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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

404 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 21

Maitland Hotel Transfers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 September 1929 · page 6

Two applications for the transfer of licenses of hotels at Greta and Rutherford were granted by Mr. Reed, L.M., in the West Maitland…

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Summons Division Failed to Return License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

Albert Edmund Wells, of Lewis-street Maryville, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of failing to return a driver's license after the date of expiration on July 26, and also…

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Newcastle Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 6

Applications grunted by Mr. Cohen. L.M., at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, were:— Transfer of the billiard license for…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1929 · page 10

Booth' licenses were granted to Gordon S. Luscombe of the Royal Standard Hotel, Sydney, for the Kennel Club's show, at the Showground, on Saturday,…

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'Bus Risks Wickham's License Refusals Court Feared

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 8

Fears that Wickham Council would be forced into court because of its refusal to grant through 'bus owners permission to pick up passengers in…

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New Lambton Meeting of Council 'Bus Licenses Renewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 13

The New Lambton Council met on Wednesday evening, there being present Ald. Brown (Mayor), and Ald. A. Edden, A. V. Watson, A. Auckett, W. H. Mitchell,…

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Hotels Must Close Hunter and Newcastle Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 7

Although there will be no polling for the Newcastle and Hunter seats on Saturday week, all hotels in those electorates must remain closed on that day…

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£15 FINE Drunken Driving Charge License Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

Victor Fittock, or Ward's River, was lined £15, with £[?] 14s costs and expenses, in default three months' imprisonment, at…

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'Bus Appeal Opposition to License Barksby Case

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 5

The appeal by Stanley Barksby against the refusal of Kearsley, Shire Council to grant him a 'bus license was continued at Cessnock…

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Brawl in Hotel Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 6

An argument between two men in the Grand Hotel, at Rockdale, yesterday afternoon, quickly led to blows, and developed into a general brawl, during which…

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Hotel Case Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 4

"I don't like cases of this kind hanging on for months and months," said Mr. Reed. P.M., in the West Maitland Police Court this morning,…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 6

In the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Family Hotel. Campbell's Hill, West Maitland was transferred from Sidney Ralph to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 10

The transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel. Waratah. from Patrick Hillier, was granted to Thomas William Bird. Ernest Edward Allen Ashton, licensee…

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Cessnock Appeal Dismissed 'Bus License Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1929 · page 8

There was a large crowd at the Cessnock Police Court this morning to hear Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., give his reserved decision in the appeal of Stanley Barksby against…

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Electricians' Licensing Examination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 6

Candidates for licenses under the Electrical Contractors and Electricians Licensing Act will be examined in Sydney, and in certain country centres, on December…

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Young Trainee Fined Flew Without a License SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 6

At the Parramatta Court to-day, Walter William Crothers (20), a military trainee, was fined £2, with £4/10/ costs, for having flown…

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Licensing Laws British Investigation London, October 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 11

The Royal Commission on the working of the licensing laws in England and Wales will next week begin its labours, which are expected to occupy two years…

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Newcastle and Hunter Hotels Requested to Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 9

The hotels in the Newcastle and Hunter electorates will be closed all day. The circumstance that in neither electorate will there be a contest does not affect the…

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Open Verdict Bedlam of Joy Follows Finding Hugged and Kissed Crowd Chairs Actor to His Hotel LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 1

Almost unprecedented in the criminal history of Great Britain was the acclamation which followed the reading of the jury's finding of murder against persons unknown at the inquest into the death of Albert Oliver, the Reading tobacconist, who was killed on June 26…

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Hotel Burnt Down Four of Family Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 5

A family has been practically wiped out in particularly distressing circumstances by a fire at Pont Scorff, near Lorient, in France…

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