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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

465 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 24

Fruit Machines Back Again Sydney Hotels Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 3

Eighteen fruit machines have been installed in city hotels in the past day or two, and a further 40 should be in operation to-day…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 8

Found in the parlour of the Exchange Hotel at 9 p.m. on February 26, William Donn, Hunter-street West: Abraham Gibson. Bridge-street, New Lambton; and…

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Depression Hits Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 6

The effect of the depression on the Victorian hotel trade was shown in the Licensing Court report yesterday. Hotel fees for 1932 which were paid in advance,…

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In the Courts On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 8

Charged with having been found on the licensed premises of the Royal Oak Hotel, Cessnock, at 10.30 p.m. on February 26, Joseph Dixon…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

Charged with having kept his licensed premises open for the supply of liquor after hours, Thomas Endle Langbridge, of the Hotel…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 11

The licence of the Rawson Hotel was transferred from James T. Smith to Reginald Gladstone Reeves. Cessnock. Mr. W. Barnett (Messrs. Brayo. Cragg and…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 9

Joseph Dixon and Thomas Oswald were each fined £2, with 8/ costs, on a charge of being found on the premises of the Royal Oak Hotel during prohibited hours…

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Put Out of Hotel Former Kurri Man Is Fined Boxer's New Role Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 1

Well-known as a boxer some years ago, but now a barman, Eugene Volaire, with an outsize in cauliflower ears, was a…

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MR. D. ROBERTSON Well-known Hotelkeeper Death Last Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 4

The death took place last night of Mr. David Robertson, late licensee of the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle. He was 56 years of age…

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Drugged and Robbed Lured Into Car From Hotel Taken for Ride Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 3

Lured into a motor car from a city hotel on Saturday night, John Barrett, 32, of Adelaide, was driven to…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 8

The licence of the Oxford Hotel was transferred from Frank Sharp to Thomas Shipley. Mr. S. V. Chapman (Messrs. Braye…

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In The Courts Licensee Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 6

Two charges, of keeping his premises open at unlawful hours and being the license of premises on which a person was found after…

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Boys Drunk at Picnic Said They Bought Wine at Saloon Licensee Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 7

Four Adamstown boys who went to a football picnic at Warner's Bay on Sunday, March 13, were picked up by Constable…

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Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 8

For having kept his licensed premises open at unlawful hours, William McIntyre 'Montgomery, of the Clarendon Hotel, was fined £5, with…

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Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 3

When Sergeant E. Moore and Constable W. Good entered the bar of the Clarendon Hotel at 9.35 p.m. on February 26 they found a number of men there. On the…

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Orange Hotels "Black."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 6

Because they refused to subscribe to the fighting fund of the Labour party, the licensees of nine hotels in Orange have been declared "black." Supporters of the…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

"I just called in," was the answer given by John Clark, of Buxton's boardinghouse, Newcastle, when found in the Exchange Hotel. Hunter-street West, at…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day the transfer of the license of the Commercial Hotel was granted Reginald James Stevens from George…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 9

William Way Wilson, Federal Hotel was granted a, booth licence for Hobart Park on Saturday. The licence of the Orient Hotel wan…

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Wrote on Hand Hotel Bettor Fined £15 RICHMOND

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 10

That he had accepted bets, and wrote the wagers on the palm of his hand, was the allegation made against Charles Gascoigne when he appeared at the…

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