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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

230 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 12

Hotel Hours Magistrate's Warning NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 7

Another warning to men who go to hotels after hours was given by Mr. Soane, S.M., in the Summons Court to-day…

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Better Hotel Accommodation at Darwin Problems May Yet Be Solved

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

Problems facing Qantas Empire Airways Ltd., in its efforts to secure better hotel accommodation at Darwin, before the…

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Found in Lorry Driver's Camp Stolen Glasses From Hotel

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 3

Alfred Wilson, a lorry driver, of Annandale, was fined £2 at Bulli Court on Friday by Mr Hardwick, S.M., for having in his possession five…

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Less Hotels and More People. Board's Report. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 2

The report of the Licensing Bench to the Licenses Reduction Board for 1937 shows that hotels in New South Wales have decreased by 498 sinec…

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Hotels in N.S.W. Board Submits Report SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 7

Hotels in New South Wales have increased by 498 since 1928, though the population in that period has increased by about 700,000. Large sums are…

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Car Smash Hotel Keeper Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 2

James Jenkins, 52, a hotelkeeper of Merriwa, suffered slight lacerations to the right ear, slight chest injuries and a fractured right leg (femur)…

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Daring Thieves Car and Money Stolen Hotel Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 2

Amazing daring was shown by thieves who visited the Caledonia Hotel, Church-street, West Maitland, early to-day. Not only did…

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Police on Warpath S.P. Betting at Hotels SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

The declaring by the police of two city hotels anil a suburban one as common gamins houses, is expected to result in many…

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Three Hotels Declared Gaming Houses S.P. Campaign Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 3

A swift and drastic step in the campaign to suppress starting-price betting in Sydney hotels was made by the police yesterday,…

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Milk License

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

An application for a milk vendor's license from S. Jones was granted on the motion of Ald. Jones and Kennedy…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

In the Licensing Court, a wool, aide and skin buyers' license was granted to Wm. A. Morrision…

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S.P. WAR Police Determined Hotels Warned Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 1

The President of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association. Mr. N. H. Connolly, announced, to-day that further declarations of hotels as…

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Fourth Hotel 'Declared' by Police Mass Meeting SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 11

A fourth hotel, the Hurstville Hotel, at Hurstville, has been declared a common gaming house by Mr. Justice Maxwell on the…

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Anti-Betting Squad Active In Sydney aney A in Radio Check Police Concentrate on Hotels the Next Move? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 5

Police officers concerned with the Gaming Laws intend to maintain their campaign in this field. They are satisfied that their action last week has diminished hotel betting. Believing…

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Hotel Changes Hands

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 2

A report conics to hand that the Prince of Wales Hotel, Muswellbrook, conducted for some time past by Mr. L. Pryor, is about to change, having…

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Fire Claims 24 Victims in Blazing 5-Storey Hotel New York, May 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

At least 24 were killed and 10 injured in a fire at Atlanta, Georgia, due to an explosion in the basement kitchen of a five-storey brick and wood hotel. The fire broke out while 50 guests were asleep, and spread rapidly…

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Hotel Trade "On Good Behaviour" S.P. Question Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 1

Discussing further to-day the decisions arrived at last night at a meeting of hotelkeepers, the president of the U.L.V.A., Mr. N…

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"Like Man on Good Behaviour Bond" Position of Hotel Trade at Present. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 2

Mr N. H. Connolly, president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, said to-day that the hotel trade at the moment was like a man on a…

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No S.P. Betting in Hotels Newcastle Publicans Take Stand Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 7

Starting price bookmakers henceforth will not be allowed in hotels, was the unanimous decision by Newcastle district hotelkeepers to-day. Hotelkeepers to the number of 125 attended the meeting in the Grant Northern Hotel and were…

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S.P. BETTING Hotels Take Action Police Satisfied Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 2

Police paid visits to nearly every hotel in the city and suburbs to ascertain whether the licensees had honoured their promise to clear their…

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