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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

295 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 15

Summons Division. Licensing Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

The magistrate gave his reserved decisions in the cases in which William James Smith, Henry M'Camley, and Edward Joseph M'Leod were charged with…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 2

A transfer was granted of the license of the Cross Keys Hotel, Carrington, from Thomas Hennessy to Edmund Morgan, subject to the mother of the…

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Back Again Missing Hotel Manager

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 5

Mr. Frank Andrews, who disappeared so mysteriously from the Westminster Hotel last week, relumed to Newcastle from…

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'Bus Man's Appeal Wants License Renewed Cessnock Action

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1926 · page 3

The appeal by Alfred Ernest Ditton, motor 'bus proprietor, against the action of the administrator of Cessnock Shire Council, in refusing to grant him…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 3

The license of the Exchange Hotel, Lambton, was transferred from Sarah Caroline Hill to John Donald Curran. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen appeared in support of…

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In The Social Circle. (Continued from Page 7[?] At the Great Northern Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 8

Among the visitors at the Great Northern Hotel are: Mrs. Hines (Sydney), Mr. Davis (Port Pirie), Mr. Berry (Tamworth). Mr. Sproule…

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Trapped by Flames English Hotel on Fire Leaps Foe Life London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

There was a thrilling scene early this morning when a fire destroyed the three-storey Corporation Hotel at Grimsby…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 5

John Edward Maisey was authorised to erect a motor garage in the yard of the Criterion Hotel, Wickham. Robert E. Goldie was granted…

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Theft From Hotel Stolen Goods Recovered

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 6

Fifty pounds worth of men's wearing apparel, which was stolen from the Centennial Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, was recovered in a pawn…

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Hotel for Kitchener

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 6

At the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, chairman of the Licensing Board, Joseph William Brooke, licensee of the Central…

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"Must Stop" Driving Without License

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 7

"This has got to be stopped," said Mr, Shropshire, S.M., at Newcastle police court to-day, when Reuben Bevan was charged with having, on…

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On Hotel Premises Two Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 7

Alexander Robertson was fined £1 and 8s costs. in default seven days' imprisonment, by Mr. Shropshire S.M., at Newcastle Police Court…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1926 · page 2

Booth licenses for the Wallsend races on April 3 and 5 were granted to Ernest Robert James Peters, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, Wallsend…

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OVERCHARGED! Hotel-keepers' Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1926 · page 8

Some time ago an appeal to the Privy Council by the hotelkeepers resulted in a number or municipal councils in the State being called…

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A Floating Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 5

The dinning saloon of the White Star liner Majestic covers an area of 11,350 square feet, and is the loftiest apartment ever built in a ship, being 31ft high, The…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. J. L. Shropshire, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1926 · page 2

The license of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Edward Thompson to Solly Diamond. Mr. J. Griffiths appeared in support of the…

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Hotel Destroyed Big Canadian Fire VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 5

The Banff Hotel, the famous resort in the Canadian Rockies, visited by many Australians, was burned this morning…

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New Hotels for Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 11

Sir,—At the present time certain individuals are busily engaged in obtaining names on petitions for the erection of two additional hotels in this suburb…

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Gun Licenses Sporting Arms Exempt SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 5

The State Cabinet to-day decided to amend the "Gun Licensee Act, to make it applicable only to concealable firearms…

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Hotel for Wangi Wangi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 8

The Licensing Court will sit at Newcastle on May 4, to hold an inquiry under section 6 of the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1919, into a petition that a publican's…

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