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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11

Escapes From Blazing Hotel £16,000 Damage at Bourke

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Damage, estimated at £16,000 was caused by a lire which destroyed the Certral Australian Hotel, in the centre o£ Bourke. Many guests essaped in…

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Shots Fired in Hotel Four Arrests Made

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 2

Over £30 in notes was taken from the Capalaba Hotel, Gapalaba (Q.), early yesterday, A man, was shot through the foot and the hotel proprietor, John…

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Fought in Hotel Cessnock Court Case CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

Before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Cessnock Court to-day, John Ramsay pleaded guilty to charge of having behaved in an offensive manner, and…

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Offensive Behaviour Echo of Fight in Hotel Bar

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

Charged at Cessnock Police Court, to-day, with having behaved in an offensive manner, John Ramsay pleaded guilty…

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Improvement of Country Hotels

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Justice is to be asked to receive a joint deputation from the N.R.M.A., the Commercial Travellers' Association and the…

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Daring Hotel Robbery

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 3

A bag containing £53 was stolen from a hotel at Glebe yesterday in daring fashion. Two men, who apparently were…

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Hotel Transfer Objection Overruled Katoomba Site Penrith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 2

The Licensing Court granted an application by Andrew George Molville, licencee of the Ivanhoo Hotel, Blackheath, for an order conditionally…

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Licence Changes Hotel-Billiard Room

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 5

The licence of the Kurri Kurri Hotel was to-day transferred at the West Maitland Licensing Court from Mary Waugh to Charles Braban Mellords, of…

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Not Licensed Departmental Action SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 5

The Superintendent of Civil Avi[?]tion (Captain'Burgess) said that legal action would be taken against Mr. R. W. R. Hall, who left Mascot on…

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Garages May Be Licensed. M.L.A. Forecasts Legislation. Compulsory Insurance, Too!

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., addressing a meeting of the Service Station Proprietors' Association, predicted that a Bill would be introduced in the coming…

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Hairdressers' Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

Hairdressers' licenses were granted to F. G. Mortyn and James Muddle…

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Fish Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

Barbouttis Bros. and W. Newton were granted fish licenses…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 2

An application from William A. Springhall for the transfer of the license of the Victoria Hotel, Moonan Flat, to Alexander R. Morrison, of…

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Garages May Be Licensed M.l.a. Forecasts Legislation

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

Mr A. S. Henry, M.L.A., addressing a meeting of the Service Station Proprietors' Association, predicted that a bill would be introduced in the coming…

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Man Injured Found on Hotel Steps a Kurri Mystery Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

John Hindman, 53, of Coronation-street, Kurri Kurri, was found injured at the rear of the Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri, at about 12.45 o'clock…

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Gungal Hotel. Injunction Sought. (From Our Special Representative)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 6

The Gungal hotel case was again before Mr. Justice Long Inness in the Equity Court last Friday when Robert Steele Gay, of Mosman, sought an…

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Hotel Guests Ordered to Leave Ms.P. Want Rooms Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 8

That Canberra is really a "politicians paradise" is proved by the Government's action in ordering about 20 guests to quit the Hotel…

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Licensing Court. Gungal Hotel Case

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

Mr. T. W. Cohen, a member of the Licenses Reduction Board, presided at the Licensing Court at Muswellbrook on Wednesday, when the…

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Fierce Lightning Wireless Aerial Shattered Hotel Incident Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 9

The Heddon Greta Hotel had a narrow escape from serious damage yesterday afternoon as a result of the thunderstorm which passed over the…

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A Compromise? Hotel Kurrajong Eviction CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 3

As a result of the strong protests made by the 32 residents of the Government-controlled Hotel Kurrajong, who were to be evicted to make room…

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