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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 16

Grazier Fined Rode Horse Into Moree Hotel MOREE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 5

Stewart Vivian, grazier, of Walcha. well-known amateur jockey, was fined £1 for riding a horse on the footpath outside the Motel Max on May 25…

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Two Charged On Licensed Premises Court Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 4

Charged with being found on the premises of the Grand Central Hotel, West Maitland, during prohibited hours, Edward Jennings and Linden…

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Time to Go Radio-Gramophone In German Hotels

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 13

"Time, gentlemen, please," will in future be played by the radio-gramophone in German public houses. A record has just bean made with…

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H. F. TYER Licensed Sanitary Plumber

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 10

It is said that most jokes about Scotsmen are invented by Aberdon[?]s, and we should not be surprised to learn that most jokes about…

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Licence of Plaza Hotel Renewal Refused by Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 1

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court to-day refused permission for the renewal of the licence" of the Plaza Hotel, on the…

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F. E. Walters Licensed Plumber and Sanitary Engineer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 11

With each succeeding year it becomes evident in every direction that increased attention is being paid to the sanitary arrangements of our…

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E.C. FINEDON Licensed Sanitary Specialist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 9

Probably no change has been more revolutionary or more scientifically acceptable than the introduction of sewreage systems to country towns…

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Plaza Hotel Licence Renewal Refused. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court to-day refused permission for renewal of the licence of the Plaza Hotel on the ground that the licensee…

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License Refused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

Finding that Walter Ross Weekes, the licensee of the Plaza Hotel, at the George-street entrance to Wynyard station, bad not kept to the…

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Opposition to Press Club License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 5

Journalists are opposing the license of the Sydney Press Club. They claim that although the club was formed for…

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Plaza Hotel Licence Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 7

following the cancellation of the licence, of the Hotel Plaza yesterday, a deputation of employees will wait upon the Premier, Mr. Stevens, as soon…

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Hotel Not "A Public Place" LONDON, June 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 8

The magistrates at Kingston-on-Thames, in dismissing a betting charge, ruled that a hotel was not a public place…

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Milk License Refused Board's Decision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 1

Mr. Justice Rich, of the High Court, sitting in Chambers on Monday, was informed that the Milk Board had refused to renew the…

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Noxious Trade Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 5

The Board of Health advised that applications for noxious trades licenses from R. A. Jones, A. Jupp and V. R. Shearman had been approved…

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After Hours On Licensed Premises

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

Two men appeared at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, charged with being found on the licensed premises of the Grand Central Hotel on May 6…

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Fire in Melbourne Hotel Canary Saves Inmates

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1939 · page 2

Wakened early on Sunday morning by the terrified chattering of a canary, eight sleepers on the upper floors of the Colonial Bank Hotel, in Little…

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Hotel Milk Bar

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 1

One of the most expensive and luxurious hotels in the world, the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, has recently set a fashion by installing a milk bar. The…

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Must Be Coloured: Waste Beer in Hotels Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1939 · page 11

New regulations gazetted provide that all waste beer in hotels must in future be coloured violet, and its sale is strictly prohibited…

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Fought in Hotel Yard Sequel in Singleton Court SINGLETON

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

In the Singleton Police Court to-day three Singleton men were convicted of behaving in an offensive mariner. The cases were heard by…

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Breaches of Award Hotelkeeper Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 2

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court at Cessnock yesterday Ralph Osborne Thompson, licensee of the Paxton Hotel, was…

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