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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 16

Failed to Return License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3

For having failed to return an expired motor driver's license, Victor G[?]tti was fined 5/-, plus 8/ costs, by…

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Press to Hotel Newcastle Licence NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

Applicants for licences as hotel-keepers include men of many callings, but rarely do newspaper proprietors appear…

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News of of the Day Kurri Hotel In New Hands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 6

IN the West Maitland Licensing Court to-day the licence of the Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri, was transferred from Ernest Victor Steele…

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Hotel Change in Maitland

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 3

The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Feneley, of the Metropolitan Hotel, West Maitland, will learn with regret that they have disposed of…

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Jack Conlon Leaving Cessnock Taking Over Islington Hotel. Popular Identity

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 1

For nearly 13 years Jack Conlon, has dispensed refreshments at the Royal Oak Hotel—first with Bill Costello and for the…

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On Licensed Premises Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 6

Hugh McLaughlin, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, and Robert Prichard, of Hall-street, Aberdare, pleaded guilty to being found on licensed…

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On Licensed Premises Two Men Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

Charged with having been found on licensed premises, Hugh McLaughlin, of Northcote-street, Aberdare, and…

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Mystery Murder in Hotel

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

A mysterious murder was committed in Sydney yesterday. Robert James Anderson (22) was found dead in the lavatory…

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Hotel Murder. Pencil Notes As Clues. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

Notes written in pencil may provide the police with important clues in their inquiries into the murder of Robert James Anderson (22), who…

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Man Shot Dead in Sydney Hotel Murderer Escapes Unseen SYDNEY

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

Shot through the heart, the body of Robert Vincent Anderson, 22, of Balmain, was found in the basement of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, opposite the Erskine Street police station. Called by a customer to open the door of a lavatory in his…

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May Be Clue Notes Written In Pencil Hotel Tragedy Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

Notes written in pencil may provide the police with an important clue to their inquiries into the murder of Robert James Anderson, 22, who was…

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Hotel Changes Hands In Family 40 Years

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

The licence of the Metropolitan Hotel in West Maitland changed bands to-day after having been held by the one family for 40 years…

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Scone Courts Before Mr. G. J. Johnston, P.M. Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

"The license of the Victoria Hotel, Moonan Flat, was transferred, on application, from Eric Kimber to George Jenkins…

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Fell From Second Floor of Hotel Sleep-walker Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 1

A printing house traveller, Alexander Parker, 38, of Newcastle, sustained a compound fracture of the skull, three fractures of the fingers,…

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Notes Written in Pencil May Be Clue to Hotel Tragedy

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 2

Notes written in pencil may provide the police with an important clue to their inquiries into the murder of Robert James Anderson, 22, who was…

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Hotel Murder

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 5

In an attempt to solve the murder of Robert Anderson, 22, of Balmain, which occurred in the basement of the [?] Hotel,…

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Arrest in Hotel Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5

A man, who was alleged to have been carrying on starting 'price betting, was arrested at an hotel in Singleton on Saturday. The arrest was…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 6

In the West Ma it land Police Court to-day the licence of the Station Hotel. Kurri Kurri, was transferred from Mr. James Warner to mr. Ebon…

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Hotel Hours

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 2

The president of the United Licensed Victuallers Association has suggested that a State-wide movement should be organised in an attempt to…

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Gloucester Hotel Greyhounds Must Go! Remodelling Proposed GLOUCESTER, Friday. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 6

In the near future, plans will he placed before the Gloucester Shire Council and the Licensing Board with a request that approval be granted for The Strathfield Council decided to declare greyhounds noxious animals. They must be removed from the…

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