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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 15

No More A.R.C. JOCKEYS Local Rider Refused Licenses in Sydney

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 4

A number of Cessnock A.R.C. riders and others who freqrent the local A.R.C. meetings in this district, are rather concerned at the A.R.C body…

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Hotel Raided Police Meet Opposition

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 3

Unexpectedly serious trouble was encountered by a police party which raided a hotel in Balmainroad, Leichhardt, on Saturday, in…

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Publican Shot at Katoomba Constable Also Piked Upon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 1

After having been ejected from the Family Hotel, at the corner of Park and Main streets, Katoomba, on Monday night, a young man, who was…

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Singleton Police Court (Before Mr F. D. H. Sutherland, P.m.) Thursday, July 16th, 1931 Charge Against Hotelkeeper

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 6

Joseph Hornby Kitching was charged with keeping his premises open at unlawful: hours, viz., on election day. Mr C. R. Whitfield (of Messrs. Win…

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Shot Dead in Bed Hotel Manager's Wife. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 2

Mrs Eileen Elizabeth Bloom, wife of the manager of the Hotel Ritz, at Katoomba, was found dead in her bed this morning. Her…

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Police Raid on Weston Billiard Room. Half Hundred Men Face Charge of Being Found in Gaming House. Licensee and Keeper Heavily Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 8

Half a hundred men filed into the Kurri Karri Police Court on Wednesday and when paraded before Mr. D. H. F. Sutherland, P.M., were charged with having been found in a common gaming house at Weston on Friday, July 17th…

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No License Sequel to Car Smash Cessnock Case Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 5

A collision on Allandnle road, Cessnock, on the afternoon of July 5 led to the appearance of William F. Mull at Cessnock Police Court…

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Sold Socks But Didn't Have a License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 5

Before Mr. F. B. H. Sutherland, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, Sidney Jacobs, 37, of Sydney, was charged with hawking goods for sale without…

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Stroud Case Non-suit Set Aside Sale of Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1931 · page 2

Reserved judgement was given by the Full Court on an appeal in the action brought by William Bert A[?]ge against Herbert H. Miller, to…

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Hotel Improvements and Depression. ALBURY

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 5

An important judgment was delivered by Mr. Le Brun Brown, Chairman of the State Licensing Bench, in connection with demands by the Bench for the…

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Stroud Case. Non-suit Set Aside. Sale of Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 1

Reserved judgment was given by the Full Court on an appeal in the action brought by William Bert Alridge against Herbert H. Miller, to…

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Sale of Hotel

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 4

Reserved judgment was given by the Full Court on an appeal in the action brought by William Bert Aldridge against Herbert H. Miller, to recover £300 paid by…

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Hotel Licensees Fined After Hours Trading

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 8

The sequel to a police swoop on two hotels on the Coalfields was heard at the Kurri Kurrl Police Court on Wednesday…

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"License Please!" Motorists Held Up Sunday Raid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 4

License, please!" Hundreds of motorists on the Maitland-Sydney road had that polite command addressed to them…

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Repairs to Artesian Bores. Obtaining Licenses

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 4

The Association recently asked the Minister for Agriculture to alter the regulations under the Irrigation Act which make it compulsory to notify…

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Radio Licenses Decline for July

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

According to the latest figures there is a decline of 1050 in the number of radio licenses in operation in the Commonwealth as at…

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Royal Hotel. New Proprietor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

Mr. Norman McLeod who has presided over the destinies of the Royal Hotel, Dungog, for several years, has handed over the business to his son…

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Dungog Police Court. Licensing Court. (Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 6

The following cases were dealt with at the local Court on Tuesday:— Arthur John McLeod, for whom Mr. A. S. Borthwick appeared, applied…

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News in Brief License Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 August 1931 · page 4

The license of the Queen's Arms Hotel, West Maitland, was, at the Maitland Licensing Court to-day, transferred from Patrick William…

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No Licenses Motorists Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 7

A father and son. another man and Ms brother, were chief actors in unlicensed driving charges in Newcastle Summons…

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