners…

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Abolition of Liquor Licenses Rejected by Victoria

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 2

Throughout Victoria on Saturday a compulsory poll was taken on the question of the abolition of liquor licenses. In order to obtain an alteration of the…

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Coal Commission. Reorganisation of the Industry, Appointment of Board Recommended. Licensing of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 2

The report of the Coal Commission, which was presented to the Governor on Monday, contains far-reaching recommendations for the reorganisation of the industry. The Commission recommends the appointment of a coal board…

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"White Hotels." CESSNOCK

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 2

"Thing are pretty right now," is the general comment on the the coal situation on the South Maitland field. The announcement that the South…

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Excessive Water Drinking Should Council Take Out a "License."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 1

A local resident forwards us the following article for publication and contends that Dungog Municipal Council, as the seller of aqua pura…

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"Black" Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 6

A meeting of Stanford-Merthyr Miners Lodge, held at Kurri Kurri, decided to lift the "black" ban from hotels, it was reported that the…

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Lifted "Black" Ban on Hotels Stanford Merthyr Miners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 3

Stanford Merthyr No. 1 Miners' Lodge at a meeting Wednesday decided to lift the "black" embargo placed on the four hotels in the town…

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Horse and Sulky. Taken From Hotel Yard. Man Arrested at Denman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 2

A stranger to the town walked into the yard of the Family Hotel on Friday last and took possession of a horse and sulky. He was later arrested at…

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'Bus Licenses. Maitland and Cessnock Services. Conference of Councils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 April 1930 · page 2

Representatives of West Maitland and Cessnock Municipal Councils, Tarro and Kearsley Shire Councils met in the West Maitland Town Hall last evening to consider the question of 'but licenses between Maitland and Cessnock…

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Overcoat Lifted. Thieves Visit Hotels. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 April 1930 · page 7

A thief lifted an overcoat from a room at the Oxford Hotel last night. The police are inclined to think that some individual is making the…

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Hospital Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1930 · page 5

Sickness should become popular is many more hospitals of the sort opened by the Minister for Health the other day are brought into being. It is a…

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Hotel Hours. on Anzac Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 8

The executive of the Licensed victuallers Association has given the Returned Soldiers League an undertaking that it will request all…

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Pioneer Coalfield's Publican Dead

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 5

Mr. A. G. ("Al") Jewell, a former well Known Coalfields Publican, went the way of all flesh last Monday,at the age of 64 years. The late…

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