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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

223 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 12

Use Hotels As Hospitals

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE Sat—A survey has been made by Queensland Civil Defence authorities of hotels and other buildings in various…

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Fines Reduced by Half No Licenses for Wireless

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.P., has notified Mr. S. Taylor that he has received the following letter from Sir George Knowles,…

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Sequel To Hotel Squabble

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday. — Two brothers middle aged men who have not been of friendly terms since 1927, brought cross actions…

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Fought In Hotel Bar

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday on December 27 in the bar of the bellbird hotel, William of Eden street, Bellbird and Robert…

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Brothers at Law Trouble at Ellalong Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

At Cessnock Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Johnstone, P.M., Henry Roland Hall proceeded against his brother, Thomas James Hall, for…

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Lengthy 'Bus Controversy Ended. Townsend Sells Out. Accused of License Trafficking

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 1

For some time, in the Cessnock Municipal Council and the Kearsley Shire, there have been heated arguments…

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Unusual Liquor Case Hotel Boarder Fined

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

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

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Alterations to Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

Three applications for permission to make alterations to hotels on the coalfield were to have been heard by Mr. J. B…

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Carried Passengers Without License. Miner Fined at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 6

Frederick Teece, a miner, of Maitland-street, Abermain, was charged at Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday with, at Neath on December 9…

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Hotel Betting

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tuesday. — For being in the laundry of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, for betting. Albert Gallagher (40)…

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Fewer Licensed Drivers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

One effect of the war is that there are in Australia to-day few[?] people licensed to drive motor vehicles than there were 18…

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Fruit Machine in Parlour Hotelkeeper on Bond

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

In the first prosecution of its kind in the State, the licensee of the Woy Woy Hotel, George Weimar (55) was bdfore the Gosford Court of Petty…

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Found in Hotel Room Defendant Remanded

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

Charged with having been found for an unlawful purpose in the dwelling house of Eva Isobel Wright, of High-street, West…

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i[?]AD Revolver [?]N Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday—A man [?] in the Police Court to[?] with having an unlicensed [?] said it was given him as a…

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Raid on Hotels Alleged S.P. Betting

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Monday.—As the result of raids carried out by Sydney police here on Saturday, 10 persons will probably be charged…

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Raid on Hotels ALLEGED S.P. Betting Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 1

As the result of raids carried out by Sydney police here on Saturday, 10 persons will probably be charged with starting-price betting. The…

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Licensee of Hotel Fined

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Friday –When police entered the Oxford Hotel, Newcastle, at 9.40 p.m. on December 10 there were about 50…

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Found in Hotel Room Defendant Remanded

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Charged with having been found for an unlawful purpose in the dwelling house of Eva Isobel Wright, of High-street, West Maitland, on February 8…

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Hotels and Betting Action by U.L.V.A.

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

The President of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. P. J. Ryan) announced after a special meeting on Tuesday that in…

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Air Raid Shelters in Hotels

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 6

Tooheys Ltd. has advised Kearsley Shire Council that no air raid shelters will be built at hotels unless the people residing on the premises…

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