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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

288 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 15

Pigs and Pork. Hotel Refuse for Pigs. Unsuitable as a Sole Ration

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 6

Hotel refuse is a useful food for pigs, but it is by no means satisfactory as a sole ration, point out officers of the Department of Agriculture in…

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Quarterly Licensing Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 4

First-class Sergeant Ireland, in presenting his quarterly licensing report to Mr F. D. H. Sutherland P.M., at the Courthouse to-day, said that in three…

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Hotelkeeper Defrauded Cases Filled with Stones

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 7

The licensee of the Imperial Hotel in North Sydney was the victim of fraud on Tuesday, which cost him £11…

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Pigs and Pork Use of Hotel Refuse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 6

Hotel refuse is a useful food for pigs, but it is by no means satisfactory as a solo ration, point out officers of the Department of…

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Paterson Hotel Nearly Completed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 4

At the Quarterly Licensing Court hold at the Want Maitland Courthouse Acting Inspector W. A. Davis stated that the…

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Hotel Fire Startling Evidence EMPLOYEE'S

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 1

Giving evidence at an inquiry into a fire which destroyed the Copmanhurst Hotel, at Copmanhurst, on September 1. Frederick Stevens…

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Hotel Fire Copmanhurst Blaze Startling Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 2

A fire which destroyed a hotel at Copmanhurst on September 1, was the subject of a coroner's inquiry at the Grafton courthouse…

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Paterson Hotel

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 4

At the Quarterly Licensing Court at the West Maitland Courthouse it was stated that the reconstruction of the Court- house Hotel, at Paterson, which was…

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For Trial Licensee Committed Fire at Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 8

The coronial inquiry into the fire which destroyed a hotel at Copmanhurst on September 1 ended when Walter Hadden…

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Hotel Blaze Heavy Damage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 8

Severe damage, estimated at £2000, resulted from a fire which destroyed the Harwood Hotel, a two-story weather…

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He Must Not Pay! Drastic New Motor Regulations. License Fees

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 3

If you give a friend a lift home after November 2, and he pays for oil or petrol, your car automatically becomes a public vehicle!…

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Must Have License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) drew attention to-day to the fact that before a person keeps…

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Greta Hotel License Cancelled Sportsman's Arms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 7

The Sportsman's Arms Hotel at Greta will close at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening next. On September 15 the Licenses…

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No License What Police Found

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 5

On a charge of having had an unlicensed pistol in his possession, a young man named Byrnes, was fined £50, in default, 100 days…

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Sudden Death City Hotelkeeper SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 1

The death occurred suddenly yesterday of Mr. George Wride, managing director of the Grand Central Hotel aged 65…

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Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 5

On a charge of falling to return an expired motor license Andrew Brown was at Cessnock Court to-day, fined 5/-…

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Unlawfully on Licensed Premises Two Men Fined

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

Before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, at Cessnock Court to-day, Joseph Dixon was charged with being unlawfully on licensed premises during…

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Unexpired 'Bus Licenses £20,000 Claimed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 2

The claim that the Government virtually owed the omnibus proprietors of Sydney a sum of £20,000 was made on Monday night by…

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Major's Loss 'Hotel Barber's' Haul Clothing Stolen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 7

The operations of an "hotel barber," who paid a visit to the Royal Hotel. West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, proved…

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In Days of the Past Interesting Fight for Hotel Licenses. Three Applicants Fought for Neath

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

Mention of the name of Mr. E. J. Anstey, in connection with the first licensee of the Neath Hotel, revives memories of the old battles for new…

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