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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

220 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 11

Hotel Safe Taken by Burglars Wollongong

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 8

Early in the morning the Oxford. Hotel at Wollongong was entered by several men who broke a window and removed a safe. They carried it…

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On Licensed Premises. Ten Men Fined. Police Raids at Ellalong and Paxton

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 5

Echoes of a visit by police to the Ellalong Hotel on the night of February 1 were heard at Cessnock Police Court…

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Bursting of Bombs In Hotel Fifteen Dead or Injured London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 2

An attempt was made to assassinate the British Minister to Sofia (Mr G. W. Rendel) shortly after his arrival at Istambul to-day. Bombs burst in the hotel at which Mr Rendel and his staff…

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Hotel Teams at Bowls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

A team from Cessnock Hotel, captained by Matt Ross, defeated a team from the Belmore Hotel by 55-19. The rink captained by Malt Ross put up a…

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PATERSON Hotelkeeper Fined PATERSON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 4

Before Mr. R. Solling, P.M., at the Paterson Police Court Gerald Feneley, license of the Commercial Hotel was fined £2 and 8/ costs for…

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Licensing Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 4

An application by Harry Heldon Walker, Because of the Volunteer Hotel, West Maitland, for permission to sell liquor with meals was…

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Placed on Bond Three Hotel Licencees SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 3

Charged in the Licensing Court, with contravening the Liquor Act, the licensees of the Carlton, Usher’s and Australia Hotels were placed on…

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Contraventions of Liquor Act. Three Hotelkeepers Bound Over

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

The licensees of the Carlton. Usher's and Australia hotels were charged in the Licensing Court in Sydney yesterday with contraventions of the…

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On Licensed Premises Twenty-six Men Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 4

Echoes of a visit made by Sergeant J. W. Booth to the Caledonia Hotel on Sunday, February 16, were heard at…

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Drove Car Without License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 7

Before Mr. Sheridan, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court yesterday, Earl Godfrey, of Vincent-street, Cessnock, was charged…

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Fifteen Charged On Licensed Premises CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 1

Fifteen men charged in the Cessnock Police Court today with having been on licensed premises during prohibited hours were each fined 12/…

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£140 Stolen From Hotel. Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 6

Aubrey George Barton, manager of the Rose of Australia Hotel, Erskineville, has reported to the police that a canvas bag containing £140 in…

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Found in Hotel on Sunday Fifteen Men Prosecuted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 1

Fifteen men were proceeded against at Cessnock Policy Court yesterday on a charge of having been found…

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Cook Charged Alleged Hotel Theft MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 5

Arising out of an alleged theft from the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, yesterday William James Pluke (48); cook, was charged in the police court…

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Theft at Watson's Bay Hotel Jewellery and Money Worth £250

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 March 1941 · page 7

Jewellery and money worth £250 were stolen from the bedroom of a suite at the Watson's Bay Hotel early yesterday morning. The robbery is…

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Scale of Fines Persons On Licensed Premises SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Bcoble (C. airman) said in the Licensing Court that at a conference he and his brother magistrates has decided on a consistent scale of…

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Hotel Abandoned by Licensee

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

The Royal Hotel at Cullen Bullen, in the Lithgow district, was abandoned by the licensee, E. L. Hormann, on Wednesday, when he walked out and…

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Hotel Theft Money in Possession Cook Convicted Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 1

Theft of £50 from the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, was mentioned in the Police Court this afternoon…

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Hotel Trading Hours Federal Government Will Not Issue Regulations

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

The Federal Government would not issue regulations providing for uniform hotel trading hours throughout the Commonwealth, the…

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No Discretion Found On Hotel Premises SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 5

Statements which he described as being on the angle of “one law for the [?] and another for the poor” In connection with the recent ones…

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