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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 24

Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1932 · page 9

Basil Spier, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel, was granted a music and dancing permit for July 23…

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300,000 Licensed Drivers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1932 · page 6

According to a return made available by the Traffic Registration Department two day there are about 300,000 licensed drivers of motor vehicles in New South…

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In The Courts In Hotel After Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 July 1932 · page 9

Robert Paterson, Harold Searle Fernie, and John Sneddon McMartin, who pleaded guilty, were such fined 10a, with 8s costs, in default…

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S.P. Betting in Hotels "Be Trouble for Somebody" L.M.'s WARNING

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 1

"If the practice is not discontinued there will be trouble for somebody," commented Mr. Stevenson,…

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In The Courts Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1932 · page 6

The license of the Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, was transferred from Robert Sellar to Walter Allport by Mr. Stevenson. L.M., at Newcastle…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1932 · page 2

The license of the Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, was transferred from Robert Sellars to Walter Airport. Mr. S. V. Chapman (Messrs. Braye,…

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Coursing Stir at Cessnock Tin Hare License Withdrawn Wrong Racing Nights Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1932 · page 1

The Government has withdrawn the "Tin Hare" Coursing permit for Cessnock…

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Teralba Court Wednesday, July 27. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 13

When Constable Dawes entered the Great Northern Hotel, Teralba, at 6.10 p.m. on June 11, the date of the State elections, he found three men in the bar…

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"Went to Book a Bed" Hotel Prosecution Dismissed Cardiff Case

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 8

A charge against John Bell, of Macquarie-street, Cardiff, of having been found on the licensed premises of the Cardiff Hotel, Cardiff,…

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S.p. Raids in City Three Men Charged Hotels & Shop

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 July 1932 · page 1

A series of S.P. raids by Newcastle detectives caused much excitement in Newcastle this afternoon. Men…

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Cessnock. Hotel Burgled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 August 1932 · page 9

During the early hours of yesterday morning thieves gained entrance to the bar of the Australia Hotel, West Cessnock conducted by Mr. E. Garrett, and…

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Five Killed New York Explosion Palatial Hotel New York, August 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 5

Several firemen were killed When an explosion shook the 41-story Ritz Tower Hotel in Park-avenue, to-day, blowing out the fronts of stores and scattering a…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 8

Alton Thomas Cusick, licensee of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted three booth licences for the Newcastle races on August 6…

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Hotel Robbery Safe Recovered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 7

The steel safe taken from the bar of the Australia Hotel, at Cessnock, early on Sunday morning, was found yesterday in the small creek close to the showground,…

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Cowdroy Says He Paid Swindell £1000 in Notes To Get Wollongong Lease "Turned Down by Davies" Made Application for Newcastle License Evidence Before Commission Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 1

When Frederick Ford Cowdroy, Managing Director of Wollongong Greyhound Racing Club, was recalled before the Tin Hare Commission to-day, he told of the early history of applications for…

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Licenses Refused Two Newcastle Jockeys Stir in Racing Circles

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1932 · page 5

Although no offical statement has been made, it is understood that two Newcastle jockeys have not been…

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Big Temperance Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1932 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Queensland Prohibition League it was decided to add three storeys to the present seven storeys of the Canberra Hotel, Brisbane…

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Jockeys' Licenses Withheld Move Causes Stir in Newcastle Boys Surprised

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 August 1932 · page 1

The action of the Newcastle Registration Board in withholding the licenses of two local jockeys—H…

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Hotel Destroyed Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 August 1932 · page 12

The Mount Colite Hotel, a two-storied wooden building, with 30 rooms, was destroyed by fire at Barwon Heads shortly before 2 a.m, to-day. The licensee's wife,…

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Negotiations For Newcastle Tin Hare License Builder's Remarkable Story "Mind It's Under the Lap" Alleged Statement by "Judge" Swindell Evidence Before Commission Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 August 1932 · page 1

A remarkable story of his negotiations with Swindell for a tin hare license for New Lambton, Newcastle, was told by Colin J. Fraser, a builder, when he appeared before the Tin Hare Royal…

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