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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

230 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 12

No Jurisdiction. License Was Informally Issued. P.M.'s Ruling in 'Bus Appeal Case

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Holding that the temporary 'bus license issued by the President of Tarro Shire Council (Cr. J. T. Butler) to South Maitland…

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Binding Over Hotel Licensees

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Inspector Mr. A. H. Jones, in his quarterly report to the Licensing Court, says that binding-over hotel licenses for breaches of the…

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Transfer of License

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 7

The license of the Railway Hotel, Murrurundi, was transferred from William Alfred Walker, to Alexander Colquhoun Mackenzie, of Randwick…

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Special Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 7

A special licensing court will be held at Murrurundi on 6th September at 10 a.m. when Mr. T. W. Cohen, Licensing Magistrate, will deal with…

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Hotel Betting Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 5

When Illegal betters were being dealt with, Constable Semler said one offender hod operated in a city hotel. Police Prosecutor, Sergeant McKeon,…

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Hotel Licences Transfers Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 6

In the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, Mrs. Ida Robinson, a widow, applied for the transfer of the licence of the Royal Federal Hotel…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 12th AUGUST, 1938. Young Man Convicted Thefts From Hotel Bedroom Defendant's Long Story to Bench

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

Cecil Ham, a young man, appeared at the Police Court yesterday on several charges of stealing. The Cases were heard before Mr. G…

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Hotel Transfers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

At the Licensing Court yesterday, the licenses of the Hotel Muswellbrook and Family Hotel were transferred to Joseph Gosling and James…

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Publicans—and a Sinner

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 4

A Junee publican the other day had a narrow escape, says a western paper. A traveller, most imposingly dressed, and driving a late model car…

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Boxing License Granted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 5

Recently the Cessnock Tennis Association (through Mr. George Ryder) and the Cessnnck Rugby League made a…

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Hotel Transfers Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 8

Recently the Prince of Wales and Baton's Hotel, Muswellbrook, changed hands, and on Thursday two more transfers were effected, when the…

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Licenses' Reduction Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

A special meeting of the Licenses Reduction Board will be held at Muswellbrook to-morrow to consider an application by F. E. Arnoult to…

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Fifty-four Fined Hotel Sydney Raid SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 7

Fifty-four men and women were each fined 5/, with 8/ costs, by the Chairman of the Licensing Bench, Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at the Licensing Court…

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Hotel Theft Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 7

For stealing a pair of blankets, a floor rug, and a towel from the Swansea Hotel, Robert Hare (31), labourer, was in the Police Court to-day, sent…

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Hotel-three Clubs Declared to be Common Gaming Houses SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 5

The Mansions House Hotel, at the corner of George-street and Ultimoroad, City, owned by Tooth and Co., and three clubs, have been declared…

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Licenses Granted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 3

Butchers' licenses were granted to V. R. Shearman, R. A. Jones and A. Jupp; plumbers' licences to B. Bosworth, J. Stuart, and Dungog Co-op…

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Kurri Railway 'Bus License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 1

When Tarro Shire Council, on Tuesday night, informed Kearsley Shire Council that it had approved the granting of a 'bus…

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Action to Stop Hotel Betting "Not Passing Whim."

Singleton Argus · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 4

The Chief Secretary (Mr G. C. Gollan says that the action taken to declare one more hotel and three clubs as common gaming houses…

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Rush for Wireless Licenses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 5

Since the wireless inspectors came to Cessnock there has been great business done in the issuing of licenses. At…

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Greyhound Coursing Licenses. Mr. Gollan Replies to Mr. Baddeley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 7

Replying to a question which had been raised in Parliament by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., with regard to "tin hare" licenses, the…

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