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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1920 · page 7

Renewals of their licenses were granted as follows:—Oxford Hotel, Newcastle, to Thomas Hennessey; Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, to W. N. Connelly Colliery Inn,…

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Desperate Burglar Licensee Wounded BRISBANE

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 5

William Bourke, husband of Grace Bourke, licensee of the Union Hotel, Blackall, was shot by an intruder at about 2.15 yesterday morning. The…

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Maitre D'hotel Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 June 1920 · page 2

Cream one-fourth cup of butter: add one-half teaspoon of salt, one-eighth teaspoon of pepper, and a few grains of cayenne; add one-half tablespoon…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 7

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted of the Belle Vue Hotel, Wickham, to Henry Baker, and of the Critenion Hotel, Newcastle, to Wilfred A. B. Hunt. A…

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A Wondrous Haven Great American Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 7

The merits of the American hotel have perhaps never been more eloquently stated than by Arnold Bennett as quoted recently in the New York…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 7

A renewal of a colonial wine license was granted to John E. Poyner, of Cockle Creek. A transfer of the license of the Ocean View Hotel, Dudley, was granted to…

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Here and There Great Northern Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 5

It is the intension of Mr. O'Dea, who as reported on another page, has purchased the Great Northern Hotel, to enlarge and considerably improve the…

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Maitland Hotels License to Blind Man

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 5

The novel spectacle of a blind man applying for a publican's license was witnessed at this morning's sittings of the Maitland…

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"I Will SHOOT" Musician With Revolver Publican Threatened

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 5

"I will shoot you," said Benjamin Corso (53), music teacher, when Henry Rose, license, put him out of the bar of the Shortland Hotel…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 7

A music permit was granted to Samuel Miller, of the Great Northern Hotel, Wallsend, for July 19. Booth licenses were granted for the Newcastle races on July…

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Two Raids Grand Hotel Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1920 · page 1

It is not often that the police make two raids on a hotel in the same night, but that was the experience of the Grand Hotel on June 18. Sergeant…

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Genial Boniface Commonwealth Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 4

"What a great laugh he has?" That was one man's comment to another when speaking of Tom Dalton, mine host of the Commonwealth Hotel,…

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Maitland Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1920 · page 5

Before the Maitland Licensing Court (Messrs. Geo, Atkin, J. W. Birkenhead, and E. Bowden) to-day, the licence of the Angel Inn Hotel,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. W. Le Brun Brown and C. Hibble and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1920 · page 7

Renewals of hotel licenses were granted to Priscilla Bloom licenses were granted to Priscilla Bloom, Pacific Hotel, Newcastle; and to Patrick Hillier, Swansea…

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Hotel Burglaries Suburban Houses Entered Cash Drawers Robbed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 July 1920 · page 5

The Sunnyside Hotel, at Newtown, Hamilton, was visited by burglars between eight o'clock last night and five o'clock this morning. They got away…

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The Town Hall Black Diamond Hotel Hunter-street Site

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

Aldermen of the City Common yesterday restricted the old Black Diamond Hotel as a possible site of the new town hall, for which the…

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Liquor Cases Fail Visit to Wickham Hotel Evidence of Employment

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 July 1920 · page 5

When Sergeant John Robertson and Constable Chisholm entered the Albion Hotel, Wickham, at a quarter-past eleven on Saturday night, July 3, they…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 7

Transfers of hotel licenses were granted as follows:—From Frederick G. Ginney to Frederick Phillip Clark, in respect of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Newcastle;…

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Barmaids' Half-holiday Hotelkeeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 July 1920 · page 4

John Peter Christensen, licensee of the Centennial Hotel, Newcastle, pleaded guilty at the Newcastle Court this morning to two charges of having…

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"Mr, Beer" Hotel Boy Among the Drys "Speedily Suppressed" Vancouver

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 1

A message from Lincoin states that when the Prohibition Convention, which many nominate Mr. Bryan or Billy Sunday for the Presidential race,…

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