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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

459 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 23

PAID £11 for Case of Stones Publican Duped Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 6

Stating that they hud recently bought a large stock of spirits at auction at a city store, three men yesterday persuaded Mr. Charles…

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Hotelkeeper Loses £11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1931 · page 6

By means of a trick a hotelkeeper at North Sydney was relieved of £11 recently. Three men entered his premises, and after stating that they had purchased…

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Paterson Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 7

At the Quarterly Licensing Court at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday, Acting-Inspector W. A. Davis stated that the reconstruction of the Courthouse…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 2

Charged with having been found on the licensed premises of the Grand Hotel at an unlawful hour, Colin McCow, John Durbridge, Lewis Bransdorf, and Jack…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 7

At the Newcastle Licensing Court to-day W. Lake, of the Empire Hotel, was granted three months in which to effect alterations to his balcony, at…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 8

William Wr[?]ford Lake was granted three months in which to remove a balcony at the Empire Hotel, and erect a cantilevor awning, at an estimated cost of…

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Grafton Hotel Fire Strange Story Told Coroner "I Must Do It" Grafton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 6

"I must do it for the sake of the wife and kids." "I will put it up to-night." Frederick Richard Allan Stevens,…

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Arson Alleged North Coast Hotel Gutted Narrow Escapes Copmanhurst Fire Inquiry GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 7

Sensational allegations against the licensee of the Copmanhurst Hotel, which was gutted by fire in the early hours of September 1, were made to-day by a hotel…

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Hotel Fire Licensee to Stand Trial Inquiry at Copmanhurst Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 9

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the Copmanhurst Hotel on September 1, the Coroner committed the licensee of the hotel,…

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£2000 DAMAGE Harwood Hotel Destroyed Blaze Near Grafton Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 9

Damage estimated at about £200 was caused by a fire this afternoon, which destroyed the Harwood Hotel at Harwood Island…

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Daring Thieves Hotel Twice Entered SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

At midnight last night four men entered the cellar of the Royal Edward Hotel, Redfern, and were in the act of pilfering liquor when one of them bumped…

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Inter-city Passenger Road Services Will Have to Go New Transport Regulations Penny a Mile for 'Buses Unlikely More Licenses Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

Road passenger services between cities and towns will be practically "wiped out by the charges which the Transport Co…

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"Wrongly Taxed" Counsel's Allegation Hotelkeeper's Profits Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 6

Serious anomalies in the practice of the Commonwealth Taxation Commissioner were alleged by Mr. Wilbur Ham, K.C., in the High Court to-day, when…

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Hotel Safe Robbed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 3

By means of a duplicate key, a their opened a safe at the Hotel Morris, Pitt-street, City, to-day, and secured £200 in cash, as well as a number of cheques…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 6

In the Newcastle Licensing Court, before Mr. Stevenson. S.M., to-day, a transfer of the license of the Argenton Hotel was granted Mrs. Charlotte…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 3

An application by Charlotte Norris, of Waverley, for the transfer of the licence of the Argenton Hotel, Argenton, from Eva May Barron, was granted…

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Failed to Return License

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 1

The police proceeded against Roy Francis Galtes, at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, for having failed to return his driver's license…

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Licensing Court Greta Hotel Closes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 11

An application was made in the Maitland Licensing Court, before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, P.M., yesterday, by Charles Stephen McConville, for the cancellation…

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Licensee Remanded on After Hours Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 6

The Declining Inspector (Inspector Brydon) proceeded against Walter Birmingham, license of the Grand Hotel, at Newcastle Summons Court…

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Failed to Return License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 3

A fine of 10/, costs 8/, in default two days' imprisonment, was inflected on Leo A. Tugby, 43 Bolton-street, Newcastle, who failed to return an expired motor…

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