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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Big Musical "Hollywood Hotel"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 3

One of the big musicals on this year's Warner Brothers list is "Holly wood Hotel." You'll see in it an outstanding Hollywood personality, one…

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Alleged Assault in Hotel Bar Victim's Story. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 2

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, John Joseph Finnie, labourer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted Gerald Vincent Patrick…

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Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 3

Milk Vendor and small goods licenses were granted to L. Richardson and C. Allen, on the motion of Ald. Jones and Kennedy…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 2

Application was made by Edward Walter Howell for the transfer of the Willow Tree Hotel (Scone) license from Samuel F. Doyle. The…

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Blind Barman. Manages Own Hotel. Uncanny Accuracy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

Blind from birth, Mr. Roland Hewitt runs and manages his own public-house in Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, states "The People." In…

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Alleged Assault in Hotel Man Acquitted

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 7

John Joseph Finnie, 32, labourer, was acquitted by a jury in Quarter Sessions before Judge Sheridan, in Sydney on Wednesday, of a charge of…

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WIELDING the Willow Albion Hotel Defeats Bellbird

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

A very interesting game of cricket was played at Bellbird last Sunday, between Bellbird Hotel and the Albion Hotel…

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DISQUALIFIED Former Hotel Licensee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 6

In the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, Mary Ann Derbyshire, a former licensee of the Royal Hotel, West Maitland, was disqualified from…

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£172 STOLEN Gloucester Hotel NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 7

It was reported to Newcastle police to-day that £172/7/3 had been stolen from a sate in the Gloucester Hotel, Gloucester. The theft was committed…

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Hotel Gutted Fire at Spring Ridge QUIRINDI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 5

When a fire broke out in the recently renovated hotel at Spring Ridge in the early hours of Monday morning, the building and contents were…

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Hotel Robbery at Gloucester Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 2

A message from Gloucester says the hotel there was entered by burglars, and £174 in cash was stolen from the safe, but valuable jewellery…

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Milk Licenses More Allocations

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

Mr. C. E. Bennett, M. L. A. has been informed by the Secretary of the Milk Board as follows: Further to your enquiry concerning…

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Hotelkeeper's Death. Blackheath Mystery. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

John Ferguson (24), licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, was found shot to-day in his bed in the hotel. He was lying unconscious and fully…

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Shot in Chest Publican Dead Young Wife's Find Blackheath

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Jack Ferguson (24), licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, was found dead to-day in a bedroom of the hotel with a 22 revolver nearby. He was found by his…

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Saw a Flash Death of Publican Wife's Evidence Blackheath

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 7

In the Ferguson case at Blackheath, evidence presented to the police led them to believe that Ferguson had committed suicide. They were…

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Disastrous Fire. Spring Ridge Hotel Destroyed Quirindi

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

When fire broke out in the recently renovated hotel at Spring Ridge in the early hours of Monday morning, the building and contents were…

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Sunday Cricket Bellbird Hotel V. Albion Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

A lot of interest is being taken in the return match between the Albion Hotel, Wickham, and the Bellbird Hotel…

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Branch Formed Meeting of Hotelkeepers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 7

A Maitland and District sub-branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association was form a at a meeting of the hotel licensees in the East and…

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Hotels Must Close SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 2

The Justice Department stated that all licensed premises in New South Wales must be closed on election day…

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Publican's Death Widow's Story to Coroner

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 March 1938 · page 1

How her husband had consumed a large quantity of drink and then toyed with a loaded revolver before he finally shot himself, was told to the…

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