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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 24

Fire in City Hotel Discovery Made Just in Time Under Kitchen Floor

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 3

The discovery of smoke issuing from under the floorboards of the kitchen of the Westminster Hotel…

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Revolver in Booth Man Jostled at Beralla Had a Gun License Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 5

There was a sensational in[?]dent at the Beral[?] polling booth this afternonn, when a man jostled by other men produced a…

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Fire in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 4

Smoke issuing from under the floorboards of the kitchen of the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, attracted a large…

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In the Courts Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 6

At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, 29 renewals of publicans' licenses and eight additional bar permits were granted by Mr. Stevenson,…

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Police S.p. Suspicions Warning Given to Hotel Men "Oppose Licenses"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 8

"I want it to be publicly known that if I am the licensing inspector for Newcastle next year, I…

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Youth Gaoled Robberies in Hotel GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 6

Frank Wilfred Mitchell, 19, who was recently convicted on charges of theft and robbery under arms, at Lismore, where he held up a man in a bedroom at…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 9

William Macdonald was granted a transfer of an Australian wine licence from Frederick Murray. Frank Sharp was granted permission to…

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Canberra Hotels for Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 4

Two of Canberra's hotels—the Ainslie and the Wellington-which are owned by the Government, and have been closed for the last few years, are soon to be…

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Police Suspicions "S.p." Betting Alleged Carrington Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1932 · page 4

Statements that the police had suspicions that starting price betting was carried on in the premises, and that convicted thieves frequented there, were made…

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Released on Bond "Must Not Enter Hotels" Judge Sheridan's Order Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1932 · page 8

At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Sidney May and Clarence Sargeant were found guilty of maliciously wounding Anthony Lalivich…

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Tasmanian Hotel Dispute Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 8

The Licensed Victuallers' Association representative said to-day that supplies of Tasmanian beer had not been withheld from the Cornwall Hotel. All that had…

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Licenses Not Renewed Six Leading V.R.C. Fielders No Reason Given Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 8

Without advancing any reason for their action, the V.R.C. Committee did not approve of the renewal of…

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Cannot Cut Off Light Hotelkeepers and Kurri Light Ban

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 4

Hotel proprietors at Kurri, who have ceased to use the electric current in accordance with the "black" han imposed by a…

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Licenses Renewed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 6

At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day the renewals of 31 publication licenses, 11 Australian wine licenses and six spirit merchants' licenses…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 2

Alton Thomas Cusick, licensee of the Gosford Hotel, Gosford, was granted three booth licences for the Newcastle races on June 25…

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On Licensed Premises Six Men Charged at Teralba Polling Day Incident

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 7

Six men appeared before Mr. Stevenson S.M., at Teralba Summons Court to-day charged with having been found on the…

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Teralba Court Wednesday, June 22. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 11

Shortly before midnight on the night of the State elections. June 11. Constable Stewart and Constable Moroney saw a man who appeared to walk through…

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Fruit Machine Case Charges Against Licensee Dismissed SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 9

The police having no evidence to offer, the charges against Thomas Norman Grimsley, licensee of Larkin's Hotel. George-street, Sydney, of having occupied…

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Waterside Licenses Applications Open Until June 30

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 5

Captain Moore, licensing officer for Newcastle, issued the following to-day:— "During the whole of the month…

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Hotel on Fire Occupants' Narrow Escape Building Totally Destroyed Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

The occupants of the Seaside Hotel at Tugun were forced to leave in their night attire when fire gutted the building at midnight last night, causing damage…

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