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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

204 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 11

The New Willow Tree Hotel, Scone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 4

Elaborate plans and specifications were submitted to the special Licensing Court, Scone, before Mr. W. C. Geikie, a member of the Licences'…

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Bankruptcy Story Former Hotelkeeper

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 5

Thomas Miller, 41, at present residing at the Caledonian Hotel, West Maitland and until lately carrying on business at the Wentworthville Hotel,…

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Drove While Drunk FINED £10 and License Cancelled

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 3

Before Mr. Sheridan, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court this morning, Ernest Gladstone Rowles, of Gundagai, was charged with driving a…

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Stream Found Under Hotel

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 1

Workmen demolishing the Groat Northern Hotel in Newcastle discovered a stream of fresh water running beneath the foundations. It…

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Money Paid Man's a Hotel Account NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 5

John David Kennedy (84), laborer, who was yesterday charged with refusing to pay £1/8/ for meals and accommodation at the George Hotel, was…

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Fitzroy Hotel, Merriwa. ESTABLISHED 1848

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 7

Under the caption of "Inns and Taverns of ttye North," appearing in "Vision," a Newcastle publication, and contributed by Aid. W. J. Gould…

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Local and General. Stream Under Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 2

Workmen demolishing the Great Northern Hotel at Newcastle discovered a stream of fresh water running beneath the foundations. It is…

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Used a Knife Echo of Hotel Brawl SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1936 · page 1

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Cardinal Harec Ridley, 42, an invalid pensioner and former police agent, was acquitted on a charge of…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1936 · page 4

An application by William Aloysius Gilmore for the transfer of the licende for the United Service Hotel, Cessnock, to Arthur Ellis Forbes was…

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Aerodrome at "Nandowra" "The Biggest Machine in the World Can Land Here." Aviation Officer Greatly Impressed with Area. Does Not Hesitate to Issue License

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1936 · page 2

Captain Burgess, of the Civilian Aviation Department, and Superintendent. of the Mascot Aerodrome, flew to Scone on Friday last and…

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New Newcastle Hotel Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 1

An application for removal of the licence of the Newmarket Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, to premises proposed to be erected, at a cost, of…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 4

An application by George William Arthur Roberts for the transfer of the publican's licence in respect of the Carrington Hotel, West Maitland, to…

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Bibles Issued Placed in Hotel Rooms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 10

The International Association of Gideons, which has its headquarters at Washington, has placed more than 1,300,000 coples of the Bible in hotel…

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On Licensed Premises

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 3

Leslie Stephen Brook, Douglas McKenzie and George Henry Woods were proceeded against at yesterday's police court on charges of having been found…

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Weston Residents Entertained "Hotel Kent" Proprietors

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 10

Mr. and Mrs. Reg Bills were tendered a pleasant surprise party by the boarders and guests of the "Hotel Kent", Beaumont-street, Hamilton, at…

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Greyhound Racing. Double to Narra Lad. Rebyamba Wins Publicans' Purse. Maiden Stake to First Folly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 September 1936 · page 3

Narra Lad, who annexed the second division of the Graded Stake of 300 yards, followed up that success by again leading the…

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Gosford Tin Hare License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 September 1936 · page 3

The cancellation of the mechanical hare license at Gosford last week has caused much comment. The Chief Secretary…

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Gungal Hotel Dispute Equity Court Hearing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 7

A dispute concerning the license of premises known as the Federal Hotel at Gungal was before Mr. Acting-Justice Maughan in the Equity Court on…

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Publican Duped Took Tinselled Penny NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 October 1936 · page 1

A penny covered with tinsel was used to deceive a publican that it was a florin and the deception was successful. Two bottles of beer were…

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A Publican Outed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 4

One could hardly believe the evidence in a case at Newcastle on Monday last, when a man was charged with the theft of…

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