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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1947

252 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 13

Floating Hotel for Tourists

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2

LONDON: (Associated Press): A yacht formerly owned by the American millionaire, Anthony Drexel, is to become a floating…

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Hotel Delivery Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Mr. Jack McCauley, of the Bank Hotel, announces in this issue that he has a large supply of wines and spirits in stock. Ring Dungog and orders…

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Stroud Shire Council Appoint Town Planner. Community Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

After meeting in committee, the Council of the Shire of Stroud on Friday last adopted the preliminary sketch prepared by the Shire…

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Thieves at Bank Hotel Make Good Haul

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Thieves carried off over £150 worth of silverware, cut glass, tobacco and a wireless set from the Bank Hotel at about 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday…

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Radiator Causes Fire in Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 5

A fire in a bedroom on the first floor of the Metropolitan Hotel, West Maitland, last night damaged two beds, clothing, carpet…

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Two Hotel Licenses Opposed P.m. Grants Renewal, in Spite of Police-objection

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 4

District liquor licensing inspector James McDonald Dwyer last week opposed renewal of two hotel licenses in the area…

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Rebuilding of Hotels Required

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 2

When applications for the annual renewal of hotel and wine licences in the district were made in the Licensing Court to-day. Sergeant…

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Correspondence Proposed Community Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 3

Sir,—I note in this morning's "Chronicle" that the Stroud Shire Council has decided to take the necessary steps to obtain dissolution of the…

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Nine Months for Stealing in Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 2

Mr. G. L, Berry, PM. Imposed a sentence of nine months on Stanley Taylor, 22, hotel employee, when he appeared…

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Community Hotel at Forster

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 2

Stroud Shire Council adopted the preliminary sketch prepared by the engineer (Mr. Stone) tor the town plan of Porster, and appointed him…

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Fined for Hotel Theft

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— For stealing a suitcase containing clothing from an hotel. William Francis Harvey (39),…

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Nine Months for Stealing in Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., imposed a sentence of nine months on Stanley Taylor, 22, hotel employee, when he appeared at West Maitland court on…

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Tourist Hotel Plan Abandoned

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. — Plans by Stroud Shire Council to build a £100,000 tourist hotel on land owned by a launch proprietor…

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Forster Hotel Ban Lifted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

Mr. Justice Roper on Thursday dissolved an interlocutory injunction which has restrained Stroud Shire Council proceeding with plans to erect…

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Second Local Car Stealing Within Week Hotel-keepers' Vehicle Taken Wednesday Night

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

While golf associates were meeting at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday night, a thief or thieves style the 1946 model…

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Talked Fish In Hotel After Hours

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 July 1947 · page 4

Four men who went to the Queen’s Arms Hotel, West Maitland on April 28 were in the bar at 6 pa, and were still at the hotel at 6.55 what…

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Luxury Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Minister for Building Materials will intestate a report that a large luxury hotel with 40 bedrooms and…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

At the Licensing Court on Wednesday, the licence of the Prince of Wales Hotel was transferred from Annie Cecilia Car (represented by Mr. S. C…

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All Local Hotels Being Well Conducted

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 4

Local licensing inspector, Sgt. J. Dwyer, informed Stipendiary Magistrate M. J. D. Austin in the local licensing court this morning that all…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

The Licence of the Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland, was transferred from John Mayer, to Thomas Alexander Reay at West…

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