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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1906

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Fire in Newcastle. Hotel in Danger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 4

At two o'clock yesterday morning the fire bells to Newcastle rang out an alarm. In a commendably short space of time firemen turned out, and it was discovered…

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Death in a Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 5

Late on Saturday night a man named Frank W. Millie was found dead in a bedroom at the Baden Powell Hotel, Watt-street, Newcastle, it appears that…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs M. S. Love, chairman, G. F. Scott, S.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Publicans' Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 7

The first cases to be heard under the now Licensing Act came before the Licensing Bench on Tuesday, when three applications for renewals were granted…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, January 4. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, chairman, G. F. Scott, L.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Publicans' Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 7

Robert Sharp, licensce of the Royal Hotel, West Wallsend, was graded a renewal of the publican's license. The routal value was fixed at £104, which carries a…

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Hotel Burned Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

The Who'd-Have-Thought-it Hotel, the round from Qutrindi to Pine Ridge, was destroyed by the on Thursday morning. The landlord Mr. John Clarke, was…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 10. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, Chairman, G. F. Scott, L.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Publican's Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 3

John Drummond, licensee of the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, applied for a renewal of his publican's license. Evidence was given that the annual rental value…

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Licensed Victuallers. the New Liquor Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 5

A meeting of licensed victuallers, convened by Mr. S. Fisher, to discuss the new Liquor, Act, was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. There…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, January 11. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, Chairman, G. F. Scott, L.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Wine Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 7

Charles Feighan, Warner's Bay, and Bridget Kitson, Islington, were granted renewals of their colonial wine licenses. Publicans' Renewals…

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Hotel on Fire. Harrowing Scenes. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

A disastrous fire has occurred in the West Hotel, at Minneapolis, the largest hostelry, between Chicago and the Pacific…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Monday, January 15. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, Chairman, and Dr. John Harris, J.P.) Publican's Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 7

The application of Eills Louch for a renewal of his publican's house of the Royal Hotel, Plattsburg, was granted, the annual value being assumed at £70 and…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

At the Maitland Licensing Court Yesterday before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, H. Brothers, and R. Snoble, L.Ms., John W. Garbutt, secretary, and owner of liquor…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love, Chairman and G. F. Scott, L.Ms.) Wine License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 7

P. T. Lonaghan was granted a renewal of his license to sell colonial wine a[?] Minmi. Transfers…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 6

Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Henry Crothers, and Robert Scobie, Js.P., occupied the Bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday. Richard Wood,…

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Licensed Carriers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the licensed carriers of the Borough of Newcastle was held in H. Cameron's Star in last evening, Mr. J. Wiggins presided, end there was a large…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 24. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 3

William T. Jewell, Charlestown Hotel, Charlestown, and George Williams, Mafeking Hotel, Newcastle, were granted booth licenses for Newcastle races to-morrow…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, February 1. (Before Messrs. M. S. Love and G. F. Scott L.Ms.) Booth License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 7

John Thomas, of the Argenton Hotel, Argenton, applied for a booth license for the Boolaroo races, to be held on Saturday The application was granted…

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Maitland Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. E. A. L. Sharpe and Henry Crothers, L.Ms., the case of Edward Smith, charged with being found…

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Hawker's License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 7

Walter steed was granted a hawker's license…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Mr. E. A. L. Sharpo, D.S.M.) Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 7

Thomas Williams was granted a renewal of his publican's license for Spiers' Point Hotel. The annual value was assessed at £200, and the license fee at £30…

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Licensed Victuallers' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,—I desire, with your consent, to publicly suggest two or three ideas for consideration at to-day's meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. They…

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