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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

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Duty of Hotelkeepers

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 3

On several occasions, when presenting his report to the court the licensing inspector has drawn attention to the obligation of…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

The licence of the Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland, was transferred from John Gover Williams, to Claude Wright by…

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Maitland Ministers Favour 6 O'Clock Hotel Closing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

At a meeting of the Maitland Ministers' Fraternal, a motion was carried urging the congregations represented to support 6 o'clock closing at…

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Licensing Board Sits in Scone Matter of Canteen For Glenbawn

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

The Licensing Board sat at Scone Police Court yesterday, when Mr. J. B. Scobie, S.M., Chairman of the Board, accompanied by Mr. V. H. Wells and Mr. S. J. Bliss, occupied the Bench at the Licensing Court…

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All" Local Hotels Get the O.k. Confirming with Requirements, Says Inspector

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 5

All hotels in the town yesterday got the O.K. in the quarterly licensing court, the licensing inspector (Sgt. J. Dwyer)…

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On Bond for Assault on Publican

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

For having assaulted a publican, a young man was put on a bond for two years, when he came before West Maitland Court…

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Threw Beer Over Licensee’s Wife

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

BATHURST, Tuesday. — Maurice George Goddard, 44, who pleaded guilty at the Bathurst Court to a charge of having…

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Licensee Fined £20 for Betting

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—John Thomas Gibson, licensee of the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-st., Newcastle, was fined £20 in the…

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Hotels to Close for Referendum

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs—Hotels throughout NSW will be closed on February 15 thee date of the referendum to decide hotel hours…

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Hotels to Close on Referendum Day

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 7

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said that the Executive C o u n c i l would next week issue a…

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Not 6, 9 or 10 Closing Of Hotels. (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

Sir.—Since the question of the closing hour of hotels is again before the people of this State, I feel constrained to suggest that, instead of closing at 6 or 9 or…

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Hotels to Close for Referendum

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

Hotels throughout N.S.W. will be closed on 15th February, the date of the referendum to decide hotel hours. The Minister for Justice, Mr…

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Community Hotel Provisions of Act

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

With reference to the proposed Community Hotel at Forster, under the Liquor Amendment Act of 1946, Councils are empowered to establish…

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Hotel Hours Poll Will Cost £40,000

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

The State Government's referendum to decide hotel closing hours in New South Wales on February 15, will cost about £40,000. About…

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Nuffield On Hotel Hours and Umpires

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

Australian hotel hours and Test umpires were discussed by Lord Nuffield when he arrived in Sydney in the liner Nestor…

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Hotel Referendum Will Be Costly Campaign Against Late Closing Not Very Active

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

The State Government's referendum to decide hotel closing hours in New South Wales on February 15. will cost about…

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Local Hotel Team "Turned It On" Again

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 3

For the second successive week, a team representing the Singleton Club House Hotel gave an excellent exhibition to easily defeat outright a…

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Hotel Hours. Publican's Opinion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1

The following clipping from the Bathurst "Times" will be of interest at this stage:— Interesting observations on the…

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An Old Hotel Link With The Whalers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

For a century or more, the "Hero of Waterloo" hotel has stood at the corner of Windmill and Lower Fort Streets. Its beginning is unrecorded, but it was…

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Forster Community Hotel Petition for Referendum

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

Mr. A. Gregory, of Forster, was in Dungog on Wednesday in connection with a petition to be lodged with Stroud Shire Council asking that a…

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