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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 11

"Spooks" Party Goulburn District Hotel Rappings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 5

Determined to ascertain the cause of strange noises, within his premises during the night, the licensee of a well-known country…

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Eight Shots Fired in Hotel Wild Scatter by Customers

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 1

Customers scattered wildly, or sought shelter wherever they could find it, when eight shots were fired from a revolver in the Park View Hotel,…

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Mr Noel Eglese Leaving the Percy Hotel

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 2

Arrangements have been completed for the transference of the licence of the Percy Hotel from the present proprietor, Mr Noel Eglese, to Mr E…

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S.P. BETTING Newcastle Hotels NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1

Starting-price betting is still prevalent in some hotels in the Newcastle district, said Inspector Aspery, in his quarterly report to the Licensing…

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Butchers' Strike Hotels Threatened Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 5

The Meat Industry Employees' Union has decided to withdraw all employees of master butchers and to take notion against bakers,…

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Japan and Australia Wool Not to Be Licensed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) TOKIO

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce and Industry (Mr Ogawa) announced after a Cabinet meeting that it was not intended to licence any Australian wool,…

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Japan and Australia Wool Not to Be Licensed Tokio

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 6

The Minister for Commerce and Industry (Mr. Ogawa) announced after a Cabinet meeting that it was not intended to license any Australian…

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Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 3

Licenses were granted as follows on the motion of Ald. Gorton and Kennedy: Fish, E. F. Baker, Hospital Hill, Dungog; Plumber, H. J. Baker,…

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July customs Revenue Highest Since 1930 Effect of Licensing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 1

Customs and excise revenue for July, the first month of the 1936-37 financial year, amounted to £3,927,924, the highest yield from these sources since March, 1930, when the collections totalled £4,729,999. The July…

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The Town. Tobacco Licenses.—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 2

Holders of tobacco licenses are reminded that applications for renewals, etc., must now be made direct to the Under-Secretary, Department of Labor…

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Building Ablaze Early Morning Fire Old Hotel Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

The two storey weatherboard building known as the Old Hotel, at Charlestown, was almost completely destroyed by a fire early…

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Gin Case Hotelkeeper Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 4

At the West Maitland Court to-day, before Mr. N. L. Sheridan, P.M., Spencer Moon, inspector under the Pure Foods Act, proceeded against…

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Hotel Thief Robs Prime Minister Case Stolen Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1936 · page 3

Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, was the victim of a hotel thief at Mullumbimby. He went to the district to visit…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 2

In the Licensing Court an application by H. E. A. Deards for permission to appoint J. A. Scoles as manager of the Court House Hotel was…

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Plumber's License

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

In answer to the Mayor, the Town Clerk advised that no application for a plumber's license had been received from Mr. Bosworth, Jnr. He had…

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Special Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Geikie, Special Licensing Magistrate, sat in the Scone Licensing Court yesterday, when an application lodged by Greg…

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Cessnock Radio Application Request for B Class License Postmaster-general's Reply

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 5

The Postmaster-General (Senator A. J. McLachlan) told a deputation which waited on him from Cessnock during the week that he could hold…

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Slaughtering Licenses Kearsley Shire Clerk's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1936 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, the Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) reported that recently the council, acting on…

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Newcastle Hotels Many Improvements NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 7

There have been improvements, involving a large expenditure, to Newcastle hotels during the past few months…

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Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 4

Licenses under the cattle slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act 1902 were granted to W. Bacon, Allynbrook; S. V. Drinkwater,…

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