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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 11

Failed to Produce License. Motorist Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 4

For falling to produce his motor driver's license when called upon to do so Samuel Najor, at Cessnock Police Court…

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Tea on Licensed Premises Claimed by K.c. to Be Illegal After 6 P.m

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 September 1937 · page 1

In the Liceusing Court in Sydney on Monday, Mr Bradley, K.C., claimed that he had scoured eminent legal opinion to show that it is against the…

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Munro Divorce Booking at Hotel SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 7

When the Munro intervention suit was continued to-day Hartman admitted that he had booked for himself and Mrs. Munro at a Queensland hotel…

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New Milk Licensing System

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 1

The Minister for Health (Mr. H. P. FitzSimons), in reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said the Milk Board should shortly be…

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Wireless License Fees No Reduction for Unemployed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 6

Mr. R. James, M.H.R. has received from the Postmaster General (Senator A. J. McLachian) a communication which reads…

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Hotel Intruder. Occupants Held Up at Revolver Point. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 2

When Mrs. Fox, licensee of the Star Hotel, Parramatta, was awakened early this morning by hearing a noise, she saw a…

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New Hotel Transfer of Licence Fifty Bedrooms Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 5

One of Newcastle's oldest hotels, the Newmarket, in Hunter-street, Newcastle, owned by the Newcastle City Council, closed its doors to-day when…

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Two Matters Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 4

In the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, a transfer of the licence of a billard saloon in Church-street from Albert Francis Poole to Lesile roy…

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Burglar in Hotel Threat to Shoot Licensee

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 October 1937 · page 2

Sidney Fox, licensee of the Star Hotel, Parrainatta, was threatened early yesterday morning by an intruder, who had taken Fox's own revolver…

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Claimant to Fortune Found Dead Shot in Hotel Stables (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

A Wiltshire publican, Patrick Joseph Burke, a claimant to the fortune of his Australian namesake, was shot dead in tho hotel stables…

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Country Sawmills. Licenses on Crown Lands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. H. C, Carter, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines and Forests to say whether it was the policy of the Forestry…

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Hotel Account Remanded to Cowra NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 7

"This is a new one on me; what is it?" said Allen Clive Mansfield (38), dental mechanic, when told yesterday by Constable Francis that there was…

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Trout Season. Licenses Are Available

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

The first licenses for trout fishermen, without which anglers are liable to prosecution, were issued recently, and will be available during the…

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Council Succeeds in 'Bus Prosecution. P[?]ed for Hire Without License. Two Kurri Men Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 3

Cessnock Municipal Council, at Cessnock Court yesterday, proceeded against, James Sexton, and George Orchard…

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After Hours Hotel Licensee Fined Men in Bar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 4

At 1,10 a.m. on Sunday, October 3, Sergeant J. Clemehts saw a man ente[?] the Royal. Hotel In West MaHland. Ho peered through a…

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S.P. BETTING Newcastle Hotels NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 5

In the Police quarterly report to the Licensing Court to-day reference is once again made to starting price betting…

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Hotel Betting Comment from Bench

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 4

"There is betting in practically every hotel in the state," remarked Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd L.M., IN the West Maitland L[?]consing Court to-day, when…

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Secret Service Pose Prison for Man Who Duped Hotel Proprietress

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 4

That he had posed as a secret service agent and obtained £23/10/- by false pretences were the allegations made at Ryde, Isle of Wight, against…

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Licenses for Sydney. Reduced Country Meetings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 1

Greyhound racing in Sydney, which was discontinued several weeks ago, will be resumed on November 20. The State Cabinet on Friday…

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On Licensed Premises

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 November 1937 · page 7

The police proceeded against Arthur Gilleland for being found on the licensed premises of the Fitzroy Hotel during prohibited hours on 25th…

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