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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1946

241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 13

Country Hotel Accommodation

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday—Some country hotelkeepers are trading on the timiditly of the public and are refusing accommodation…

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Charge of Stealing From, United Service Hotel. Wealthy Man Charged with Theft

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 3

James Harris appeared before Mr. H. L Sargeson, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court this morning on a…

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Cessnock Application For Wine and Spirit License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 7

The Licensing Magistrate (Mr. J. B. Scobie), at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, heard an…

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Local and General News Belford Wine License Not to Move

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 4

Chairman of the Licensing Bench, Mr. J. Scobie, in the Licensing Court this morning refused the application of Arthur James Baxter, of…

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Further Adjournment in Stealing Charge Missing Typewriter From Imperial Hotel

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 5

Peter Ashworth Meyer, charged with having stolen a portable typewriter, valued at £20, the property of Kitty Foggo, to-day…

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Still Combing Hotel Ruins for Bodies

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

SASKATOON (Saskatchewan), Dec. 9—At least ten persons were killed and 18 Injured when the Hotel Barry caught fire in…

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Worst Hotel Fire In American History Death Roll May Reach 127

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, December 9.—The death roll may teach 127, it is feared, as the result of a fire in the 15-storey Winecoff Hotel, in Atlanta (Georgia) on Saturday. It was the worst hotel fire in the history of the United…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 2

The licence of the Grand Central Hotel, West Maitland, was transferred from Everard M. Tierney to Frederick Joseph…

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Terrible Death Roll in Hotel Fire Fears That Dead Will Reach 127

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

At least 116 people have lost their lives as a result of the fire that swept through the 15-storey Winecoff Hotel, in Atlanta (Georgia) on Saturday. It is feared the death roll may reach 127. More than 100…

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Singleton Does Not Need Wine License Licensing Magistrate Turns Down Application For Transfer Case of Objectors Not Even Heard

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 2

"I do not propose to call upon the objectors to give their version, for I do not think there are reasonable requirements for the…

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Hotel Fire In Saskatchewan

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 2

From Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) it is reported that at least 11 persons were killed and 18 injured when the Hotel Barry caught afire in the early…

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U.S. Hotel Fire Carnage Escape Ladders Lacking

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK, December 8.—Trapped by fire in a 15-storey hotel in Atlanta which had no fire-escapes in the front of the building, about 122…

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Cigarette Began Hotel Fire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 3

ATLANTA, Dec 10.— The Fire Marshal (Mr. Harry Phillips) told the Board of Firemasters that investigators considered the…

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Forster Community Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 2

The A.M.P. Society has offered to make available to Stroud Shire Council a £100,000 loan subject to certain conditions regarding appropriation…

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Rode Motor-cycle Without License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 4

James Hanbury was fined 14/6, with 6/6 costs, at Cessnoek Police Court this morning, on a charge of riding a motor-cycle without a licence…

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Hotel and Employees' Union Favour 10 p.m. Closing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 5

At a general meeting the Hotel and Club ployees' Union, a policy favouring 10 o'clock closing…

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Wine and Spirit License For North Avenue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 5

Robert Elliott, vigneron, of Oakdale, Pokolbin, was granted a wine and spirit merchant's license for…

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Illegally on Licensed Premises

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—Twelve men were charged before Mr. M. J. M. Austin, PM, at Sngleton Court for being on licensed…

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Young Soldier Discharged on Bond Typewriter Stolen From Hotel

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 3

Peter Ashworth Meyer, a soldier, 20 years of age, appeared before Police Magistrate M. J. D. Austin in the local police court…

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Convictions for Being on Licensed Premises Drinkers and Licensee Fined

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 3

Eleven local residents were yesterday called in the local police court on charges of being on the premises of the Agricultural…

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