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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

336 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 17

Whole Family Shot Dead Hotelkeeper's Maniacal Crime LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

Walter and Albert Gamblin, returning to a Portsmouth hotel, of which their father was license, found the place closed. They knocked, but received no answer. One of the brothers then climbed through the window, and stumbled over his mother's…

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Counterfeit Coin Penny Silvered To Look Like a Florin Joke in a Hotel Bar Before the Beer

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 February 1924 · page 6

A charge of falsely pretending that a slivered penny was a 2s piece was preferred against Patrick Kelly (49) at Newcastle police court this morning, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M. Constable Avery stated that he Saw…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, February 5. (Before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, S.M.) Illegally in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 3

For having been found in the bar of the Hamilton Station Hotel on the previous day, Samuel Cooper (58), labourer, against whom a prohibition order is in…

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'Bus Licenses

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 6

Morpeth Municipal Council wrote to East Maitland Council stations that as East Maitland, West Maitland, Bolwarra and Cessnock councils hd entered into…

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Summons Division. No Oyster License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 3

A fine of 10s, or three days' imprisonment, was imposed on Samuel Benjamin Richards, who pleaded guilty to having sold oysters on January, 26 without a…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

Mrs. G. Duncan, secretary to the Newcastle branch of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union, in a report covering the operations for the…

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Exhibition Jazz In London Hotels LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

Largely out of consideration to overseas visitors, the London County Council has…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 10

The license of the Waratah Hotel was transferred from James Anderson Richardson to George Edward Saxon…

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Out on License Jacob Goldring Ash Limited'a Case

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 5

The release, on license, of Jacob [?]oldring, whoso case was the talk of Newcastle when it came before Judge Hamilton, at the Newcastle…

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Lower Russian Morality How Women are Emancipated Unmeaning Marriage Tie Divorces Easier than Dog Licenses LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 1

An Englishman who visited Russia continues his story in the "Daily Mail." He says that communism is claiming to "emancipate women from the slavery of marriage and the drug of religion,"…

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Hotel Linen Theft Charge Barmaid in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 5

Daphne Coppock (31), a barmaid, was charged at Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., with having stolen at Kurri Kurri, on or about…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 4

Mrs. G. Duncan, secretary to the northern branch of the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union, stated on Saturday that good progress was being…

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Hotel License Changed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 3

At the Newcastle Licence Court this afternoon before Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw S.M. the Terminus Hotel Scott-street Newcastle was transferred…

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Bogus Baron Hotel Robbery Riviere Arrested LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 1

Gerald Riviere, the famous exponent of "Anzac poker" who posed as a baron in Sydney, is again in the limelight…

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License Cancelled Luxor Excavations Mr. Carter Ousted LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 1

It is reported from cairo that the Government has cancelled Mr. Howard Carter's license to carry on excavations at the tomb…

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No License Street Soap Seller

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 3

Norman Anthony Davis was charged at Newcastle Police Court this morning, before Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., with hawking without a license…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1924 · page 10

G. Galperin, Great Britain Hotel Newcastle, was granted booth licensed for the Newcastle races on March 15. J. E. Poyner was granted permission to erect a…

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New Hotel Cessnock Celebrates Opening the Australia

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 11

The doors of the new Australia Hotel, situated on Wollombi-road. Cessnock, were opened on Wednesday for business by Mr. Joseph Summer…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

Mrs. Duncan, secretary to the northern branch of the Federated Hotel. Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union, returned yesterday from a tour of the…

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Coalfields News and Concerns New Hotel Cessnock Celebrates Opening the Australia

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 8

The doors of the new Australia Hotel, situated on Wollombi-road, Cessnock, were opened on Wednesday for business by Mr. Joseph Summer…

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