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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

459 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 23

Hotels and Anzac Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 8

The usual arrangements have been made between the Returned Soldiers' League and the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, whereby hotels throughout the…

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Claim Made for Cook's Wages Dispute with Hotel 'Management

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 8

A claim for £42 8s 7d, representing wages due, was made by Harold Jack Cole, a cook of Werrls Creek, against Basil Spiers, managing director of the…

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Hotel Employee's Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 3

Harold Jack Cole, of Werris Creek, was the complainant in a case against Basil Spier, of the Great Northern Hotel. Newcastle, for the recovery of £42/8/7. Mr…

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Hotelkeeper Found Dead Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 5

With a bullet wound in the heart, the body of Sydney H. Campbell, licensee of the Club House Hotel. Picton, was found in a bathroom at the Hotel Arcadia,…

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Sergeant's Visit Man Found in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 7

A visit by Sergeant Langley to the Orient Hotel in Watt-street, Newcastle, on the night of April 25, proved unlucky for Raymond James…

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Interest on License Fees Protest by 'Bus Owners

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 5

Newcastle motor 'bus owners today received their license assessment notice for the second quarter, and in additional have been debited with two…

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Some Hotels Didn't Close on Anzac Day L.V.A. Official's Regret Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 5

A prominent official of the Licensed Victuallers' Association expressed regret to-day that some hotelkeepers did not abide by the arrangement…

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Found in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 8

Raymond James Milgate. 34, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge that, at Newcastle, on April 25, he was found on the licensed premises of the Orient Hotel…

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Complaint Against Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 4

According to a statement made by a member of the executive of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association yesterday, a number of hotels remained open…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 7

Alton Thomas Cusick, licensee of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted three booth licenses for the Newcastle Racecourse on May 4, by Mr…

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Loan on a Watch Licensee Charged Police Case Fails

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 5

A charge of having accepted a watch and chain from George W. L. Baker alias J. Sharp, in pledge for liquor, made against William Stott,…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 11

The hearing of the following applications was adjourned to May 5.— Archibald Gray, application for a billiard licence for premises in West…

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Not Licensed to Sell Milk in Waratah

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 4

For having supplied milk to Waratah residents on April 16 while not being registered to do so. Gordon Deed, of Devon-street, Islington West, was…

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Police Court Wednesday, April 29. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 3

Patrick Fearon, camped near the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, pleaded "Not guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Empire…

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Club's 'Planes Await Licensing of 'Drome Annual Meeting of Aero. Club Can't Leave Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 5

Aircraft lent to Newcastle Aero Club by the Commonwealth Government now stands idle in a Melbourne hangar awaiting the licensing of…

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Before Started Hotel Was Worth £48,000 Bankrupts Statement of Bondi Failure Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

Jacob Woolf Shaw, whose estate was sequestrated on October 30, 1930, told the registrar in bankruptcy (Mr. Lockhart) to-day that before he…

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Liquid Fire Petrol in Motor Tubes Big Hotel Damaged Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 5

An extraordinary fire broke out in the Castlemaine Hotel, in City-road, South Melbourne, to-night. When the firemen arrived, they found…

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Licensing Court Hotel Transfers Granted

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

The following applications were granted by the Licensing Court (F. G. Adrian, chairman, W. Le Brun Brown, L.M., and W. S. Arnott, L.M.)…

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Wine and Spirit License Transfer Application Opposed Police Change View

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 6

The proceedings in Newcastle Licensing Court were enlivened this morning when Mr. Wheeler, appearing for an applicant for the…

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Fines Total £93 Three Men in Hotel Brawl SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 7

At the Central Police Court to-day, three men were fined a total of £93 on charges of assault. Police allegations were that James…

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