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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

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"Very Satisfactory" Licensing Report

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

"Very satisfactory," was the comment of Mr. Stevenson, L.M., at Newcastle Quarterly Licensing Court to-day, after reading the…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

An application by William Stott, of Southon-street, Mayfield, for the transfer of the license of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, Cook's Hill, from…

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Hotels Hampered Liquor Trade Restrictions ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6

"If the bars were open from 9 o'clock in the morning till 9 at night, there would be a surprising transformation. There would be less drunkenness, much of which…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 2

The transfer of the licence of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel Cook's Hill, was granted from Charles James Augustus Steel, to William Stott, of Southon-street,…

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Decision Reserved Charge Against Licensee

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 10

After hearing evidence In the case, at Newcastle Summons Court to-day in which William Charles Grnham licensee of the Criterion Hotel…

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Licensed Victuallers Wholesale Firms' Action SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 9

Objection was expressed today at the annual conference of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association to the wholesale liquor firms engaging in trade direct with…

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Double Tragedy Hotel Employees Drowned One Body Still Missing Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 10

An aeroplane is assisting in the search for the body of Harold Pell, a baggage porter, employed at the Isle of Wight Hotel, at Cowes, who was one of the…

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Publicans Liable

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. Soane, Magistrate of the Goulburn Licensing Court, reminded hotelkeepers that any person who had travelled more than five miles had the right to demand…

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Hotel Now a Hospital a Rest Home for Invalids Coalfields Purchase

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 7

Arrangements have been finalised for Cessnock Hospital Board to take over the Abernethy Hotel, about four…

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Abused Licensee Refused Billiards Game

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

Because John James Callaghan, 21, of Cessnock, was refused a game of billards yesterday afternoon, he abused the licenses of the saloon,…

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Christmas Eve Revels Hotel-keeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

"I must convict the defendant." said Mr. Stevenson. S.M., in the case at Newcastle Police Court to-day, in which William Charles Garnham,…

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Billiard License

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

An application by Robert Alexander Downle for the transfer of a billiard license from George Wood for promises at 140 Young-street,…

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Another Hotel for London Building With 900 Bedrooms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 11

A new hotel will occupy a magnificent site of 56,000 square feet at Marble Arch London. This hotel, which will be completed in the early part of 1933, will be…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 3

Sitting in the Licensing Court, Mr. Stevenson granted an application by Robert Alexander Downie for the transfer from George Wood of a billiard saloon license…

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Disturbance in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

The sequel to a disturbance in a city hotel last night was the arrest of a man, who was charged with having assaulted Solly Diamond and William Parker, and…

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Trouble in Hotel Fined for Assault

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 8

Blows were struck in the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, when the licensee requested a man to move, from the entrance hall…

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Disturbance in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 3

The sequel to a disturbance in the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, on Thursday afternoon was the appearance of Gerald Blanch, 30, a labourer, on two charges…

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Hotel Destroyed Big Moree Blaze Boarder's Escape Moree

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

Tattersall's Hotel, a two-storey wooden building, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Only the books of the licensee (Mr. Goodman)…

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Hotel Employees Alleged Victimisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 9

In view of the allegation that certain members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union had been victimised as a result of their action during the…

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Home for Invalids Abernethy Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 5

Workmen are now busily engaged making alterations to the recently-delicensed Abernethy hotel, which the Cessnock Hospital Board has…

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