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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 19

New Zealand Licensing Poll

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1928 · page 4

A message from Wellington states that the final figures of the licensing poll were—Continuance 351,815, State control 60,482, prohibition 230,388…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1928 · page 4

Pleading guilty at the Redfern Police Court yesterday to two charges of having delivered liquor from his premises during prohibited hours. John…

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Publican's Death Fall From Balcony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1928 · page 4

A fall from the front balcony of the Royal Standard Hotel. Adamstown, resulted in the death of Archibald Gracie Hardon, aged 29 years, the licenses, at an…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 10

Horace J. Pick was granted a billiard license for the Commercial Hotel, Lambton…

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Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 8

Walter Birmingham, licensee of the Grand Hotel, Newcastle, who pleaded guilty, was fined £3, with 8s costs, in default 14 day's imprisonment, by Mr…

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The Beach Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1928 · page 6

On December 6, Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, and Lang, Wood and Company (in conjunction) will offer for sale by auction the property known as "The Beach…

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Hotel Changes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 November 1928 · page 7

From to-morrow, the management of the Criterion Hotel will be taken over by Mr. Sol Diamond, and the Westminster Hotel will be managed…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 7

The following hotel licenses were transferred by Mr. Cohen, L.M., at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day:— Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, from…

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Licensing Court. Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, D.L.M.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 5

Booth licenses were granted to James Cusick, Clarendon Hotel. Newcastle for Newcastle Racecourse on December 1. The following applications for transfer…

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Wharf Worker's Theft License Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 6

Sequel to the conviction of a wharf labourer on November 17 in connection with a theft from Lee wharf was the cancellation of his license, No. 9877, yesterday,…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1928 · page 11

John Faley, of West Maitland, Thomas Wilkie, c/o Star Hotel, Newcastle, Timothy English High-street. West Maitland, John Brooks, c/o Star…

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Police Court Thursday, November 29, 1928. Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.S.M. Summons Division. Licensing Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 10

Found without lawful excuse on the premises of the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Newcastle, after hours on Monday, November 19, John Faley, of West…

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Never Again Licensee Took It to Heart HOTEL - CTCH

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 December 1928 · page 7

"He took it so much to heart when these men were caught on the premises that he sold the hotel, and said that he would never hold a publican's…

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Licensees Fined Liquor Act Breaches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 3

Several fines for breaches of the Liquor, Act were imposed by Mr. T. W. Cohen, R.S.M., in the summons division at Newcastle Police Court yesterday…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 9

The license of the Believe Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Owen Wilfred Allen to Alexander George Jewell by Mr. Cohen, L.M., at Newcastle Licensing…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 5

Transfer of the license of the Believue Hotel, Newcastle, from Owen Wilfred Allen to Alexander George Jewell was granted…

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Volunteer Seamen Attacked in Hotel. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 7

Four volunteer seamen were attacked and several handled by unionists in the bar of a hotel in Ray-street, City, to-night. The volunteers were taken to the…

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Early Morning Fire in City Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 8

A fire occurred at an early hour this morning in a bedroom in the top floor of the Shortland Hotel, Market-street, of which Mr. J. Lake in the licensee…

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Fall From Balcony Adamstown Publican's Death Newcastle Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 5

Passing the Royal Standard Hotel in the early hours of the morning of November 18, a laborer, William Mitchell, on his way to work, came across…

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On Live Wire Miraculous Escape in Hotel Fire Bed in Flames Old Man's Plight in Upstairs Room

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 December 1928 · page 5

Caught by his chin on a live wire at a fire at the Shortland Hotel, Market-street, about 2 a.m. to-day, Fireman Thompson, of Newcastle East brigade, bad a miraculous escape from electrocution…

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