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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

529 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 27

Fall of Car Into a Creek Driver Fined for Not Having License

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 7

A motor car's fall into a creek at Islington on August 10 was recalled at the Newcastle Police Court to-day when Harry John Lavender, 26,…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 5

Roy Allen Ferguson, licensee of the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle, was fined £2, costs 8/, in default imprisonment for four days, as the licensee of a hotel in…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 5

James Kelly, 49, labourer, was fined £1, in default imprisonment for two days, for having been found on licensed premises, known as the Hamilton Hotel,…

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New Hotel for Canberra Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 10

It was announced to-day by the Department of the Interior that the successful applicant for a residential hotel site at Canberra was Mr. W. A. Powell,…

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Latitude to Hotels Mackay Disturbs Government Time to Clear Bars Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 7

Some embarrassment has been caused to the Government by the statement of the Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) that hotels are…

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Hotel Closing Police Must Observe Law Premier Speaks Breach After 6 O'clock SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 7

The recent withdrawal by the Bathurst police of a prosecution in a case in which residents were allegedly found drinking in a hotel after 6 pm.,…

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Cigarette Papers Charges of Smuggling Hotelkeepers Acquitted Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 8

"The purchases are not strikingly unusual. From my experience of hotelkeepers they are not very much concerned as to who sells them goods if they are…

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Tipping Contest Case Against Publican Quashed by Jury Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 12

Contending that there was no contractual relationship between the licensee and the people subscribing the money, and that the licensee merely occupied the…

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In the Courts Surprised in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 8

Surprised by Sergeant Langley in the servery at the rear of the Mayfield Hotel, Mayfield, at 9.30 p.m. on July 19, nine men admitted that they…

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In the Courts On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 9

Fines were imposed at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, on men for having been found on licensed premises at prohibited hours…

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Closing Time For Hotels Temperance Body Meets Minister Police Interpretation of the Law That Twenty Minutes Grace Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 7

Protesting against the decision of the Commissioner for Police (Mr. Mackay) to allow 20 minutes grace after six o'clock for clearing hotel bars, Canon Hammond declared to the Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) to-day:…

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Police Court Monday, August 26 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Found on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 2

Edward Gilchrist, 48, a labourer, and Les Smith, 39, labourer, were each fined £1, in default imprisonment for two days, when they pleaded "Guilty" to…

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Hotel Hours "Grace Must Be Allowed" Minister's View Reply to Temperance Alliance Deputation SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 7

Replying to a deputation from the Protestant Temperance Alliance, which waited on him to-day to protest against the decision of…

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Summons Division on Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 2

Archibald William McKenna, of Thomas-street, Cardiff, was fined £1, costs 8/, expenses 3/4, in default imprisonment for four days, on an information that he…

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Children Saved North Coast Hotel Gutted Neighbour Discovers Fire Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 7

The Imperial Hotel, Fernmount, was gutted to-day. Two children, the only occupants of the premises, were rescued by Mr. J. Wisely…

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Robbery at Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1935 · page 9

A licensee of a hotel in High-street West Maitland, reported to the police late yesterday afternoon that a gold watch and chain, a gold medal, leather coat,…

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Shoes Taken From Hotel Lift .Olice List of Crime

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 14

Three pairs of shoes belonging boarders were stolen from the lift of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, about 6.30 a.m. to-day…

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Waterfront License Appeal Against Cancellation Wharf Incident

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 12

The sequel to a disturbance on No. 2 lee Wharf, among waterside workers, on Jane 19, was the application at Newcastle Court House…

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Licenses Must Be Carried Police Request to Drivers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 10

Enforcement of the motor traffic regulations in Newcastle and suburbs by the police has disclosed that many drivers do not carry their licenses, as required by…

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Cessnock Hotel Alterations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 20

Messrs. Pitt and Merewether, architects, of Newcastle, are calling tenders for the installation of a new saloon bar at the Wentworth Hotel, Cessnock…

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