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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 16

Sold "Dreg" Beer Hotelkeeper Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6

William Knight, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Granville, pleaded "Guilty," in the Parramatta Court on Wednesday to charges of having sold…

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More Clubs Drunkenness Increase Fewer Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 10

The number of public-houses and similar establishments in England and Wales is decreasing at a rapid rate: registered clubs are taking…

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Man's Fall From Sixth Floor Window Hotel Suicide

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

In view of a number of horrified spectators, a man fell from the sixth floor of a city hotel at Auckland yesterday afternoon to the street below…

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All Electric Refrigeration for Singleton Hotel

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

The installation has just been completed in the Albion Hotel (Vern Kocho's of the latest type of all-electric hotel refrigerating equipment…

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"More and More Exploiters" Adulterated liquor Licensee Fined

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

Bishop Moyes: Would you not say. that the number of those who engage in exploitation throughout the world is becoming less and less? William Knight, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Granville, pleaded "Guilty," in the Parramatta Court to charges of having sold adulterated…

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News of the Day Hotel Licence Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 6

IN the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day, the licence of the Grand Central Hotel was transferred from Robert Rodoreda to Albert John…

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Three Men Fined At Hotel After Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 6

In the East Maitland Police Court to-day, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., fined three East Maitland men for having been on licensed premises after hours…

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Police Sergeant Outspoken Would Close Hotels MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 10

He had seen little children in suc[?]terrible conditions as the result ol their parents' drunkenness that he would like to sweep away half the…

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Our Stupid Licensing Laws

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

DURING THE WAR six o'clock closing was introduced in N.S.W. Nobody minded this during the war period, but a War Precaution Act should not be kept on the statute book twenty years after. The present licensing hours hold us up…

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Issue of Tobacco Licenses

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

Ald. Anstey, at last Tuesday night's meeting of the Cessnock Municipal Council, said that in now being called upon to send applications for tobacco…

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Stranger to Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Mr. Tougher and the barman at the hotel, Francis Riley, said that Carlson was a stranger to them, and had not been in the hotel…

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Man Battered to Death Body in Hotel Outhouse Money Missing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Eric Carlson, 50, a Swedish seaman from the steamer Caledon, was found murdered in an outhouse at the rear of the Glengarrie Castle Hotel at the…

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Man Battered to Death Tragedy in Redfern Hotel

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

With shocking head injuries, the body of Eric Carlson, 50, Swedish fireman on the interstate freighter Caledon, was found at the rear of the…

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Wife of Licensee Victim of Daring Robbery Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Mrs. Phillip Elson, wife of the licensee of the Lord Nelson Hotel, Argyle-street, was this morning the victim of a daring robbery…

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Hotel Theft Man Sent To Gaol NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

For stealing a suit of clothes and an overcoat valued at £5, Herbert Roy Granville (29), labourer, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced…

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Historic Hotel. to Be Remodelled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

The Segenhoe Hotel at Aberdeen will shortly be remodelled at a cost of about £3000. It will remain on the present site. The building,…

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Historic Hotel to Be Remodelled

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 3

The Segenhoe Hotel at Aberdeen will shortly be remodelled at a cost of about £3000. It will remain on the present site. The…

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Visitor to Christchurch Requested to Leave Hotel Umbrage Taken by Union

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 2

CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Mr Prank Goldberg, of Sydney, head of the Goldberg Advertising Agency, who is on his 50th business…

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"I'll Give You a Chance to Obtain Work!" Said P.M. Young Man Who Stole From Hotel Bedrooms. Fined on Two CHARGES—CONDITiONAlLY Discharged on Third

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 3

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, Hector Malcolm O'Rourke, 28, was proceeded…

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Two Transfers Maitland Hotel Licences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 6

The licences of two hotels In Maitland were transferred In the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day. The licence of the Exchange Hotel…

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