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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

240 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 12

Hotel Gutted Lawson Outbreak SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 1

The Grand Hotel at Lawson, a Weatherboard structure containing between thirty and forty rooms, was totally destroyed by fire early this…

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Inspector "Visits" Hotels

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 2

During the week-end Inspector Davis, of Maitland, made a flying visit to Cessnock end "raided" two hotels—one in an outlying suburb, and one in…

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Hotelkeeper to Seek Other Work

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 3

"Business at the hotel hag dropped to such an extent that the licensee intends socking employment outdoors, because the hotel with not keep the…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 1

The reports of the Licensing Inspector, Sergeant Jackson, were submitted to the Magistrate, who remarked that the reports were…

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Wireless Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 3

In New South Wales, 150,415 wireless licenses are hold. Licenses in force in the Commonwealth increased by…

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MURDERED! Manager Shot Dead in Vic Hotel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 3

A message from Melbourne states that last night police headquarters received a message that Josoph G. Sydley, manager of Whittleson…

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Shops Biggest Offenders as Milk Price-Cutters est "Menace to Industry" Inquiry Goes On at Newcastle License Fees Discussed Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 5

That shops selling milk are a menace to the industry and should be prevented from handling it, was the view of the Newcastle Milk Vendors' Association put before the Milk Board…

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Licensee Fined Men on Premises Belmore Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 4

A visit to Belmore Hotel on October 7 by Inspector W. A. Davis had a sequel at the West Maitland Court of Petty Sessions to-day…

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Railway Hotel Changes Hands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 2

The new proprietor of the Railway Hotel is Mr. M. C Byrne, who up till a couple of years ago conducted a hotel business in Townsville (Q). Up…

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Vendors' Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 4

Oswald Bryant, Case-street, Adamstown, said that he operated two dairies. The cost of working the places would be approximately 4 1/2d a gallon…

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Echo of Hotel Raid Police Inspector's Visit to Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 3

Among the matters engaging the attention of Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, was a case in which…

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Unlawfully on Licenced Premises Five Men and Licenses Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 2

Before Mr. F. D.. Sutherland, P.M. at Cessnock Police Court today, Sidney Crook, Myles Mcrae, Thomas McManus, James Wilson and…

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Hotelkeeper Assaulted and Robbed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon the licenace of the First and Last Hotel in Phillipstreet, Sydney, Mr Clyde Reid, informed the police that he had been…

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Heavy Losses in Canberra Hotels Private Enterprise Advocated

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 2

A definite proposal to hand over to private enterprise all the hotels in Canberra will probably be made to the Government during the week, when…

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Quarterly Licensing Court (Before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 2

At the Singleton Licensing, Court today, Sergeant Ireland, District Licensing Inspector, reported that all the hotels were well kept, and he had nothing to…

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News in Brief Booth License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 4

Robert Smith, license or the Wentworth Hotel, Cessnock, was yesterday granted a license for a booth at the Bellbird races, to be hold on…

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News in Brief Expired License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 4

Reginaid T.Sparrow was [?] with 8/ casts in fault two days [?], at the West Maltland Court of Petty Sessions for to return…

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Court Hears Story of Minmi's Departed Glory Alive in 1908 Almost Defunct To-day Hotel to Close Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 5

The decline of Minmi, once a thriving mining township, was told to-day in the Licensing Court…

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Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 1

For falling to return an expired motor license, Frederick Watkins, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, was fined 5/-, plus 8/- costs, in default two…

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Argument Over Racing Dog Beer Mug Used in Hotel Disturbance. Story at Kurri Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 7

An argument which primarily started over the merits of his racing dog got the owner, William Johnson, into severe trouble when he found…

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