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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

459 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 23

'Busman's Appeal Against Cancellation of License Dismissed "Drugs Under i Door Mat" Woman's Sensational Story of Doctor Libel Claim Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 7

Mrs. Augusta Walton Smith, of Elizabeth-street, Ashfield, continued her sensational story against Dr. Gordon Lowe, of…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 September 1931 · page 5

Charles Wright, charged before Mr. F.D.H. Sutherland at the Kurrl Police Court to-day with having being found on the licensed premises of the…

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A London Letter Who is of the Royal Family?—Great Free-masons' Temple—Testing a Liner Before Building—Flood Lighting—Cheaper Hotels—The Youth of To-dau LONDON, August 13. Scenes at a Scottish Levee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1931 · page 5

The King, resplendent in the scarlet and gold uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Scouts' Guards, sat on a carved oaken throne in the ancient Palace of Holyroad…

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Wharf Laborers and Liquor Laws Statement by Hotel Employees

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 6

Surprise was expressed to-day by the secretary of the Newcastle Hotel Employees' Union (Mr. Forbes) at the statement of the Waterside…

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Amendment Sought Tasmanian Licensing Act HOBART

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 5

The necessity for an amendment of the Licensing Act to prevent wholesale wine and spirit merchants from selling direct to private individuals was stressed by a…

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Fracas at Hotel Man Wounded in Head MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1931 · page 6

Following a fracas at a hotel in Fitzroy this afternoon, Charles Young, 43, of North Carlton, was wounded in the head by a revolver shot…

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Hotel Closing Time Protest in Tasmania HOBART

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 10

The President of the Tasmanian Temperance Council (Mr. W. H. Connor) said to-day that he was amazed at Mr. Bea Watkins, M.H.R., introducing a bill to…

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Hotel Employees Wages and Conditions Important Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 7

Several matter of importance are listed for discussion at the special general meeting of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees in Newcastle Trades Hall on…

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Found on Hotel Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 3

Police raids on hotel promises resulted in the appearance of 12 men and two licenses before Newcastle Summons Court to-day…

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Bus Owners and the New Transport Board Application for New Licenses

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

Letters from the new Transport Coordination Board were received by the 18 delicensed Newcastle 'husmen this morning, saying that their applications…

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Wife of Licensee of Hotel Must Live on Premises Says Magistrate

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

Cross-examined by Inspector Brydon (for the police) in Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, Robert Charles Rigby admitted that for the time…

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Unpaid Hotel Bill Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

Pleading "Guilty" at the Central Police Court to-day to a charge of having omitted to pay for meals and accommodation at a city hotel, Andrew Newman, [?] a…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 3

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Empire Hotel, Newcastle West, during unlawful hours on September 11, Harry Bidwell, Newcastle; John…

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MOTORS for Grace and Pace Hotel on Wheels Is Latest Modern Motor Coach for Business Man

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 2

So luxurious, roomy, and reliable have become modern motor coaches that in the near future it will probably be no uncommon thing for those…

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Dead Man Cited As Co-re. Mysterious Fall at Hotel London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

Lieutenant-Commander Rowan Hamilton, a young mercantile marine officer, who died on August 8, as a result of a…

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In Hotel After Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 1

"I don't often get away from my ship in the right hours," said Edward Page, of the S.S. Iron Monarch, when charged before Mr. Stevenson…

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Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 2

Edward Page, of the s.s. Iron Monarch, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Grand Hotel during unlawful hours…

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Licensing Court Transfer of Licence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 2

Represented by Mr. A. A. Johnson, Robert Charles Rigby, Adamstown, applied for the transfer of the licence of the Royal Standard hotel, Adamstown, from…

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Hotel Licensee Is Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 7

Imposing a fine on William MacDonald, the licensee of the Hotel Orient, where a person was found on the night of September 25 without…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 14

Campbell Keane, Swan-street, Hamilton, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Hotel orient during unlawful hours,…

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