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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

453 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 23

At Cost of £7500 Alterations to George Hotel Approved by Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 5

Permission was granted, at Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, for alterations to be made to the George Hotel, Scott and Watt Streets…

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Licensing Court Licences Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 3

The licence of the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, was transferred from John James Lachlan Stevens, to Marty Waugh. The licence of the Commercial Hotel,…

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Butter Factories No More to Be Licensed Certain Victorian Areas Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 10

Under the powers given in the Dairy Produce Act, passed by the Victorian Parliament last year, the Executive Council to-day ordered that no more butter…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 9

Pleading guilty to having been found on the Kurri Kurri Hotel during prohibited hours on March 18. Thomas Davies and Samuel Fletcher were…

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Cost About £8000 Remodelling City Hotel Court Gives-approval

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 16

The Licensing Court has given approval for a remodelling scheme for the George Hotel, Newcastle, to cost nearly £8000. The alterations will make the…

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Completion of Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 16

The Northumberland Hotel, Lambton, which was completely rebuilt at a cost of £5000, has been completed by the builders, Messrs. Murdock and Turner,…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 8

At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day, the transfer of the Beach Hotel from John Henderson to Simon Richard Shields, was approved…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 8

The licence of the Beach Hotel was transferred from John Henderson to Simon Richard Shields. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye, Cragg, and Cohen)…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 7

For having been found at a prohibited hour on the premises of the Empire Hotel, Newcastle, the following persons were fined £1, with 8s costs,…

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Found on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 5

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 Empire…

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Theft From Hotel at Tuncurry

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 12

The theft of clears, cigarettes, and tobacco from the Bellevue Hotel. Tuncurry, is being investigated by the Police. The goods, which were stolen…

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91 Private 'Phones to Supply Racing Information Hotels Connected Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

A claim that a company supplying racing information had 91 private 'phone extensions running from its office…

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Fire at Woy Woy Hotel Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 5

Quick work by the Woy Woy Volunteer Fire Brigade early today saved the Woy Woy Hotel, a wooden destroyed of about 30 rooms, from being destroyed. The…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1936 · page 9

At Newcastle Licensing Court to-day transfers of hotel licences were approved in the case of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, from Robert Roulan…

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Bets in Hotel Taken Over Telephone Man Fined in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 11

In fining Norman Peters £20 at the Central Summons' Court to-day on a charge of having used a hotel for the purpose of betting with persons resorting there,…

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Fire in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 8

A bedroom in the Albion Hotel, Hannell-street. Wickham, was damaged by fire yesterday morning. It was stated subsequently that several children were playing…

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Licensing Court Transfers Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1936 · page 5

The following transfers of hotel licenses were granted by the Licensing Court— Criterian Hotel. Islington, from Robert rowman to Claude Henry Wright…

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Man-made Law Publican on S.P. Betting "Not Ashamed" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 9

The Royal Commission which is investigating police methods in starting price betting cases will adjourn for a week at the…

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Kept on Betting "Only Man-made Law" Hotel Licensee's Story Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 9

When evidence was resumed to-day before the Royal Commission inquiring into police methods in starting-price betting eases, Richard Roy Hahm, license of the…

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Hotel Robbed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 9

Thieves forced a window in the public bar of the Wentworth Hotel and stole a sum of £20 from the office. The proprietor, Mr. R. Smith, become aware of…

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