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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

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RUSHED! Tin Hare Licenses SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 3

Application for bookmakers' licenses for the new Tin Hare season, which will open at Mascot on the night of December…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1931 · page 3

George II. Oughton, Speers' Point, was granted a renewal of a billiard licence. Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Gosford Hotel, was granted booth licences for…

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Poses with Roses at Paris Hotel Gandhi's Big Welcome Paris

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 8

Gandhi, dressed in his usual garb, was greeted by 5000 people, including many Indian students. He was given a reception at the…

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Barefooted Lovers Shoes Stolen From Hotel for Evidence Husband's Coup Marseilles, Oct. 10

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 6

The manner in which an irate husband managed to get evidence against an indiscreet wife provides a good story…

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Robbed of £233 Man Brutally Assaulted Kicked Insensible in Hotel Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 5

Arthur O'Neill, of Forsythe-street, Glebe, received brutal treatment at the hands of a robber in a city hotel this afternoon, where, it is alleged, he was robbed of…

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H.D.McINTOSH Examined in Bankruptcy Carlton Hotel Dinner Mentioned "Was Paid For" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

"Is It not a fact that In 1929 you gave a dinner at the Hotel Carlton. London. and wired the names of Dukes. Earls, and other notabilities as…

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New-South-Wales Team Scores Highest Total Against South Africans Auctioneer Before Court License Is Under Review Clients Complain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 5

Before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court to-day, Eveleigh Edward Hodges, of Islington,…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 3

James Larkle, Newcomen-street, Newcastle, and Edward Moloney, Hunter-street West, were each granted a renewal of a billiard licence…

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H. D. McINTOSH Bankruptcy Examination London Hotel Dinner Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 5

Hugh Donald McIntosh, a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, was to-day examined by the Registrar in Bankruptcy. An application for a…

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Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 1

George Edward Duckworth, licensee of the Duke of Wellington Hotel, was charged in the Summons Division with not having closed his bar to the public…

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Police 'Bag' Seventeen After Hours Raid on Hotel Variety of Reasons

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 1

"Yes!" chorused 17 men cheerfully at Newcastle Summons Court to-day when asked if they pleaded guilty to having been…

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Summons Division Raid on Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 4

About 9 p.m. on November 21, Detective-sergeant T. G. Ryan, in company with Constable Noble and other police, went to the Duke of Wellington Hotel…

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In the Courts Had no License

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 7

Graydon McNaughton, of Cleary-street, Hamilton, charged in the summons division at Newcastle Police Court to-day, with having driven…

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For Licensed Electricians Electric Radio Sets Installation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 17

In connection with the use of electric radio sets and electrical appliances generally, the board administering the Electrical and Electricians' Licensing Act have…

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Fell From Window of Hotel Australian Banker's Death in London Queer Coincidence London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 8

Mr. E. Erie McConnan, of Queensland, manager of the Strand branch of the National Bank of Australia, was found on…

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Stolen Oysters Vended Compete with Licensed Men Fine Imposed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 8

"These men compete with the licensed oyster vendors—their oysters are bottled and sold without supervision," said the police prosecutor…

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Newcastle's Early Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 8

Mr. Michael Callen, in giving some of his early impressions of Newcastle, which appear in another part of this morning's issue, mentioned the extraordinary…

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City Council Hotel Rental No Tenders for Shops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 9

The first regular meeting of the newly-elected City Council was held last night. There were present—The Mayor (Ald. C. J. Parker) and Ald. R. Blackall, R. G…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 10

The following billard Ileeneen were renewed—Alfred Willenghby Kenny. Thder-street, Hamilton; William Alfrod [?]hen, Maitland-road. Mayfield. Honry Panees…

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When Others Drive Your Car See That License Is Produced

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 8

The owner of a motor vehicle is required by the motor traffic regulations to furnish, at the request of a member of the police force…

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