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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

200 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 10

Ten Caugh[?] In Hotel After

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

The licensee of a hotel was fined: £4/ 12/- court costs, by [?] McDonald, S.M., this…

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Publicans’ Licences Cost Over £38,000

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

At Maitland courthouse, 180 [?] were issued in 1838 under the Liquor Act, 50 of these being booth licence and…

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Fell to Death From Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON: An Australian woman fell to her death yesterday from the sixth floor of an Oxford-street…

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Driver Lost License For Six Months

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

SINGELTON: A singleton driver was fines £10 by Mr. C. K. Ward S.M. in Singleton court yesterday and had…

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Party By Hotel Staff

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 7

An enjoyable evening was spent in Oakhampton Hall by members of the staff of the Belmore Hotel and their…

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Ex-boxing Champion Takes Local Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 6

Mr. F. R, Wood, SM., this morning approved the transfer of the licence of the Exchange Hotel from John E. Davoren to Horace Andrew Bennie, of Avalon farmer welterweight and middleweight boxing…

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Boxing Champion Takes Hotel Licence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

In Maitland Court on Monday, Mr. P. R. Wood, S.M., approved the transfer of the licence of the Exchange…

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Old Coins in Hotel Ceiling

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 3

Two workmen employed on renovations to the Commercial Hotel, Maitland, to-day discovered two old coins in the…

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Royal Hotel Improvements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 7

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday, L. J. McRitchie made application to carry out material changes at the Royal…

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In Hotel After Hours

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

Geoffrey Unicombe, of Belmore-road, Lorn, was fined by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., for having been on licensed…

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New hotel to cost more than £60,000

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 4

A new aspect will be given to Munro Street Singleton when the new Agricultural Hotel of…

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New Hotel at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: The Agricultural Hotel, which has stood for 70 years at the [?] of Munro and Frederick streets,…

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Scone woman licensed as horse trainer

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

Miss Doreen Flett, af Manilla and Mrs. Betty Shepherd of Scone have been granted trainers…

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Scone Woman Licensed As Horse Trainer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

Miss Doreeu Flett, of Manilla, and Mrs. Betty Shepherd, of Scone, have been granted trainers' licenses by the…

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Car Stolen from Outside Hotel Muswellbrook Incident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 1

A Holden car, valued at £1000, was stolen from outside the Royal Hotel, Muswellbrook, between…

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Spirit Merchant's License Denman Application Succeeds

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

At the Licensing Court, before Mr. R. M. Stewart, Licensing Magistrate, on Tuesday last, Royston…

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N. &. N.w.d.r.a. Licenses Women Trainers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

For the first time in the history of racing in the North, training licenses have been granted to…

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One Hotel for 45

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): Charleston, in the South Island, has a population of 45. Almost one hundred years…

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Actor Besieged In Hotel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK: A 24-hostage that had Isolated singer. Dick-Haymes and his film star wife, Rita Hayworth in their…

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This Is Hot a Hotel Lounge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

This is part of the most modern out-patients’ department of St. James’ Hospital, Balham, London, which was recently opened by the Minister of Health, Mr. lain Maclead, P.C., M.P. it is the large…

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