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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

336 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 17

Hotel Shooting Mclnnes's State Critical SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 October 1924 · page 8

A bullet passed through Arthur Mclnnes's head, and he is still aliva. The bullet entered his head through the right temple, after Winifred Foloy…

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Man Stabbed Tragedy in New Zealand Hotel "There He Is" Fatal Altercation About Sale of Liquor AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 October 1924 · page 5

Crimes of violence seem to be increasing in Auckland. Last night another murder was added to the list. It was perpetrated in the Aurora Hotel shortly after 9 o'clock, the victim being Louis Short, a motor mechanic…

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De-licensed Hotels Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 5

The chairman of the Licence Reduction Board (Mr. Adrian) announced compensation decisions amounting to £48.110 to-day…

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Hotel Stabbing Auckland Inquest Adjourns AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 October 1924 · page 1

At the Inquest of Reginald Louis Short, who was killed in an hotel, the chief of detectives said that a man named Benjamin Harrison Shutes,…

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Prohibited Hours Cessnock Hotel Visitors

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 6

William Neilson and Frank Edwards were charged, at Cessnock court, with having been found on Cessnock Hotel premises during…

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Wine License Transfer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1924 · page 6

Mr. Perry, S.M., presided at a short sitting of the Licensing Court in Newcastle this morning, and approved of the transfer of a wine…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. A. R. Perry, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1924 · page 11

The Australian wine licence at 123 Maitland-road, Mayfield, was transferred from Joseph Williams to Jack Tyler Morgan. Booth licenses for the Newcastle…

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Hotel Tragedy Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 October 1924 · page 8

The Inquest regarding the death last month at the George Hotel of Miss Eileen McKane, a barmaid, will take place in Newcastle to-morrow…

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Fatal Fumes Barmaid's Death in Hotel Room Inquest Verdict Coroner Comments on Keys Being Near Door

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 October 1924 · page 3

The tragedy at the George Hotel, where a barmaid was found lying dead on the floor of room, was inquired into by the Coroner. Mr. Hibble, to-day. He returned a verdict that Bridget Eileen O'Kane died at the George Hold on October 2 from the effects…

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Publican Fined Neglected Premises MUSWELLBROOK

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 October 1924 · page 4

Before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., at Muswellbrook Police Court, J. Leonard, proprietor of the Federal Hotel, Gungal, was charged with having the…

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No Right There Hotel Visitors Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 5

Fined of £1, with costs 8s, were inflection by Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle police court to-day., On Vernon Gray, Kenneth Toovey, Archibald…

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Income Tax Return Sunday Hotel Visitor

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 October 1924 · page 5

Arthur Leslie Parker was charged before Mr. Perry, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having been found on licensed promises, and…

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New Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 October 1924 · page 5

An application for extension of time to complete the erection of the Glebe Colliery Hotel, at the corner of Lambton and Brown-roads,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. A. R. Perry, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1924 · page 9

The application of Charles Edward Priest to change the name of the Terminus Hotel, Merewether, to the Kent Hotel, now being erected at…

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Moving a Hotel Branxton License

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 October 1924 · page 5

At the West Maitland Licensing Court this morning, before Messrs. F. G. Adrian, W. Le Brun Brown and W. Arnott, L.Ms., William Muller, licensee of…

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Maitland District Licensing Court Transfer of Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 6

The Licensing Bench, Messrs. F. G. Adrian (chairman), W. Le Brun Brown, and W. S. Arnott, sat at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, and…

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Cessnock Hotel New License Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 7

The Licences Reduction Board announced its decision in Maitland this morning that the evidence disclosed that the existing hotels at Cessnock…

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Hotel Refused Abernethy Application Morpeth License

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 October 1924 · page 5

The Licenses Reduction Board, sitting at Maitland to-day, refused the application of Joseph william Brooker of the Central Hotel,…

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Maitland District Licensing Court Transfers Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 6

The Licensing Bench, Messrs. F. G. Adrian (chairman), W. Le Brun Brown, and W. S. Arnott sat again at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, when the…

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Our Licensing Laws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1924 · page 13

The moment anyone mentions liquor in our Parliament the Prohibitionists flourish their shillelah[?] and there are wigs on the green. It is a thorny…

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