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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Licensing Court Applications Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 3

The application of Harold C. Moran, of the Star Hotel, Newcastle, for a music permit, was granted. The following applications for the…

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Was Not Foul Play Cook's Body in Hotel Well Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Murder theories save now been definitely rejected in the case of Jack Conway. 59. shearers' cook, who was found dead in an hotel well at…

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Summons Division Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Alice Ann Ferguson, licensee of the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle, was fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' imprisonment, for having supplied liquor…

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Police Court Monday, January 6 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Found on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Edwin Douglas Holliday, 19, milk carrier, who pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel,…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

For having been found at the Empire Hotel, Kurri. during prohibited hours, James Laird, who pleaded guilty, was fined 10/, with 8/ costs, or…

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Volunteers Attacked Fierce Fight in Sydney Started in Hotel Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

There was a disturbance at Miller's Point to-day, in which volunteer seamen were involved…

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No New Hotel Licences Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 8

The Licensing Commission, which supersedes the Licensing Courts, held its first public sitting to-day, when 20 applications for liquor licences in different parts…

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32,000 Drinks on Christmas Eve One Hotel's Record. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 9

Sydney worked up a tremendous [?]rst on Christmas Eve. Proof was given at the annual meeting to-day of shareholders in Carlton…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 20

For having been found on licensed premises after hours, at the Ocean View Hotel, Dudley, on November 29, William Zones, Harry Morgan, and William…

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£82 Hotel Bill Young Man Released on Bond SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 15

Charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having refused on demand to pay a reasonable sum, £82/17/6, for meals and accommodation at Usher's…

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Conducted "Lottery" Hotelkeeper Fined £3 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 15

Denis O'Dea, the occupier of a hotel at Balmain, was fined £3 in the Balmain Police Court to-day for having conducted a lottery at his hotel on December…

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Police Escort Licensed Seamen Men to Be Protected From Attack Roll-call of Strikers at Union Office Mass Meeting on Monday Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

At the seamen's strike headquarters to-day, it was reported that special police had escorted from the wharf several licensed seamen, members of the crew of the Aeon, who wished to leave the ship for their…

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After Hours at Hotels Big Series of Prosecutions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

Pleading guilty, at Newcastle Summons Court to-day, to having been found on licensed premises during prohibited hours, John Asser,…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Filip James Cardenzana, Pacific Hotel, Newcastle, was charged with being the licensee of hotel premises on which Leo Donwoarth was found during prohibited…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

John Asser, Bunn-street, Wallsend; William Harrison, Devon-street, Wallsend; William Keabney, Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton; Adam Roach, Russell-road,…

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Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

George James Embleton, Hamilton Station Hotel, Islington, was charged with being the licensee of premises on which Peter Hogg was found during prohibited…

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Found on Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

The following were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, on charges of having been found on the licensed premises of the Pacific…

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Hotel Alterations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

An application by Tooth and Company Limited for permission to make alterations to the Queen's Arms Hotel, West Maitland, at an estimated cost of £750,…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

The transfer of the licence of the Commercial Hotel, Newcastle, from Walter Percival York to James McCassle was granted at Newcastle…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 2

The licence of the Commercial Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Walter Percival York to James McCassie. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye, Cragg,…

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