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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

220 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 11

Police and Licensing Court Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 8

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. J. McEiroy. P.M. Claude Arthur Ireland was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, in default 48 hours, for falling…

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Licensee Fined Sold Liquor On

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 2

Darcy T. Wilson, license of the Metropolitan Hotel, West Maitland, Was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day with having…

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Publicans Fined Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 5

For not having sufficient [?] violet on [?] tray for waste beer, John [?] of the Cricketers’ Arms Cook’s [?] was fined £2 with[?]…

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Controversy Over 'Bus License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 1

The Kearsley Shire Council, last Wednesday night, discussed an application by H. Townsend to run a bus from…

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Hotel Rents May Be Regulated Canberra

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 December 1941 · page 1

There is a likelihood that the Commonwealth rent regulations will be extended to cover hotel rentals. Allegations have been made to the…

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Wireless Licenses. Recent Fines. 50 Per Cent. Reduction Suggested

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 December 1941 · page 2

Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.P., advised us to-day that he had recently discussed with the Federal AttorneyGeneral, Dr. H. V. Evatt, the fines…

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Higher Beer Prices. Sought by Sydney Publicans. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 December 1941 · page 2

Sydney publicans, it was learned tolay, have forwarded a proposal to the minister for Customs, Senator Keane, that the price of beer should rise one…

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Hotel Hours Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1941 · page 1

The leader of the State Opposition Mr. Mair, declared to-day that any Government attempt to extend trading hours of hotels would he…

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Hotel Hours Protect Girls At Dances Queensland Changes Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1941 · page 6

Introducing the Liquer Amendment fill is the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Health and Home Affairs, said the…

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Part of Old Federal Hotel Being Demolished One of Town's Oldest Landmarks

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 6

The old Federal Hotel building, situated in Bourke Street, which has stood as an edifice to builders of the olden days for a…

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N.R.M.A. Hotel Directory

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1941 · page 6

A completely revised edition of. the official N.R.M.A. Hotel Directory ha been published, and is now available free to members on application to the…

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Stole Beer Mug at Hotel Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Constable Toby saw Phillip McGovern (44) labourer carrying a bag in High street Swansea. He told McGovern that he…

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Racketeering in Hotel Rents

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 6

The extension of the Commonwealth rent regulations to cover hotel rentals is likely. Allegations have been made to the…

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Unusual Liquor Case Hotel Boarder Fined

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 3

An unusual case was heard in the Sydney Licensing Court recently, when a man who declared that he was a boarder at the Forest Lodge…

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FINED £20 Betting In Hotel Garage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 2

Allen Leslie Kelly (28) pleaded guilty at West Maitland Police Court to–day to a charge that he was found in the garage of the Currency Lass…

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Brandy Below Standard Hotelkeeper Fined

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 2

Mr. H. T. Skilton appeared and pleaded guilty at West Maitland Police Court to–day for Darcy T. Wilson, of the Metropolitan Hotel, who…

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Carried Liquor From Hotel NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 1

Last night Sergeant Yardy saw a man come from the George Hotel with two bottles of beer, and arrested him. in the Police Court to–day, Nile…

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Christmas in London Theatres And Hotels Packed (A.A.P. Service) LONDON Dee. 25

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 December 1941 · page 3

Christmas Eve in London was probably the brightest Christmas Eve of the war. West End theatres and hotels were packed, while crowds of…

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The Old Federal Hotel at One Time a Residential

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 December 1941 · page 4

The story of the old Federal Hotel in a recent issue of the "Argus" was so intriguing that a few additional remarks may be permissible…

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Year’s Building West Maitland Drop Hotel Work

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 2

Building operations in the West Maitland municipality the year were considerably below those of last year. The reconstruction of several new…

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