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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

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Billiard Room License

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

"I am quite satisfied that the tables are only used for gambling and on Fridays and Saturdays I will have a man sitting in the room," said Police…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 2

Booth licenses were granted to Thomas Leslie Fines, Lemongrove Hotel, Wallsend, for Hobart Park, July 28: Gordon Seater Luscombe. Bald Faced Stag Hotel,…

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Hotel Employees Award Hearing Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 5

The sitting of the Hotel Employees' (State) Conciliation Committee, set down for Newcastle Court House to-day, has been adjourned to a date to…

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Had Toothache Why He Was In Hotel Stockton Prosecution

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 7

When John Pitt, of Stockton, was found at the Boat-Racers' Hotel after hours, he blamed his achi[?] for which he wanted some…

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Under the Table Sergeant's Find in Hotel "It Looked Funny"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 9

When Joseph Pease visited the Royal Standard Hotel. Adamstown, after hours, Sergeant Toohill, according to evidence, saw him hiding under…

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Transport War Wickham Favors 'Buses Another License

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 4

Because motor 'buses offer to be more popular than trams, and 'buses running along Maitland-road are often overcrowded, Wickham Council, at its…

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Newcastle Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1928 · page 4

Applications granted by Mr. Cohen L.M., at Newcastle Licensing Court today were:— Booth licenses to Leslie Philip Higgs…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 10

Botoh licenses for next Saturday were granted to Leslie P. Higgs. Commonwealth Hotel, Cook's Hill for Sports Ground: Thomas Leslie Fines,…

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Cessnock Hotels Union Investigation

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 7

Hotel employees in Cessnock complain that certain hotels in their district are employing non-unionists in the bars…

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FINED £15 Drunken Driving Charge License Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 7

John whitter (42), greengrocer, was fined £15, in default three months' imprisonment, by Mr. Cohen, R.S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, on…

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Further Remand Alleged Hotel Assault Man in Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 7

Henry Crosscombe, 36, laborer, who had been charged with having assaulted John Whalan, in a city hotel on July 21, was further remanded by…

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Died in Bath Discovery in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 August 1928 · page 5

Finding the door of a bathroom at the Royal Hotel, Newcastle, locked this morning, a lodger got in through the window and saw the dead body of…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, L.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 2

A billiard license at Hamilton was transferred from William Christie to Robert Smith. The licene of the Lass o' Gowrie…

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Salesman Remanded Claim for Hotel Board

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 8

William Armstrong Hunter (40), salesman, was charged, before Mr. Cohen, R.S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having refused to…

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Licensee Fined Case at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 7

At the Kurri Police Court to-day, James Pringle, licensee of the Chelmsford Hotel, was charged with having had persons on his premises…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 7

Pleading guilty to charges of having been found on licensed premises during prohibited hours. Thomas Choll and John Carlon were each fined 10s…

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Stuck Up! Queensland Hotel Reign of Terror Rockhampton

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 7

The General Gordon Hotel at Homebush, in the Mackay district, has been "stuck up." Three strangers went to the hotel…

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Radio Licenses New Regulations. Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 6

New regulations have been issued by Mr. Gibson, the. Postmaster-General, covering wireless conditions. Ordinary licenses are being reduced…

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Soldiers' Congress Closing of Hotels on Anzac Day Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 7

The Returned Soldiers' Congress spent considerable time to-day in discussing the question whether, hotels should be compelled to close throughout Anzac Day…

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Death After Fight Disturbance in Hotel Bar Manslaughter Charge Accused Man Found Not Guilty

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 5

An altercation between two men, during which blows were struck, took place in the bar of the Rawson Hotel on July 7. One of the men, Thomas Moloney, was admitted to the hospital, where he died on July 10…

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