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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

230 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 12

Fire at Walcha Royal Hotel Destroyed WALCHA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 5

The Royal Hotel at Walcha, a two-storeyed brick building in Fitzroy-street, was completely destroyed by fire nt about 4 o'clock on Sunday…

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Gaming House Manly Hotel Declared SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 9

Tho Ivanhoe Hotel, In the Corso Manly, was declared a common gaming house yesterday by Mr. Justice Bavin…

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Hotel Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

The Royal Hotel at Walcha, a two-storey brick building, was severely damaged by fire early on Sunday morning. The building and its…

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Walcha Hotel Gutted. Warning Given Just in Time

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 3

Damage estimated at £7000 was caused when fire early on Sunday morning gutted the Royal Hotel, Walcha…

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Hotel Hours Statement by Anglican Bishop Trade Comment Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 September 1938 · page 1

A statement by the Anglican Bishop of Willochra, South Australia, Dr. R. Thomas, in support of later hours, is welcomed by the…

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Hotel Lounges Attendants Must Be 21 ADELAIDE, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1938 · page 8

Legislation is to be introduced in the State' Parliament to provide that any person employed serving, conveying or otherwise actively engaged in…

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Hotel Licensee Gassed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 September 1938 · page 5

William Donald Brownigg, 52. licensee of the Somerset Hotel, Pitt-street, Redfern, was gassed yesterday in a bathroom of the hotel. It is…

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Gassed in Bathroom Hotelkeeper's Experience

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 8

William Donald Brownrigg, licensee of the Somerset Hotel, Pitt-street, Redfern, was gassed on Wednesday in a bathroom of the hotel…

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Future Wars Conference Discussion Britain's Part Lapstone Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 5

The likely form of Britain's contribution towards the settlement of any future war in Europe was discussed at the British…

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Failed to Deliver Up License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 8

For failing to deliver up an expired motor car license, John T. Craft, of Boomerang street, was fined 5/-, plus 8/- costs, by…

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Broadcast listeners' Licenses. No Free Issue to Unemployed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 5

The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachian) has forwarded to Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. a communication which reads…

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Special Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

The transfer of the license of the Belmore Hotel, Scone, from Wilfred H. Taylor to Rebecca Lena Hollamby was granted…

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Conference Ends Commonwealth Relations "A Great Success" Lapstone Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 5

At the conclusion of the final business session of the British Commonwealth Relations Conference, the Chairman (Sir Thomas…

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Boy Jumps to Death Fatal Hotel Fire Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 6

When a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Wentworth Hotel last night, William Red-mond, 13, son of the former…

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Five Fined Early Morning Hotel Raid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 4

An early morning visit to the Club House Hotel, West Maitland, on Augugust 20, led to the appearance of five men at the West Maitland Court…

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Boy Jumps From Blazeto Death Tragedy at Wentworth Hotel Fire

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 1

Screaming, "I can't wait, I have got to jump," William Redmond, 13-year-old son of the exgeneral manager of Toohey's…

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£50,000 Hotel at Darwin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 6

Mr W. S. Raynes Dickson, of Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne, (right), and Sir James Butters, of Sydney, are on…

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Boy Jumps from Blaze—To Death. Tragedy at Wentworth Hotel Fire

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 4

Screaming, "I can't wait, I have got to jump," William Redmond, 13-year-old son of the ex-general manager of Toohey's Brewery, jumped 35ft…

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Short Measure Publican Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 10

When a man asks for a pint of beer be expects to get it, but his request is not always met, as was shown in the Summons Court…

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Fatal Burns Victim of Hotel Fire SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 September 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Mary Byers, 82, of Forbes, who was severely burned on the face and hand in the Wentworth Hotel fire last week, died in Sydney Hospital late last…

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