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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

252 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 13

Clubs and Hotel Laws

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1

Speaking at the 65th annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, the President…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 17th OCTOBER, 1947. Two Club Licenses for Muswellbrook. Returned Soldiers and Bowling Clubs

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 3

Mr. V. H. Wells, Licensing Magistrate, presided at a special sitting of the Licensing Court on Tuesday, when club licenses were…

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Forster Community Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 2

Mr. S. B. T. Allan, C.P.A., at Taree, has been advised that the hearing of the application by Mr. F. G. D. Stone, acting on behalf of the Stroud Shire…

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Bodies Found in Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The bodies of a 30-year-old ex-Air Force man and of a stillborn baby were found in city hotel rooms…

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Wink License, Forster

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 4

From E. H. Phillips advising that a building had boon erected in Robert Street, Forster, and the owner, a Mr. Macaulay, had applied for a wine and…

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Maitland To Apply For Night Trotting License

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 8

Maitland Show Council has authorised its sporting committee to apply for a license to conduct night trotting. if the…

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£1300 Stolen From Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 October 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—While all occupants were absent from the Observer Hotel, George-street, North, yesterday, thieves stole £1900…

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Duty of Hotels to Provide Meals

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

A country and a city hotel licensee were fined year to-day on charges of failure to supply meals at their…

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Threat to Boycott Wollongong Hotels Dissatisfaction Over Drinking Facilities

Singleton Argus · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 6

The Illawarra Trades and Labor Council will boycott all hotels in Greater Wollongong if beer supplies and drinking…

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Wollombi Hotel Was Sold for £100

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 1

In the issue of the Cessnock "Eagle" of June 27, 1930, there is a report of the changing of hands of the Wollombi hotel. It states:— "The old Wollombi hotel, which was recognised as one of…

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Licensing Offences Cost £35 In Fmes

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— In the Licensing Court, Eric Moritz Woods was fined £25 for having supplied liquor at Christy’s…

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Hotels Condemned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 1

About a third of the hotels in western district visited by the Licensing Squad recently had been condemned. Condemned hotels now total more than…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 1

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday, John Cyril Trimble was granted, permission to effect material alterations at the Royal Hotel, Denman…

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Bridge Street Shop Hotelkeeper Seeks Recovery of Premises. Hearing at Muswellbrook Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 3

Lawrence John McRitchie sought in the Police Court on Wednesday to recover possession of shop premises in Bridge Street, at…

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Strike At The Savoy Hotel, London

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 8.—The national executive of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers has announced that,…

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Slashed Wrists In Hotel Room

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 November 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—A member of the Australian delegation to the UNESCO Assembly, Mr Frank Mcdworth, slashed [?]…

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Scone Publicans at Loggerhead Differences Will Be Settled According to Best English Traditions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

For some time past feeling has been working up between two Scone publicans—the exact nature of the friction is not known…

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Hotel Licensee Fined Beer For Workers' Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 7

Mr. W. K. Earls, S.M., had before him at the Kurri Police Court yesterday Joseph Richardson, a taxi…

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On Licensed Premises

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 7

Norman Henry Jackson, 26, pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Station Hotel, Kurri Kurri, during prohibited…

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S.M. Declines to Make Order. Possession of Bridge Street Shop. Hotelkeeper's Application Fails

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 November 1947 · page 5

The hearing of an application by Lawrence John McRitchie to recover possession of premises situated alongside the Royal Hotel was…

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