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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1951

94 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 5

Millionaire Hotelkeeper's Bequests

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Melbourne hotel owner Jimmy Richardson, 87, who died last Sunday leaving about £ 1,000,000, had only about…

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Hotel Sold For £110,000

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Masonic Hotel at Petersham was hold this week for £110,000 one of the hightes prices in years for a [?] bea…

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Gave Wrong Addresses in Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

Visit of a party of men to the Victoria Hotel, Hinton, on Sunday, July 1, had its sequel in the Maitland court to-day when nine…

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Did Not Pay For Hotel Accommodation

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 3

From the nature of the offences for which you have been convicted you are almost a confirmed confidence man, Mr. P. F…

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Hotels Open on Referendum Day

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 4

Advice has been received by the Divisional Returning Officer for Paterson that hotels will remain open on referendum day,…

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Brewery Company's Record On Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: Assistant general manager of Tooth and Co. Ltd Selby Burt, told the Liquor Royal Commission to-day his…

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Actor Died In Hotel Room

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1951 · page 3

LOS ANGELES: Actor Clifton Young, 34; child villain in “Our Gang” comedies and adult in numerous films, died In an…

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Hotels May Open on Referendum Day

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said last night the State Government would not order…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 September 1951 · page 2

In the Licensing Court at Maitland this morning Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.M., granted the application for the transfer of…

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Vast Sums Paid for Hotel Licenses. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 2

Documents produced at the Royal Commission into the liquor question to-day showed that vast amounts of money have been paid…

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Vast Amounts Paid For Hotel Leases

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Documents shown at the Royal Commission into the liquor question to-day showed vast amounts of money had been paid for leases of Sydney hotels…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 3

An application for the trans-fer of the licence of the Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri, from Sara Elizabeth Garrett to…

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Aberdeen Hotel War Cry

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 6

We are members of a football team, All merry hearts and gay: Good-tempered fellows, one and all,…

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Robbery From Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 5

Two sultcases and an over-night night has were stolan from the room of a guest at the Carrington Hotel yesterday…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 3

An application by Robert Fayers for the transfer of the license of the Denman Hotel to Thomas Richard Hayes was…

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On Licensed Premises

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

For being found on licensed premises during the prohibited hours, five men were each fined £2 with 10/ costs last…

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Mark Against Wingen Hotel. Serving During Prohibited Hours

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

For keeping the licensed premises of the Durham Hotel, Wingen, opened during prohibited hours, the licensee, Francis…

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Beer Garden for Hotel at Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 October 1951 · page 3

Approval for [?]torra[?]hons, including a beer garden at the Court House Hotel, Paterson, was granted to the licensee,…

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Hotel Licensee Praised

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 2

The former licensee of the Grand Junction Hotel had set a high standard and the hotel had been run as a hotel should…

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Threw Beer Over Licensee

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 2

The contents of a glass of beer were thrown over the licensee of an hotel because he refused to serve a man…

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