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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1948

141 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 8

Left Hotel to Study for the Church

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

LONDON, October 4.— Albert Yates resigned as landlord of the Crown Hotel at Stern, in Staffordshire, to study to enter the…

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Fought Outside Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 3

Stated by police to hive been In a fight outside the Imperial Hotel, West. Maitland, on Saturday night. William Edward…

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£65,000 Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 October 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: The secretary of the Wangi A.L.P. (Mr. D. Davies) announced at a meeting of the branch that an hotel…

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Wangi To Have £65,000 Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 7

An hotel costing £65,000 is to be built in Watkin's Road, Wangi. The hotel will carry 30 bedrooms. The Secretary of the Wangi A.L.P…

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Four Months’ Gaol For Hotel Useful

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 5

A man with a number of previous convictions for stealing was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at West Maitland…

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Mystery Explosion at £35,000 Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 1

HILLSTON, Monday. — A mysterious fire, which followed a laud explosion, almost completely destroyed the £35,000 Royal Hotel at Hillston, in the west of N.S.W., just after 3 a.m. to-day…

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Fire Guts £35,000 Hotel At Hillston Forty Guests Reach Street As Roof Collapses

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 2

A mysterious fire, which followed a loud explosion, almost completely destroyed the £35,000 Royal Hotel, at [?]illston. Western N.S.W.. just after 3 a.m. to-day. Forty guests fled into the street in night attire a few…

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Proposed New Hotel at Gloucester

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 2

At the meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council there was a reference to the proposed new hotel at Gloucester: On behalf of Pioneer Tourist…

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Believed Doped at Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 2

The doping of the four Albury dogs is believed to have occurred when the owner-trainer, Mr. F. Patterson, left them unattended on Saturday…

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£100,000 Hotel for Forster

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.— A decision of the Full Court will allow the Stroud Shire Council to proceed with its plans to build a…

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Used Language In Hotel Bar

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—Albert Fleming was charged at Singleton Court with having used Indecent language In the bar of the…

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First Publican's Booth for Rouchel This Saturday's Big Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 1

For the first time in the history of Rouchel a publicans booth will be conducted at the big one-day Bushmen s Carnival on the Rouchel Sports Ground this Saturday…

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Damage Done by Early Morning Fire Hotel Garage Burned Three Cars Totally Destroyed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 1

A fire broke out in the motor garages at the rear of the Willow Tree Hotel just before 6 a.m. yesterday morning and caused considerable damage…

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Forster Community Hotel Council Wins Appeal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1948 · page 2

A decision of the Full Court will allow the Stroud Shire Council to proceed with its plans to build a £100,000 community hotel at Forster, a tourist…

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Murder of Textile Expert In Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.— Police are trying to trace the killer of a wealthy Canadian textile expert. Colin Cameron Mackellar,…

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Found in Hotel on

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 November 1948 · page 2

Claude H. Wright, of the Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland, was fined 22/ with 8/ costs at West Maitland court today on a charge…

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Betting In Hotel Yard

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 November 1948 · page 2

Pleading guilty at West maitland court to-day to having been found in the yard of the Club House Ho[?]el on Saturday afternoon for the…

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Hotelkeepers Warned. Must Keep Doors Open

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 1

A warping that hotelkeepers must keep their doors open during trading hours was issued by the Magistrate at the last Windsor Licensing Court…

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Licensing Court

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

In the Licensing Court, the following transfers were effected: Australian Wine License from Edward John Sherwood to Albert…

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Driver's License Cancelled

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

Police v. William R. McK. Kennedy, for having driven under the influence and driving negligently. Mr. L. H. Halliday appeared for…

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