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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 24

Savage Assault Kensington Hotelkeeper Three Arrests Made Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 7

Joseph Masseseni, the licensee of the Doncaster Hotel in Doncaster-avenue, Kensington, was savagely assaulted on the premises by three men this afternoon…

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Hotel Chef Detained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 6

London, August 7.—George Hugo Wilson Sherwood, a hotel chef at Frinton-on-Sea, who, when married there a few days ago, is stated to have described himself…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 7

The licence of the Tattersall's Hotel, Greta, was transferred from Ellen Palmer to Walter Bernard Nicholas, of Inverell, and the licence of the Criterion Hotel,…

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Failed to Return License

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 6

Because he failed to return an expired motor driver's license, Roy Watkins, who pleaded guilty, was fined 5s, with 8d costs. in default two days'…

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Attack on Publican at Kensington Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 6

Arising out of an attack yesterday on Joseph Maffesonl, licensee of the Hotel Doncaster, James Phillip Patrick Barron, 28, laborer, appeared…

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Three Men in Court Alleged Hotel Assault SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1932 · page 8

Following the attack made upon the licensee of the Doncaster Hotel, Randwick, yesterday, James Philip Patrick Barron, 28, labourer, was charged at the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 3

The hearing of the application for the transfer of the licence of the Rawson Hotel. Newcastle, from Reginald Reeves to Soren Christian Julius Jocumsen was…

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Winning Bets Tax To Be Abolished Shortly One Per Cent. Tax Instead on Bookmaker's Turnover Evasion of Tax Means Loss of License Reduced Number of Race Days Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 1

The winning bets tax will probably be abolished in the near future. In its place a tax of one per cent, on bookmakers' turnover is suggested…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 6

Pleading guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Empire Hotel on July 30 during prohibited hours, Thomas…

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Licensing Court Further Adjournment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 11

A further adjournment until August 23 was granted in the matter in which Soreu Christian Julius Jocumsen applied for the transfer of the licence of the Rawson…

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Hotel Licensee Stabbed Row Over Football Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 2

An assertion that the Englishmen were the best footballers caused a conflict in the bar of the Hotel Doncaster, Kensington, which led to the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 17

The Licensing Board, composed of Mr. W. Le Brun Brown (Chairman), Mr. W. S. Arnott, and Mr. T. W. Cohen, was in Newcastle yesterday to deal with on…

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Minmi Loses a Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 8

For the first time in eight years the Courthouse at Minmi was opened for judicial proceedings yesterday. The event was almost historic, and those townspeople…

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No Gun License So No Start! MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 10

At a recent sports meeting at Senmour the local boys and girls were poised on their toes ready to start in a footrace, when…

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Stabbing in Hotel One Defendant Discharged Two Others for Trial Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 7

At the Central Police Court to-day, James Phillip Patrick Barron, 28, labourer, and Donald Francis Stockdale, 28, horse trainer, faced charges of having assaulted…

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Had Pistol But No License Unaware of Law Was Plea

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 August 1932 · page 5

"It is very hard to believe than any man who reads the papers these days does not know that pistols…

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Found on Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 8

Arnold Clive McManters, 37, watchman, was fined £1, in default imprisonment for two days, when he pleaded "Guilty" to having been on licensed premises known as…

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Hotel Transfer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 6

An application for the transfer of the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, from Reginald Reeves to Soren Christian Julius Jocumsen was withdrawn by…

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Veteran Hotel Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 3

Ewald Kretschmar, for 25 years chief manager of the Adlon Hotel, in Berlin, and one of the best known hotel men in the world, has resigned. Louis Adlon,…

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He Climbed Over Back Fence Sergeant's Entry Into Hotel Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 8

Sergeant Booth, of Carrington, on the night of August 10, climbed over the back fenco of the Glasgow Arms Hotel and found three sailors In the…

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