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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

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Publican's Purse Hospital Gymkhana Entries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 6

Amateur jockeys on draught horses, decorated motor cars, tradesmen's turnouts, worst turnouts, grotesque costumes. The queen of the big drive and her retinue…

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Biblical Film Mixed Reception By London Critics Councils License "More at Home in Boudoirs Than in Nazareth" LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 1

Censors declare that they would not have passed the Cecil B. de Mille religious film "King of Kings' for screening in a theatre frequenied by couples who indulged in flirtation or where men smoked…

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Director for Trial Sequel to Hotel Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 7

Edward Percy Cawston (44), manager and director of Bromley Hill Court Hotel, Coniston-road. Bromley, was sent for trial at Greenwich…

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Licensing Court Applications Granted

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 8

The following applications were granted at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day:— James Cusick, Clarendon Hotel,…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 4

Booth licenses were granted to James Cusick. Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street, for Wallend races on Saturday; and Thomas Leslie Fines, Lemongrove Hotel,…

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No License Drove Unregistered Car

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 7

Charged with having driven a car' in Hunter-street yesterday without having a license and without the car being registered. Harold Catos. 33, a…

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Hotel Sydney. Management: Edward T. Cheeseman. 500 GUESTS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 4

This Most Popular Hotel, recently enlarged, provides a City Home wherein every comfort and luxury awaits the Guest. Hot and Cold Water and also…

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Return of License

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 3

George H. Steggles, of Tudor-street, Hamilton, was fined 10s, with is costs in the summons division at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on a…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 9

Booth licenses were granted to J. Cusick, Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street West, Newcastle, for Newcastle races, November 23 and 26; T. L. Fines,…

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Taxi Licenses Council Not a Court

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 6

When an application for a taxi driver's license was being, dealt with by the Stockton Council last night. Alderman Griffiths said that the…

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Set Aside Hotelkeeper't Conviction

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 November 1927 · page 7

An appeal against has conviction for not having kept his bar closed, was made to Judge White at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day by…

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Licensed Electricians Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 5

All persons who undertake to carry out electrical installation work must be licensed before February 1, 1928. In making this announcement to-day,…

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Centennial Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 November 1927 · page 6

The Centennial Hotel, with its double frontages to Hunter and Scott streets, will be submitted to sale by auction by Messrs. Lang, Wood and Co., and Mr…

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Police Raid Found on Hotel Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 5

William Dempsey licensee of the Racecour[?] Hotel, Wallsend, in the summons division at Newcastle Police Court to-day, was fined £2 for having…

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Unlucky "Try-out" Drove Without License

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 November 1927 · page 4

When Horace Reg[?] Fisher was charged at Newcastle Police Court to-day with having driven a cycle without bolding a license Sergeant Ward said…

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Summons Division. On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1927 · page 8

William Dempsey, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, Wallsend, pleaded guilty to being the licensee of licensed premises on which Ellis Leach was found during…

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Trams Slated City Aldermen Favor 'Buses. More Licenses? "Regulate Traffic With the Help of Prosecutions"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 November 1927 · page 9

Little sympathy was shown by Newcastle City Council for the Tramway Department and its complaints about 'bus competition in a discussion last night on transport and traffic problems. More 'buses may be licensed…

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Bail Refused Hotel Shooting Charge Remand Granted. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 November 1927 · page 7

At the Redfern Police Court to-day, Norman McDonald, aged 21, a laborer, was charged with shooting with Intend to murder Alphonus…

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Traffic Fines Return of Licenses

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 November 1927 · page 6

A number of truffle cases came before Mr. Perry, S.M., in the summons division at Newcastle Police Court to-day…

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Battleship Transformed to Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 7

Why scrap a battleship if it can be converted profitably into a floating hotel? A remarkable transformation of this kind has been effected in the case…

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