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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 24

Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 9

The licence of the Burwood in Hotel Merewether, was transferred from John Davies to John Bagg Wakley. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs. Braye, Cragg, and…

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S.P. BETTING Allegations Denied Licensing Court Incident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 2

A denial that he mad been engaged in starting-price betting was made by Reginald Griffiths Holmesville who applied for the transfer of the of the…

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Hotel Destroyed Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1932 · page 5

A 22-roomed hotel at Tallah, in the West Coast, owned by E. A. McIntyre, was totally destroyed by the five this morning. Nothing was saved. The insurance will not…

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Betting at Hotels Wollongong Raid Sequel WOLLONGONG

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1932 · page 5

AS the result of a Parramatta police raid on starting-price betters, at wollongong, on August 31, Herbert Dockery was £25, with £3/2/9 costs, in default…

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Found in Hotels After Hours Ten Men Fined and Two Licensees Friday Night Cases

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 October 1932 · page 8

Passing the Cricketers' Arms Hotel at Cook's Bill on Friday night, September 16. Sergeant Moore, in company with other…

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Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 6

Five men found in the passageway of the Royal Hotel, Newcastle, at 8.15 p.m. on September 16, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been found on the…

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Dramatic Scene in Hotel Wrist and Fingers Slashed Katoomba

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 3

When Stanley Owen, 42, was given in charge by the licensee of the Hotel Alexandria, Leura, for refusing to pay for his…

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Hotel Safe Robbed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 6

Between 8 p.m. yesterday and 9 a.m. today thieves broke into Balaclava Hotel, at the cornor of Mitehell-road and Ruckland-street, Alexandria, and blowing the…

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Door Slammed in His Face Sergeant's 11 P.m. Hotel Visit "Door Knob Held"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 8

Seeing a light in the bar of the Town Hall Hotel, Waratah, at 11 p.m. on September 17, Sergeant…

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Hotel License Police Allegations Against Father Transfer Granted

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 6

Denials that his father had given up the business after he had been convicted for trading after hours were made by an applicant for a…

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Hotel Won't Keep Family Licensee Will Seek Other Employment

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 1

Business has dropped to such an extent at Killingworth, according to statements at the Newcastle…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 7

In the Newcastle Licensing Court to-day Thomas Shipley was granted a transfer of the license of the Sunnyside Hotel, Broadmeadow, from…

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Lottery Hoax on Publican "Free Drinks for All" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 5

A hoax was played on a publican at North Sydney yesterday which resulted in the quenching of many thirsts for a while. About five…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 3

Thomas Shipley was granted a transfer of the licence of the Sunnyside Hotel, Broadmeadow, from Patrick Quian. Permission was granted Theophilus…

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Hotelkeeper to Seek Other Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 6

"Business at the hotel has dropped to such an extent that the licences intends seeking employment outdoors because the hotel will not keep the family, and that…

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Peggy Shannon Hotel Continental—Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 3

Tiffany Productions has assembled a competent cast in its mystery drama Hotel Continental, which opened at the Theatre Royal to-day. The company has borrowed Peggy Shannon, Paramount's…

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Two Robberies at Wallsend Theatre and Hotel Visited Thieves Disturbed

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 7

Disturbed by a night watchman, thieves who broke into Jones's Empire Theatre at Wallsend early this morning made good their escape…

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Children Hurled to Death From 18th. Storey of Hotel Woman's Mad Act Milwaukee

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 1

People crowding the streets alongside the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee were startled to-day when the body of a…

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Week-end Robberies Intruder in Hotel More Cycles Stolen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 4

On Saturday night Mrs. McGuire, licensee of the Junction Hotel, Merewether, reported having seen a man in one of the bedrooms. Sergeant Noble visited the…

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A Hotel Drama Two Royal Features Political Corruption

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 2

WITH a famous old metropolitan hotel as the scene of action, the film, Hotel Continental, a Tiffany production, current at the…

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