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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

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

Licensing Court Billiard Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 7

The following applications for the renewal of billiard licences were granted—Thomas McKay, Newcastle: John Michael Fleming and William Alfred Hitchin,…

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Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 7

Fines of £1, costs 8/, in default imprisonment for three days, were imposed on Edward Horton. Reid-street, Newcastle; Michael Larkin, King-street,…

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Another Body Found in Hotel Well Wagga District Tragedy Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

The body of Jack Conway, 59, was found in a covered well at the rear of a hotel in Matong, in the Wagga Wagga police district, this afternoon. There were…

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Hotels Not Taxed Canberra's Quiet Christmas CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

The quietest Christmas for some years was experienced in Canberra. This was reflected to a great degree in the small volume of traffic compared with previous…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 6

For having been found on licensed premises known as the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle during prohibited hours, on November 29, Joseph Elliott Thomas, of…

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"Hotel Barber" Thief Sent to Gaol SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 6

Seven months imprisonment was imposed on William Bennett, 44, at the Central Police Court to-day. Bennett was convicted on a charge of having…

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Hotel Fire Three Women Perish Tragedy in Edinburgh London, December 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

Three women were burnt to death and seven injured, including a honeymoon couple in a fire at the Waverley Hotel, Edinburgh, early this morning. The…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 7

Applications were granted in the Licensing Court, Newcastle, to-day, as follow: Harold C. Moran, Star Hotel, Newcastle, music permit: John E[?]count…

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Tests Support Foul Play Theory Cook's Body in Well of Hotel "Could Not Lift Lid by Himself" But No Marks of Violence Wagga

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

Tests conducted yesterday support the theory that it was not by accident, or by suicide, that Jack Conway, 59, cook, met his death in the Matong well, in which his body was found floating…

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