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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 16

No-more Taxi Licenses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

Cessnock Municipal Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, decided to grant no more taxi licenses until a vacancy occurs. It was considered…

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Failed to Return Expired License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 1

For failing to return an expired motor driver's license, Henry W. Broadley was fined 2/-. plus 8/- costs, at Cessnock…

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To Cost £16,000 Proposed Hotel For Darwin DARWIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 7

Although the Northern Australian Licensing Bench recommended that a licence be granted for the construction of a hotel to cost £16,000. the…

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Hotel Hours Intentions of The Trade Election Issue Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 14

Hotelkeepers intend to campaign at the next elections for reasonable trading hours in New South Wales and Victoria…

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Music in Hotels Performing Rights Fee PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 4

The annual Federal Conference of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of Australia decided to ask the Commonwealth Government to…

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Forster Hotel License Transferred

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 2

At the Licensing Court at Taree on Monday, Mr. R. Soiling, P.M., granted the transfer of the license of the Lakes and Ocean Hotel at…

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Not Guilty Alleged Robbery Near Hotel Jury's Verdict Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 7

James Stevens (39), motor driver, in the Quarter Sessions to-day pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted and robbed…

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FORSTER Hotel Improvement Costly Job Forster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 3

Good headway is being made with additions to the Lakes and Ocean Hotel, at a cost of several thousand pounds. With a large staff…

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Family Hotel Changes Name. Now Known as Hunter Hotel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 1

The Family Hotel, Muswellbrook, known far and wide as one of the oldest hotels in the Upper Hunter, has changed hands, and…

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MUSWELLBROOK Hotel Changes Hands New Name Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 11

Claimed to have been established over 70 years ago, and associated with the early history of the Upper Hunter before the advent…

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Modern Hotel New Building at Scone COST £15,000 SCONE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 4

An Important addition to the many modern buildings at Scone is the new Golden Fleece Hotel, erected for Toohey's, Ltd., at a…

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Twenty-five Thousand Quarts Dry Canteens Assist Publicans

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 1

When the troops were raid at Inglcburn Camp on Saturday last, many men looked for a pint of beor. In its wisdom or otherwise, the military…

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Modern Hotel. New Building at Scone. COST £15,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 2

An important addition to the many modern buildings at Scone is the new Golden Fleece Hotel, erected for Toohey's, Ltd., at a cost of £15,000…

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Licensing Court Transfers Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 7

The licence of the Courthouse Hotel at Paterson was transferred from Carl Albert Wright, to Stanley Pearce, of King's Cross, Sydney, at the west…

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Hotel Change

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 3

Mr. L. V. Simpson, who took over the license of the Lakes and Ocean Hotel last week from Mr. C. W. Smith, is now well established in his…

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Hotel Improvement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 3

Good headway is being made with the additions that are being made to the Lakes and Ocean Hotel at a cost of several thousand pounds, by the…

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Hotel Case Solicitor Alleges Discrimination Licensee Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 7

A charge of the exercise of discrimination in the prosecution of hotel licensees was made by a solicitor in the Summons Court…

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"Hotel for Women"

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

Get in the mood for fun, folks! Elsa Maxwell, the life of a million parties, is coming to town! The world-famous personality makes her movie…

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The women's Corner Social Doings and Helpful Hints Social Life in Sydney Large Audience at Celebrity Concert—Lady Gowrie's Appeal Touches All Hearts—Tennis Players Welcomed—Australia Hotel Gay—Melbourne Cup Entertainments—Sydney Women Knitting—Quiet, But—Interesting Wedding—November Brides Score Success—Australian Girl Holds Down Two War Jobs—Novel Birthday Party—Everyone Smiling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 5

WAR or no war, once again, all the attention was centred on Tuesday on the Melbourne Cup, and everyone was on tip-toes at 3.30…

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In Hotel Lounge Seventeen Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 5

When police entered the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday night, October 14, they found there a number br men seated round tables in a lounge…

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