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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16

Demolition of Royal Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 2

The old Royal Hotel in Dungog is rapidly being removed to make way for the new and modern structure that is to mark a stepping stone in…

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Hotel Transfers Two in Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 7

The licence of the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, was to-day transferred from J. B. Deegan to. Cecil Baden, Brown…

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Local and General Gloucester Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

It is stated that in the fear future plans will be placed before the Gloucester Shire Council and the Licensing Board with a request that…

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Gloucester Hotel Open High Jump—game Jumping by Joe Smith and "Cobbo."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

Gloucester saw one of the strongest fields of high jumpers It has seen for many years on Wednesday, when nine jumpers competed…

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Bomb in Hotel. Explosion Damages Roof and Bar MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

The explosion of a bomb in St. Andrew's Hotel, Queenstown, damaged the roof and the bar. The bomb comprised a small…

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West Maitland Hotels Council Takes Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 6

West Maitland Council last night decided to draw the attention of the Licensing Board to hotel accommodation in West Maitland…

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West Maitland Hotels Accommodation Need

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 4

The necessity for increased and Improved hotel accommodation In West Maitland was proved again over the last week-end, it was claimed…

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Injured Man Story of Hotel Brawl

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 5

With his face and clothes covered in blood, Charles McGuIre (31), of Lambton-road, New Lamb-ton, walked Into the Newcastle…

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Good Friday Fight in Hotel Yard Police Story Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 5

On Good Friday a disturbance in the yard of the Sea Breeze Hotel, Nelson's Bay, attracted the attention of Constable Kidd, who arrested a man…

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Motorist Fined Was Not Licensed NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 1

On Sunday evening, March 6, Henry Barnes, of Lambton, drove a motor car on Pacific Highway, Adamstown, and, reversing in a line of…

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Driver Acquitted Licensed Since 1910 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 5

Stated to have driven Jack Johnson to his fight with Tommy Burns in 1908. Norman Francis Witt, 46 of Strathfield, was acquitted at Glebe…

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Failed to Return Expired License

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 9

Stanley Conway was fined 2/- and 8/- costs on a charge of having failed to return an expired motor license three days after the expiration of such…

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Muswellbrook Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 9

The quarterly report by the Licensing Inspector was read at the Licensing Court yesterday. Angelo Dermatis was granted a…

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Car Hire License

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 6

The Department of Road Transport advised that an application for a private car hire license had been received from H. K. Oakley, and asked…

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Food Shops "Should Be Licensed" SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 10

Shops which sell food should be licensed, and if prosecutions were launched against them for breaches of the Pure Foods Act, the question…

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Short Beer Publican Fined At Newcastle Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 7

For selling beer by measure short of the quantity purchased, Mary Ann McGuire, licensee of the Grand" Junction Hotel, Junction, was fined ,£2. with…

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GLOUCESTER Shire Council Meets Hotel Alteration Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

At a meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council, the building inspector reported that an application had been received from…

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The Commercial Hotel, Aberdeen Rebuilt After Lapse of 100 Years

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 6

Involving a total expenditure of more than £3000, the work of rebuilding the old Commercial Hotel at Aberdeen has now been completed…

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Night Clubs Controlled by Undesirables Licensing Board's Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 8

Some night clubs in Sydney were controlled by people with criminal records, and some were frequented by women of the…

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Strong Appeal Licensing of Food Premises Doctor's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

Dr. Dunn, City Health Officer, to-day made a strong appeal for the licensing of all Sydney's food premises. He declared that the…

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