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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

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Hotel Manager Shot Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 10

Telling his wife that he was going to have a shave, James Frederick Carpenter, 32, Manager of the Castlemaine Hotel, Hay-street, City, walked to a…

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Wharf Laborers' Licenses Cancellations Are Upheld Period Reduced

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

Giving every indication of lasting throughout a one or two days' hearing when adjourned last week, the appeal of three wharf laborers against…

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Hotel Arrest S.P. Betting Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

A man was arrested by Newcastle police in a Hunter-street West hotel this afternoon, and will have to answer at the court on Monday to a…

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Hotel Raided Police Meet Opposition Constable Battered Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 6

Unexpectedly serious trouble was encountered by a police party which raided a hotel in Balmain-road Leichhardt yesterday, in search of starting price bettors…

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Shots Fired Publican Wounded Katoomba Chase Constable's Narrow Escape KATOOMBA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 7

Sensational circumstances were associated with the wounding of the proprietor of the Family Hotel, Patrick John, Slavin. 43, and a subsequent duel…

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Council's Rentals Newmarket Hotel Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 6

Rental of the Newmarket Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, which aroused a controversy when it was discussed by the council some time ago, was re-considered…

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Increase in Liquor Prices Forecast Crowded Meeting of Hotelkeepers Wines and Spirits

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

There was a special meeting of the U.L.V.A. at the Newcastle Town Hall to-day, when the officials from Sydney…

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Hotel Problems Northern Publicans Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 2

Three meetings of the members of the Northern Branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales were held yesterday. The first of…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 2

Application was made for the transfer of licence of the Orient Hotel, Watt-street, Newcastle, from the present licensee, James Clayton, to William Macdonald, of…

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Errant Couple Fall Through Roof Accident at Plymouth Hotel London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 8

Lieut.-Commander Hamilton, 30, and Mrs. Marshall, wife of a mercantile marine officer, were found at 1 a.m. critically injured after falling 40…

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Two Fined in Adamstown S.P. Betting Case Long Court Fight Ends May Be Appeal Hotelkeeper and Barman Each Fined on S.P. Charges Sensational Raid "I Have Found Inconsistencies on Both Sides," Said Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 1

Convictions were decided upon by the Magistrate (Mr. Atkinson, R.S.M.), in the case in which Robert Henry Everson (48), licensee of the Adamstown Hotel, was charged with using the bar of the…

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Hotelkeepers' Dilemma Rising Costs and Falling Trade New Duties Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 1

"Our main desire is to keep down the price to the public," said the State president of L.V.A., Alderman Conroy, to-day, speaking of the effect…

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Excitement in Hotel Man With Revolvers SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1931 · page 6

Excitement was caused in the bar of the Carrington Hotel, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, when a man who appeared to be suffering great mental…

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Gold Bounty Bill Licensed Buyer Defined CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 7

Moving the second reading of the Gold Bounty Bill in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde) said that the bill contained…

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Girl Proceeds Against Hotelkeeper Claim for Detention of Goods Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 1

Kathleen Griffiths, of 59 Cleary-street, Hamilton, sued Frank Clerke, licensee of the cosmopolitan Hotel, Raymond Terrace, in Newcastle…

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Tragic Wakening of Husband Found Wife Shot Dead by His Side in Katoomba Hotel Katoomba

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 5

While sleeping beside his wife about 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Herbert Bloon, manager of the Hotel Ritz, Katoomba, was…

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Katoomba Shooting Cowell Sent for Trial Affray at Hotel Katoomba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 9

Cecil Cowell, at Katoomba Police Court to-day, was committed for trial on charges of having shot at Joseph Slevin, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and at…

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Gaol Sentence and Heavy Fine Too Took Car, Was Drunk, Had No License Sydney Penalty Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 5

Imprisonment for a year, and fines of compensation totalling £57 14s, in default of a further 123 days' imprisonment, were imposed…

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After-hour Trade in Hotels Licensees and Patrons Are Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 5

George Rose, licenses of the Denman Hotel, Abermain, and Arthur Bradford, licensee of the North Hotel, Neath, were each fiend £8, with [?]…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 2

The transfer of the licence of the Commercial Hotel, Newcastle, was granted from Cyril Sidney Myers, to George Jenkins. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs. Braye,…

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