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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

130 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7

Compensation to Publicans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Chamberlain has received a deputation representative of the licensed victuallers, who protested against the…

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Auctioncers' Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 7

Nelson B. Creer and Hudson Berkeley were granted renewals of their auctioneers' district licenses…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, March 26. (Before Messrs. Scott and Martin, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 7

John Garrat, of the Commercial Hotel, Boolaroo, was granted a renewal of his license. John Sample, of the Crown and Anchor…

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Publicans' Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Sir W. Hart Dyke (Conservative, Dartford Division of Kent) has introduced into the House of Commons a Bill to restrict…

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License Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 7

E. J. Bowline applied for a publican's conditional license for premises to be erected at West Wallsend. Mr. V. H. Baker appeared for the applicant. The…

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Newcastle Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 5

The quarterly report of Inspector Lynch was submitted to the Newcastle Licensing Court yesterday. The report showed that the number of hotels was 178, of these…

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Licensed Victuallers. the Annual Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 6

The annual picnic of the Newcastle Branch of the Licensed Victuallers Association of New South Wales, was held yesterday at Tomago. The ladies took a…

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American Licensing Law

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—There is great excitement in New York at the State legislation increasing the cost of public-houses licenses to £240 a year…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Mr. Martin, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3

John Hill made application for a license for premises in Nelson-street, formerly occupied as a hotel. Mr. Windeyer appeared for the applicant, and…

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Hotels in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 6

Sir,—I am pleased to note a decision given by the licensing magistrates, in which they show that they fully realise that there exists now more than ample…

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Newcastle Licensing Court Thursday, April 9. (Before Messrs. Love, Scott, and Martin, L.Ms.) License Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

The license of the Criterion Hotel, Hunter and Bolton streets, Newcastle, was transferred from James Jones to Francis Gill Thomas…

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Quarterly Licensing Court Thursday, April 16. (Before Messrs. Love, Scott, and Martin, L.Ms.) Application Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 7

John Hill applied for a publican's conditional license for premises at Plattsburg. Mr. J. Windeyer appeared for the applicant. The evidence was heard at…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Love and Scott, L.Ms.) Struck Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 7

Andrew M'Donnell applied for a renewal of his colonial wine license for premises in Hunter-street, Newcastle. The applicant did not appear, and his…

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S.s. Commissary-general. Licensed to Carry Passengers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

Produce or merchandise conveyed to or from any part of the Hunter Paterson, or Williams rivers. Hay or maize droghed to the steam companies' wharves…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, April 30. (Before Messrs. M.S. Love, G.F. Scott, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms.) Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 7

M. W. Fryar, of the Commonwealth Hotel, Newcastle, applied for the transfer of his license to George E. Garratt. There being no police objection, the application…

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Licensing Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 3

Charles Prince and Alexander Frew were granted booth licenses for the Wallsend races. Joseph West was granted a hawker's district license…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Monday, May 4. License Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 7

The part-heard application of John D. Thomas for a publican's conditional license for West Wallsend, adjourned from Thursday last was continued. Mr. H…

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Licensing Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 3

An application by Jame Carroll for a renewal of his license for the Barwood I[?] Merewether, was granted. The license of the Criterion Hotel…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, May 14. (Before Messrs. M.S. Love and G.C. Martin, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 3

C. Price applied for a renewal of his license for Tattersall's Hotel, Plattsburg. The application was granted. Samuel Sullings; of the Duke of…

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Publicans' Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The licensing magistrates are freely exercising the powers of veto given them under the new Liquor Act in dealing with…

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