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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 11

Struggle with Thief in Hotel Bedroom Boarders Effect Capture

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Mrs F. Furrow, licenseeof the Waterside Hotel, Melbourne, struggled with an intruder in her bedroom on Sunday morning. She attempted to hold him,…

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Must Pay Hotel Bill of £82 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

An unpaid bill of £82/17/6, contracted at Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, was mentioned in a charge against Charles Louis Lewison, 25,…

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Thimble and [?] Trickster Gaoled. Playing on Hotel Randwick Verandah

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 9

Little is heard nowadays of the three-card trick and other scheme[?] which were freely practised years ago with the object of "divorcing…

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Queen's Arms Hotel Alterations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 4

Permission was granted Tooth and Co, Ltd, to make allerations to the Queen's Arms Hotel, West Maitland, when application was made to the…

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Man's History "Hotel Boots" to Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 15

How an eleven-year-old hotel "boots" rose to be mayor of his town was revealed at a dinner given by the Mayor of Penzance (Eng.), Alderman…

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Quaint History Hotel in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 14

Fort Anne Hotel, Douglas Head, near Blackpool (Eng.), a house with an interesting history has been sold by public auction to a Blackpool…

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Lorry in Hotel Bar Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 11

Crashing through the doorway of a hotel in Bay-street, City, owing to failure of the steering gear, a motor lorry came to a stop within a few feet…

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Hotel License Transferred

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

At the local Court on Tuesday last before Mr, Grugeon, P.M., the transfer of the license of the Bank Hotel, Dungog, from Patrick O'Neill to…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

At the Licensing Court to-day, the license of the Shamrock Hotel was transferred from Thomas Handley to Gordon John Millar…

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Business Deal Menzies Hotel SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

One of the most successful business men in Australia for his age (he is only 35) Mr. Norman B. Rydge has acquired a controlling interest in…

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"Persian" Rugs Alleged False Pretences Sale to Hotelkjeeper Bathurst

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 4

Harry Corn, woolbuyer, was committed for trial at Bathurst Quarter Sessions for having falsely represented the type and quality of a…

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Not Recorded Hotel Conviction Licensee Warned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 7

William Patrick Feneley, licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel, West Maitland, pleaded not guilty at the West Maitland Court to-day, to being the lice-…

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Hotel Incident Property Smashed Grafton Case Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 6

Bruce Albert Arndell, 20 a labourer of South Grafton, at the Police Court was fined £2, and ordered to pay £3/12/1 compensation for having…

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Hotel Property Smashed Case at Grafton Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 1

Bruce Albert Arndell, aged 20, of South Grafton, at the Police Court was fined £2, and ordered to pay £3/12/ compensation for having smashed glass…

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Man Slashed with Razor Affray in Hotel Yard

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 2

James Taylor, 45, of Dight-street, Collingwood was slashed to death with a razor in the yard of a hotel in Johnston-street, Collingwood, Melbourne, on…

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Sold Liquor Without a License Man Fined £30. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 2

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court to-day, Eonald Malcolm M'Dougall, aged 45, manufacturer, was fined £30, in default 74 days' hard labour, on a…

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Loss of Luggage Licensee's Liability

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 3

A case of unusual interest to hotel proprietors and guests at hotels was heard before Mr. Justice Nield at the Nowra District Court, when Erith…

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Fire Rescues Hotel Destroyed £16,000 Damage Bourke

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 1

Some thrilling rescues were witnessed when the Central Australian Hotel in the heart of Bourke, was destroyed by a fire, which…

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Ribs Broken Hotel Licensee Attacked Kicked by Men Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Two broken ribs were sustained by John Walter Langford, proprietor or the Capalaba Hotel, when he was knocked down and kicked by four men…

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Hotel Licence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

Ernest, John Russett, of Coogee Bay-road, Coogee, was to-day granted a transfer of the licence of the license of the Caledonia Hotel, West Maitland, from…

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