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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 16

Licensing of Sydney Fruit Premises Appeal by City Health Officer. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 2

Dr. Dunn, City Health Officer, today made a stirring appeal for the licensing of all Sydney fruit premises. He declared that the days were…

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Damages Against Licensee Car Stolen From Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 2

It was recently decided in England that the proprietor of an hotel w legally responsible for the loss by theft of any motor vehicles left in…

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Dungog District Old Landmark Goes Demolition of the Royal Hotel Stood for 96 Years Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 10

One of the district's oldest landmarks, the Royal Hotel, in Dowling Street, Dungog, which has been standing for over 96 years, has now been removed, after being in the process…

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Not Necessary to Sign Travellers in Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 5

It is not compulsory for travellers entering hotels out of ordinary hours to sign the travellers' i book. The signing of the book,…

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Found on Hotel Premises Seventeen Men Fined Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 7

Before Mr. C. G. Carr Boyd, P.M., at the Kurri Kurri Police Court to day, 17 men pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed…

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Licenses for Cafes Motion Carried in Parliament

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly yesterday carried a motion by Mr O'Sullivan (A.L.P.) in favour of immediate legislation to empower municipalities…

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Food Inspection Proposed Licensing Of Shops SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

The secretary of the Health Inspectors' Association, Mr. R. C. Nankervis, said to-day that the proposed new ordinances for the…

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In Hotel After Hours Young Men Fined SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

"I went in to read the paper"; "I went in to have a talk." These were the reasons given in the Police Court at Singleton by two young men…

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Grand Hotel's Running at Newcastle Horse and Connections Out for 12 Months. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 6

Disqualification for 12 months was imposed on D,. Senegfield (owner), J. F. Munro (trainer), H. Hughes (jockey), and the chestnut colt Grand…

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Alleged Theft From Hotel. Man Remanded

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 2

At the Police Court yesterday, John James McGregor (32), a stranger in the town, was charged with having on the 6th inst., stolen the sum of…

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On Licensed Premises Good Friday Raid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 2

A visit by Sergeants R. L. Harivel arid J. Clements to the Belmoro Hotel, West Maitland, on Good Friday had results…

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Appeals Upheld. Grand Hotel Case SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7

The A.J.C. Committee to-day upheld the appeals in the Grand Hotel case. The appellants were D. Segenfield (owner), J. F. Munro (trainer), and H…

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Special Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

The transfer of the license of the Aberdeen Hotel from Eliza Jane Wright to John Stanley Bevis was granted in a special Licensing Court…

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Hotel Theft Two Men Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 1

On Saturday night James Cressey (32), mechanic Frank Egan (36), miner,visited the Ocean View Hotel at Dudley and…

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Billiard Clubs Licensing Wanted By Police S.P. Betting Evil Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 4

The police are concerned by the great increase in the number of billiard clubs which, they say, are being used for illicit betting, and they want…

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FINED £20 Bets Made in Hotel KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

At the Kurri Police Court to-day, Bernard James Foster (24) pleaded guilty to a charge of betting in a…

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Sixteen Fined Found in Weston Hotel KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 10

At the Kurri Police Court to-day, sixteen men from Weston were each fined £l with 8/ costs for being found on the licensed premises of the…

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Strike at Darwin Hotel Boarders Get Own Meals

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

Boarders at the Victoria Hotel, Darwin, had to get their own lunch yesterday because of a strike by the employees. Fifty men and women…

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Cafe Licensing Must Be Kept Clean New Ordinance Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 6

The new local government ordinance to ensure that cafes and eating houses are kept In a clean condition, which has been drafted…

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Part of Nose Bitten Off Hotel Licensee Attacked

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 6

Lance Robertson, 44, licensee of the Trades Hall Hotel, Goulburn-street, Sydney, had part of his nose bitten off when allegedly attacked by two…

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