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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

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Swift Tragedy Follows Girl's Engagement Father's Death in Sydney Hotel Shipboard Romance Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 1

Swift tragedy followed the engagement yesterday of Miss Peggy Oldershaw, a passenger on the Niew Holland, by the…

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Manslaughter Charge Disturbance in Hotel MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1930 · page 9

During a disturbance in the Pier Hotel, port Melbourne this afternoon. Ross Sehinck, Chief Engineer of the bay steamer, Woorama, was knocked down and…

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'Bus License Pees SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 December 1930 · page 1

The second list of motor 'bus license fees was determined by the Transport Trust last night, and classification of these will be sent to the…

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£95 Stolen From Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 6

A cash-box containing £95 in notes and silver was stolen from the bar of a hotel in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Saturday morning the robbery was reported…

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The Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 10

Sir,—If the Labour Government will take into consideration our big licensing fee and compensation, we will not be asking for 9 o'clock. The L.V.A., like other…

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Cream Trousers Missed Hotel Manager Alert Young Man's Lapse

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 7

Noticing a man walking out of the Beach Hotel on Saturday night with a bulge under his sweater, the manager decided to…

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Barmaid Put Water in Gin Bottle Admission Made to Inspector Licensee Fined Nominal Penalty

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 1

"On the admission of the barmaid. I do not propose to inflict the maximum penalty." said Mr. Stevenson, S.M. at…

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Police Court Monday, December 8. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Theft From Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 11

Robert Foukes, 28, labourer, pleaded "Not guilty," to a charge of having been on the premises of the Beach Hotel, Newcastle, with intent to steal, on…

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Summons Division Hotelkeeper Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 11

Represented by Mr. T. Griffiths, (Messrs. Griffiths and Rankin), David Amos, jnr., license of the Amos Hotel, Mayfield, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of…

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Cheap Whisky May Prove Fairly Costly Three Men on Trial 'Emerged From Cellar' of Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 3

When Richard Jackson, 37, a wheeler, of Cessnock, saw his opportunity in the cellar of the Caledonian Hotel on the night of…

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'Bus Service Licenses Transport Trust Considering Meeting To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 7

The Transport Trust, at its meeting to-day. considered the matter of service license fees for motor 'buses. The circumstances surrounding each…

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May Be Licensed Starting-Price Operators SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 9

It is the intention of the Premier and Treasurer (Mr. J. T. Lang) to go fully into the question of staring-price shops early in the new year…

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Safe Robbed Thieves in Sydney Hotel SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 6

Gaining entrance through the window, theives raided the Prince of Wales Hotel in King-street during this afternoon, and prizing the bottom from a steel safe…

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After Hours Found In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 9

Charged with having been found on licensed premises at an unlawful hour, James Evans, of Stockton, was fined 10s, with 8s costs, at…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

While Sergeant J. Potith, of Stockton, was in the passegeway of the Gladstone Hotel, Stockton, at 7.30 p.m. on November 23, James Evans, of Church-street,…

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Hotel Robbery Thieves' Good Haul SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 8

Thieves who visited the Prince of Wales Hotel, King-street, Newtown, last night, secured money, jewellery, and other articles to the total value of £300. The…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 11

Renewal of the following billiard licences was granted—Alfred Willoughby Kenny, Tudor-street, Hamilton: James Laskie Newcomen-street. Newcastle…

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After Hours Found in Hotel Seven Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 December 1930 · page 9

Seven men, who were found after hours in the Argenton Hotel on December 6, were fined 10s, with 8s costs, in default seven days'…

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Licensing Magistrate Sitting at Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 9

The Licensing Magistrate (Mr. F. G. Adrian) sat at Newcastle Courthouse to-day. An application for permission to…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1930 · page 11

The sequel to a police visit to the Argenton Hotel, Argenton, about 9.40 p.m., on December 6, was the appearance before the Court of Edward Penfold,…

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