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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 15

News in Brief Licensing Court

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

The quarterly licensing court for the licensing district of Maitland will bo held at the Courthouse, West Maitland, on January 19, at 10 a.m…

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Billiard Rooms Licenses Renewed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

The following billiard room licenses were renewed by Mr. Meagher, J.P., at the West Maitland Court on Monday…

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Hotel Destroyed SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 8

The Bogan Gate Hotel at Bogan Gate was destroyed by fire early on Monday. The occupants were obliged…

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Drunken Driver Fined £20. License Suspended Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

For driving a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor, George Disdy Morgan (21), was at Newcastle Police Court to-day fined £20…

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Won't Pay Bus License Fees £40,000 DUE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

The majority of motor, bus proprietors in the Sydney metropolitan area so far have not renewed their licenses, or paid the…

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Coalfields Hotel Convalescent Home

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

The secretary of the Cessnock Hospital (Mr. J. Brown) stated that Mr. Love, chairman of the Hospitals Commission, would visit Cessnock…

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Sp. Shops To Be Licensed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

Although the official announcement has to be made, it is learned defluitely that the Government has decided to license starting price…

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Big Blaze In Lismore Hotel LISMORE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the staff quarters and other wooden buildings at the rear of the Hotel…

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Convalescent Home? Abernethy Hotel Building Hospital May Purchase

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

It in quite on the cards that the Cessnock Hospital authorities will acquire the Abernethy Hotel building for use as a convalescent home…

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Kurri Police Court Hawkers' Licenses Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

Keith J. Jackson was grauted a hawker's pack license by Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at Kurri COurt to-day. Togle Sadie was also granted a…

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Where to Stay Sydney. The Oriental (private) Hotel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 10

King's Cross, 7 minutes Central Station, 5 minutes G.P.O. Hot and Cold Water Service, Billiards, Laundry, Garages; accommodation for 160. Tariff…

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S.P. SHOPS Prevalent in Hotels Says Rev. Hammond

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Writing yesterday to a metropolitan daily, Rev. R. B. S. Hammond alleged that nearly every hotel is the headquarters…

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POSTPONED Visit of Hospitals Commissioner. Proposed Purchase of Aernethy Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

The visit of the Chairman of the Hospitals Commission (Mr. J. Love), who was to have come to the Coalfields to-day, has been postponed…

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Drunken Driver Fined £20. License Suspended Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 11

For driving a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor, George Disdy Morgan (21), was at Newcastle Police Court to-day fined £20…

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Won't Pay 'Bus License Fees £40,000 DUE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 9

The majority of motor bus proprietors in the Sydney metropolitan area so far have not renewed their licenses, or paid the…

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Coalfields Hotel Convalescent Home

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 10

The secretary of the Cessnock Hospital (Mr. J. Brown) stated that Mr. Love, chairman of the Hospitals Commission, would visit Cessnock…

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Big Blaze In Lismore Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 12

Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the staff quarters and other wooden buildings at the rear of the Hotel…

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Empty Hotel Heavy Expenses CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

The Hotel Canberra, which is the largest and best appointed hotel in the Federal Capital, and which cost the Commonwealth…

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Novel Invention Returns Billiard Balls License Granted Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

"A contrivance to obviate the necessity of taking balls out of billiard table pockets, and by which the balls are returned to…

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Bound Over Ex-Police Sergeant Motor Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 8

John Michael- Duckworth, ex-Sergeant police of Police, at Tamworth, pleaded guilty at Tamworth Court, to a charge of embezzling £63/7/4, public…

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