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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

252 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 13

Man On Relief Given Hotel Suite

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 20.—A 35-year-old father on city relief, who appeared in the Domestic Relations Court yesterday to explain…

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Alleged Hotel Robbery At Ellalong

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—William Alfred Hinton was chained at Cessnock Court to-day, before Mr Berry, S.M., with having broken and…

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State-wide Hotel Inspection

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 2

Following a State-wide inspection of hotels, licensing police will ask the Licensing Court to order certain hotels to be either demolished and…

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Tradesman's Mark of 1858 Left in Local Hotel

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 6

Whilst renovating one of the rooms at the Caledonian Hotel, Mr R. Henry and a couple of painters had occasion to remove the wallpaper…

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May Allow Hotels to Charge High Minister’s Plan To Attract Tourist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Hotels may be allowed to charge higher prices and also have rationing restrictions cased if suggestions proposed by the State Minister for Immigration and Tourist Activity (Mr. F. Finnan)are carried out…

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State-wide Hotel Inspection

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 1

Following a State-wide inspection of hotels, licensing police will ask the Licensing Court to order certain hotels to be either demolished and…

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Schooners To Be Served All Day By Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1947 · page 2

At a meeting of Maitland U.L.V.A. held last night, it was decided that, from Friday next all hotels in Maitland would…

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Licensing Court Mr. H. J. Tulloch' Obtains a License

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 7

Mr. V. H. wells presided over a sitting of the Licensing Court at West Maitland on wednesday…

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Luxury Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A luxury hotel, costing £1,000,000 to accommodate 500 guests, is to be built the harbour at…

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On Licensed Premises

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 3

For having allowed persons on licensed premises on Sunday, April 20, George Arthur Bowtell, proprietor of the Carrington…

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Betting in Hotel Laundry

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 2

A fine of £20 was imposed on John Harrison, 26, builder, by Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., at West Maitland court to-day for having…

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Drove Motor Cycle Without License

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

Robert Gordon Astill was charged before Mr. G. Berry P.M., at Cessnock this morning, with driving a motorcycle without a license, and with carrying a…

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Hotel Plan Stopped. Forster Project

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

Action was taken in the Equity Court last week to prevent the Stroud Shire Council from proceeding with plans to erect a community hotel at…

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Voce Lifts Ball Into Hotel Bar

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 3—A section .of the crowd at Bristol yesterday mildly barracked the Yorkshire captain, A. B Sellers, when he walked out…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

All district hotel licences, etc., were renewed at the Licensing Court on Wednesday. Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb formally objected to the granting of a…

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Must Cater for Public. Inspector's Warning to Hotelkeepers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 3

Sgt. E. S. Fairlamb stated at the Licensing Court on Wednesday that he knew of no cases where hotelkeepers had refused to…

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39,225 New Wireless Licenses

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed—New wireless licences issued in New South Wales during May totalled 39,225, a record for any single…

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Indiscriminate Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 5

The indiscriminate issue of sawmill licenses was severely criticised. The President referred to the increasing number of "backyard sawmills." They…

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Sawmillers Complain Price Increase Delayed Indiscriminate Mill Licenses

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 5

Representatives of the Bullahdelah-Stroud branch of the Sawmillers' Associaiont met on Tuesday night at Stroud to deal with…

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Thieves Remove Safe From Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Mon. — Thieves entered the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, on Saturday night, and after forcing…

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