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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1954

200 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 10

Licensing Court £4500 Building Scheme for Local Hotel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

In the Licensing Court on Wednesday, H. Francis Cocks was granted permission to make material alterations at the…

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Carruthers Likes Hotel Life

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

Ten days' "workout" in a Singleton hotel has convinced Jimmy Carruthers that it's the life for him…

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Mystery Petrol Strike in Bendigo Hotel Yard

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 1

Bendigo has struck petrol—in the yard of a main street hotel. No refining is needed, you haul it up in a bucket, put it…

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Fire in Hotel

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 1

Cessnock Fire Brigade [?] two fires in Cessnock over the holiday period. Early on Sunday morning a…

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25 Fined for Being on Licensed Promises

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 3

Twenty-five men were each fined [?]2/8/ with 12/ costs at Cessnock Court this morning for having been found on…

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Found On Hotel On

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Twenty-five men were each fined £2/8/ with 12/ costs at Cessnock Court to-day for having been…

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Move to Build New Forster Hotel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. F. H. Hawkins, advised a meeting of Stroud Shire Council that he is prepared to…

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On Hotel After Hours

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: John Northern, of Church-street, Singleton, was fined £2 for being on licensed premises during…

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Australia Hotel Fire Firemen Overcome By Smoke

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Some, firemen staggered into the street after fighting a fire at Australia's best known hotel, the Hotel…

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Carruthers Likes Hotel Life

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 7

Ten days "workout" in a Singleton hotel has convinced Jimmy Carruthers that it's the life for him…

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Fire in Hotel Australia SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 4

Some firemen staggered into the street after fighting a fire at Australia's best known hotel the…

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Ex-Scone Hotelkeeper Found Shot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Mr. Percy Ludington, onetime licensee of the Royal Hotel, Scone, was found shot dead in the back seat of his car at…

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Maitland Hotel Renovated

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

A pink celling In the renovated Commercial Hotel was a break away from convention, Maitland builders said…

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Licence Of Old Hotel Lapses

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

LAUNCESTON: The 119 years-old National Hotel In Launceston will cease to be one from 10 p.m. on Saturday…

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Hotel Robbery at Urunga

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

At Urunga on Sunday morning, sometime between 2.30 a.m. and 7 a.m., thieves entered the bar of the Ocean View…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 8

The license of the Royal Hotel, Denman, was transferred from Carmen Bellanto to William James Walsh at the Licensing…

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Hotel Robbery at Urunga

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 10

At Urunga, on Sunday morning, some time between 2.30 a.m. and 7 a.m., thieves entered the bar of the Ocean…

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Community Hotel Land Sought

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 8

A deputation from Stroud Shire Council waited on the Minister for Lands (Mr. Hawkins) on Wednesday afternoon…

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Hotel Destroyed By Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 4

A two-storey wooden hotel was destroyed by fire at Albion Park on the South Coast early last night. The building…

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Drinking In Canberra Hotels

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 4

CANBERRA: A motion that men under 21 years of age in the ACT should not be allowed to drink in hotels was…

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