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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

261 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 14

Lost Nearly All His Possessions Former Hotelkeeper Resorted to Fraud and Thefts

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

A former hotelkeeper confessed at Sydney Quarter Sessions that, having' lost nearly all his possessions as a result of the economic depression, he had…

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Floating Hotel. Accommodation for 50 PASSENGERS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 4

Eight B.B. seater monoplanes have been ordered by Imperial Airways as the first batch of the new fleet from Armstrong…

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Port Stephen's Hotel To Change Hands

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Harris, licensee of the Port Stephens Hotel, Tea Gardens, announces that he is retiring as licensee of the Port Stephen's hotel as…

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One on the Publican

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 5

Here's a rough joke to put over a poor publican. A man entered the bar one afternoon and began to entertain the company with conjuring tricks…

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Sunday Closing Hotels in Brisbane BRISBANE, Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 3

The Licensed Victuallers' Associate Ion is milking a determined effort to onforce the Sunday closing of all hotels In the Greater Brisbane area…

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Floating Hotel Accommodation for Fifty Passengers London

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

The B.B. seater monoplanes have been ordered by Imperial Airways as the first batch of the new fleet from Armstrong Whitworth, states the…

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Row in Hotel Police Allegation Court Sequel Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 5

Ball of £100 was allowed Joseph Holmes (42), an hotelkeeper, when he was remanded at the Central Court to-day to August 1 by Mr. Gibson…

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Four Fined Found on Premises Licensee Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 4

Found on the licensed promises of the Metropolitan Hotel at 12.10 a.m. on June 19, four men pleaded guilty at the West Maitland Court to-day…

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Dunedoo Fire. Bain Came Too Late. Hotel, 5 SHOPS, 2 Houses Destroyed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 4

An hotel, five shops and two houses were consumed by a fire which broke out in the main centre of Dunedoo early on Saturday…

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One on the Publican

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 4

Here's a rough joke to put over a poor publican. A man entered the bar one afternoon and began to entertain the company with conjuring tricks…

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Put It Over The Publican

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 1

Here's a rough joke to put over a poor publican. A man entered the bar one afternoon and began to entertain the company with conjuring tricks…

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Close Call at Fire in Denman Hotel This Morning Boarders Fight Flames. Wonderful Save Effected. DENMAN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 2

The Denman Hotel, conducted by E. Lewis, would probably have been destroyed by fire in the early hours this morning but for the wonderful work performed by a bucket brigade drawn from the boarders…

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Percy Hotel Bar Completed

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

The work of renovating and remodelling the Percy Hotel still continues, and the completion of the new bar is an important improvement. This was…

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Fowls Stolen From Publican

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

At Glen Innes Police Court, William Leonard Floyd and Leslie William Robinson wore charged with having stolen three fowls, valued at 6/, the property…

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Another Hotel? Independent Inquiries. Three Companies Interested

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 5

According to reports, there is a fair prospect of a first-class hotel being erected on vacant land in Bridge-street in the near future…

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Hotel Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

Mr. Noel Eglise, who is keenly alive to the requirements of the travelling public in the matter of hotel accommodation, is having "The Percy"…

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Fish License

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 4

An application for a fish and small goods license was received from Mr. M. George, Fosterton Road.—Granted. The report was adopted…

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R.A.C. OF A. Licensing Garages Engineers, Too

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 10

There is a growing feeling among motor men as well as motor clubs, that as an additional safeguard for car owners as well as the legitimate…

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Change in Hotel Hours Sought Victorian Request

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 1

A deputation from the liquor trades on Wednesday asked the Premier of Victoria (Mr A. A. Dunstan) 'to alter the hours of hotel trading from 9 a.m…

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Shot Fired Largs Hotel Incident Licensee Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 7

Happenings at the Exchange Hotel, Largs, on July 1, resulted in two charges being listed at the West Maitland Court to-day…

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