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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

263 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 14

Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 5

The licence of the Bank Hotel, [?] Maitland, was transferred at the [?] land Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. F. W. C. Crane, L.M., from [?]…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 5

At a meeting of the Newcastle Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, held at the Trades Hall last night, Mrs. Duncan, secretary, reported that in the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 6

The bench at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday was occupied by Messrs. P. W. C. Crane and Elias Bowden, L.Ms…

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Newcastle Hotels Batch of Renewals

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 6

At the Licensing Court, consisting of Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, S.M., and Dr. Nickson, to-day, renewal of publican's licences was granted to E. J…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., and Dr. W. Nickson, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

E J. Nash was granted a renewal of the license of the Centennial Hotel, Newcastle, and two additional bar licenses. Renewals of publicans' licenses were also…

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Stockton Hotel Licence Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 6

At the Licensing Court, presided over by Mr. J. V. Laidlaw. S.M. to-day, the transfer or the licence of the Boatrow[?]s' Hotel, North Stockton, from…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

The license of the Boatrowers' Hotel, North Stockton, was transferred from Laura Gertrude Macdonald to Alfred Pritchett…

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Fresh Dublin Outrages Fere in Hotel Captures in West Ireland LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

The Free staters raided a dug-out in Went Ireland and captured the entire rebol stuff with rides, ammunition, and signal rockets…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. F. C. W. Crane, L.M., presided at the Maitland Licensing Court this morning. A transfer of a billiard licence at…

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Oddfellows' Cheques Signatures Wrong Hotelkeepers Defrauded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 6

Two charges of having issued valueless cheques, with intent to defraud, were made against John Leslie Dark (27) a shunter, before Sir. J. W. Laidlaw, S.M.,…

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Claim for Wages Hotel Licensee Sued Criterion Manager

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 4

Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M. at tho Police Court to-day, Harold Lancey claimed £21 from Henry Rose, ex-licensee of the Criterion Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 6

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. F. W. C. Crane, L.M., the adjourned application of a billiard license at Cessnock…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Booth licenses were granted G. Galperin, of the Great Britain Hotel, Newcastle, for the grandstand and members' stand at Newcastle races on June 4; to…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., and Dr. W. Nickson, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 10

Transfers were granted of the following publicans' licenses:—Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, from T. Fenwick to Florence Mary Gerathy; Belmont Hotel, Belmont,…

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Five Men in Parlor Adamstown Hotel Sunday Morning Visitors

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 6

Thomas Rawle, licence of the Commercial Hotel, Adamstown, was proceeded Against at the Police Court to-day, before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M., on a…

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Elopement Stopped Motor Car Chase Disturbed at Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 6

A pretty 18-year-old daughter of an hotel keeper, and a married man father of three children, were parties in an extraordinary elopement…

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In Prohibited Hours Five Men At a Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 8

On a charge of having been found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, John Dent, Abraham Brown, Michael Fitzpatrick, William…

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English Bookmakers Question of Licensing Sydney Man's Views Tolerating Welshing LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 June 1923 · page 1

Mr. W. C. Alidritt, well-known bookmaker or Sydney, in an Interview to "The Sun's" special representative regarding English racing conditions,…

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Licences Renewed District Hotels Billiards And Wine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 6

The Newcastle Licensing Court, comprising Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw and Dr. W. Nickson, L.Ms., to-day granted a transfer of the billiard licence of Arthur…

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Who Won the Fight? Why Men Went to Hotel Not for Drinks Prohibited-Hours Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 5

Agnes Alvina Jones, licensee of the Carrington Chili Hotel, Carrington, was charged at the Newcastle police court this morning, before Mr. J. W…

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