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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 16

Two Fined On Hotel Premises KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

At the Kurri Court today Richard Watson, of Weston and James on Chards. of Kurri, were each fined £1 with 8 costs, in default three days, for…

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After Hours Hotelkeeper Fined Bench Warning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 2

Albert John Brown, licensee of the Grand Central Hotel, pleaded guilty at West Maitland Police Court yesterday to allowing a person on the premises…

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News of the Day Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 4

THE annual court for the renewal of publicans' and Australian wine licences will be held at West Maitland on June 20 next. Applications must…

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Dodd and Kerwin Licensed Plumbers and Sanitary Engineers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 9

It is said that most jokes about Scotsmen are invented by Aberdonians, and we should not be surprised to learn that most jokes about…

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Wentworth Hotel. Robt. Smith, Proprietor

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 11

This well-known and modernly appointed Hotel, is one of the most popular in Cessnock and the rendezvous of a large and select clientele…

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Licences of Singleton's Eleven Hotels Renewed

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

At the Licensing Court on Thursday, Mr G. Johnston, P.M., granted renewal of the licenses of the 11 hotels which the Singleton district…

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Woman Falls From Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

An hour before her name was called in a Brisbane Police Court yesterday, an aged woman fell 100 feet from a city building and…

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Refreshment Rooms License Fee Too Low, Says Council

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

When it met for its ordinary meeting on Friday, Stroud Shire Council took exception to the smallness of the fee provided under a new ordinance…

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Hotel Licensee Dies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 6

Mr. Bernard Hollins, licensee of Coopernook Hotel, died in a private hospital in Taree, at the age of 52. Mr. Hollins was a native of England,…

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Fall From Fifth Floor of Hotel Woman Dies From Injuries

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 2

Falling from a window on the fifth floor of the Hotel Canberra on Monday, Mrs Brigid Brenda Clark, an elderly woman, received injuries which…

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Scone Police Court Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

In the Licesning Court the applications of the following publicans for re-newal of their publicans licenses were granted: Anne Hardy,…

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Taxi-drivers' Licenses. Alleged Issue to Foreigners

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly the other day Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F…

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Licensing Court

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

Approval was given for renewal of licenses of the Bank, Court House, and Royal Hotels in Dungog, and the Erringhi Hotel at Clarence Town…

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Hotelkeeper's Fall in Bathroom Accidental Death Verdict

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The Newcastle District Coroner (Mr A. G. Chiplin) returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse…

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Hotel Hammond 300 Men Move To New Quarters SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

Early this morning 300 men abandoned the Hotel Hammond, in Bathurst Street, City, and walked to the newly acquired hotel at Glebe Point, formerly…

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Hotel Fire Guests Escape In Night Attire MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 5

Guests at the Upper Yarra Hotel, at Walsh's Creek, via Warburton, escaped in their night attire when fire destroyed the main building and one of the…

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A Peacemaker Arrested in Newcastle Hotel S.M. Discharged Him Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 5

The risk taken by a peacemaker was shown In a police prosecution to-day when one of three men was discharged…

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Fruit Machines Tamworth Hotelkeeper Fined TAMWORTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 8

Three hotelkeepers were each fined £10 at the Tamworth Court for having fruit machines on their premises. An order was made confiscating the…

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Pleaded Guilty Fought Outside Hotel KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 7

Two men pleaded guilty to charges of offensive behaviour at the Kurri Police Court to-day. They were Wil Ham David Thomas and David Smith…

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