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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

359 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 18

Summons Division. Found on Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 2

John Hill, William Jackson, Albert Lidbury James Murphy, Joseph Reynolds, Alfred Veitch, John Wilson, and Daniel Young were charged with having…

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Hotel Brawl Seaman Hit With Bottle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 7

In a brawl at the Criterion Hotel this afternoon, John Moore, 42, a fireman, living at the sailors' home, was struck on the head with a bottle…

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Hotels Closed Innisfail Uneasy INNISFAIL

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 5

The last train to run in the Innisfail district arrived here at 11 o'clock last night, and the service now is at a standstill…

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Publicans' Purse Hospital Gymkhana Entries Ex-jockeys to Ride

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 7

At least two ex-jockeys are among the Newcastle district publicans, who have nominated for the Publicans Purse in the Mater Miserlcordiac…

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Found in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 7

For having been found on licensed premises, John Torpy was fined £1 10s with 8s costs at Newcastle Police Court to-day. It was stated that he had…

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"Tin Hares" Two Newcastle Licenses Government Limit Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 5

In adamson to the limitation of mechanical hare coursing licenses in the metropolis, the Government intends to limit them in…

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License Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1927 · page 5

A transfer of the license of the Sportsmen's Arma Hotel, Greta,from John Enright, to Charles Stephen McCondrill, was granted by Mr. Cleeve,…

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Summons Division. On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 7

John Torpey was fined 30s, with costs, in default, 21 days' imprisonment, for being found on the licensed premises of the General Washington Hotel, Stockton,…

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Mechanical Coursing Newcastle Licenses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 7

Mr. Gosling, the Chief. Secretary, the Minister administering the Gaming and Betting Act, stated to-day that, in view of the obvious and apparently increasing…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 10

Booth licenses were granted as follows.—Thomas Lesile Fines, Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, New Lambton Soccer Ground, on Saturday; Gordon Seater…

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Hotel Argument Leads to Heavy Fine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 5

John Allen and Cuthbert Davidson had an argument in the bar of the Empire Hotel, Pelaw Main, on August 20, Davidson complained to Mr. Cleeve,…

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Brawl in Hotel Man Fined at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 5

Peace in the bar of the Criterion Hotel, Weston, on a recent afternoon, was suddenly disturbed with the entrance of Tim Patterson. According…

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On Hotel Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 5

For having been found on the premises of the Sydney Junction Hotel after hours, John Banks was fined £1, in default seven days' imprisonment,…

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Fire in Hotel SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 7

A fire Which broke out in the dining-room on the ground floor at the Grand Central Hotel, Clarence-street, shortly after 5 a.m. to-day, destroyed…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 7

Frederick J. Edwards, of the Orient Hotel, Watt-street, was charged with failing to keep a time and pay sheets in conformity with the provisions of the award…

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Pleaded Guilty In Hotel After Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 7

For having been found on licensed premises of the Bank Hotel, East Maitland, during prohibited hours. Albert Edward Leodham, Squire John…

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Took Liquor From Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 8

Yesterday a defendant was lined at Newcastle Police Court for having falsely represented himself as a traveller and for having carried liquor…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 9

In the Licensing Court, Newcastle, to-day, Mr. Perry, S.M., granted the following applications:— Thomas Leslie Fines, Lemongrove…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. W. I. Perry, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 4

Booth licenses were granted to Leslie Fines, Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, for Soccer ground, New Lambton, on Saturday next; Gordon Seator Luscombe,…

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Country Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1927 · page 4

Supporting the contention of the National Roads and Motorists Association that the standard of service at many country hotels should be improved, a…

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