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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 8

M.L.A. Says Breweries Tie Publicans Hand And Foot

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1945 · page 2

Mr. J. L. Geraghty, M.L.A. for North Sydney, yesterday advocated return of hotels to private ownership and the abolition of the system…

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Local Hotels Satisfactory—for the Present Remarks in Quarterly Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1945 · page 6

When review of licenses of Singleton hotels came before Mr. J. McElroy, Police Magistrate, in the local court…

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Found Dead in Hotel Suite Doctor and Army Nurse

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 5

A well-known Ballarat doctor and a former Army nurse were found dead in a Melbourne suite at 11 a.m. on Wednesday…

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Fatal Brawl At Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

PERTH Thurs. — During a brawl at the Highway Hotel. Claremont, late. yesterday afternoon between an Australian…

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"£50,000 Thrown Away by Mine Workers Yearly." "Workers Dislike Publicans' Actions." Statement by Cr. A. I. OPIE

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

In estimating the amount of profit derived by the breweries and publicans from the sale of liquor on the…

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HOTEL LlCENCE TRANSFERRED

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

The licence of the Station Hotel Kurri, Kurri, was transferred from Evelyn Kincald to Richard McLead at the licensing court at…

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Licensee Told To Leave Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY: Harris Burnham, licensee of the Woolbrokers’ . Arms, Pyrmont, had been directed by the brewery to leave…

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Life Insurance Companies Licensing May Be Ordered

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

The licensing of life insurance companies may be ordered by the Federal Government as part of a proposal to make uniform the…

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Accommodation At Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY Friday—An appeal to travellers to provide reports of their experiences with hotels is made by the president of the…

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Conference of Hotelkeepers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

Last night, the hotelkeepers on the coalfields rescinded the resolution to withhold the sale of beer on Tuesdays…

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Smashed Hotel Door

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Tues.— Just before closing time yesterday Geoffrey Hamilton Davis (89) labourer visited the Beach Hotel…

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Inquiry Into Licensing Laws. Ald. Nelson's Notice of Motion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

At Cessnock Council me ing last Tuesday night, Ald, N. Nelson gave Nelson gave notice of motion that he would move, at…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

In tho Licensing Court yesterday, the licence of the Denman Hotel, Denman, was transferred from John William Farrar Hardwick to Ernest…

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Security for Bill Hotel to Keep Stolen Ring

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

The Court of Appeal decided that the Ritz Hotel (London), Ltd., have the right to keep a diamond ring which a guest…

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On Licensed Premises

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

KURRI Wed.—Pleading guilty to having been found on the licensed premises of the Denman Hotel, Abermain, during…

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Control of Output Licensing Vegetable Growers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Wed. — Without some measure of control aiming at the orderly production and marketing of their output,…

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On Licensed Premises

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

At Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M. Edward Toner Kenneth Hall, Alexander Hall and David Edward Smith, [?]…

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Allocation of 2Hd Broadcasting License. Bishop Batty's Remarks

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 4

In the current issue of the "Newcastle Diocesan Churchman" the Bishop of Newcastle (Dr. Francis de Witt Batty), in his monthly letter, has…

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Amazing Scenes in Hotel Man From Front Besieged in Room

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

Arriving straight from the Western Front, a young American Army officer figured in amazing scenes at the Queer's…

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Found Dead in Hotel Room

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 3

Wrapped in old shirting round the waist of John G. Hill, who was found dead in a hotel room this week at Vancouver, were securities worth…

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