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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

460 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 23

Licensing Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 9

George Edward Ryder, of Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock, was granted a booth licence for Cessnock races on July 29. Florence Seeley, of King's Cross,…

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Tragedy in Hotel Brother to Stand Trial Manslaughter Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 17

Cyril George Burns, 23, an assistant heater employed at the B.H.P. Steel Works, of Elizabeth-street, Tighes Hill, was struck on the side of the head with…

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Trapped in Blazing Hotel Room Aged Man Is in a Critical Condition Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 5

Found in a blazing room at the Exchange Hotel, Rushworth, this morning, Roderick Quirk. 80, has been admitted to Rushworth bush nursing…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 5

For having been found on the Prince of Wales Hotel at a prohibited hour, William Adamson, 50. laborer. was fined £1 by Mr. Soane. S.M. at…

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Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 2

William Jordan, Maitland-road, lslington, was fined £1. with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on the premises of…

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Licensing Court Licences Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 2

The licence of the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Philip James Cardenzana to Norman Fantamaria. Henry Bonomini was granted the…

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Big Hotels Raided 89 People Fined in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 5

The Licensing Court had one of the busiest mornings on record to-day when 93 cases in connection with police raids…

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86 ARRESTS Leading Sydney Hotels Raided SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 7

As a result of police raids on the Australia, Usher's, the Metropole, and the Carlton, four of Sydney's leading hotels, on July 23, 86 people were fined 5/, with…

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Licensing Court Hotel Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 6

The application of John Convery for the transfer of the licence of the Lake Macquarie Hotel, Teralba, from Sidney Edward McAuley, was granted. Mr. A…

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In the Courts On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 6

Nineteen men were each fined £1, with 8s costs, in default three days' imprisonment, by Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court to-day…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 4

The following were fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' hard labour, for having been found on the licensed premises of the Criterion Hotel,…

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Hotelkeepers at Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 13

Sydney hotelkeepers will visit Newcastle to-morrow to play golf against members of the Northern branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association. Nine…

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Sequel to Brawl in Hotel Five Men in Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 5

As a result of a brawl in the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, on August 6, five men appeared before Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police…

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Man Lost in Hotel Fire in N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 August 1937 · page 5

David Alexander Robertson, 24, shepherd, who had been staying at the Railway Hotel at Kurow, was burned to death when lire destroyed…

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Man Perishes Trapped in Blazing Hotel Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 9

Early this morning, a fire destroyed the Railway Hotel at Kurow. One of the guests, David Alexander Robertson, 24, was burnt to death…

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Licensing Court Application Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 5

The application by Edith Woodlands to effect repairs and alterations, estimated to cost £2000, to the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, was granted, the work to be…

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Melee in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 5

Cyril Lesle Platt, 21 labourer, and Walter Leslie Maher, 28 labourer, who pleaded "Guilty to charges of having used indecent language in the bar of the…

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Black Bishop Was Banned Hotel At Edinburgh Refused Him LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 1

Bishop Heard, a negro, 87 years old, is alleged to have been banned for reasons of color from an Edinburg hotel during the world conference on Faith…

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motoring THE 1937 Supercharged Graham Better Hotels Needed in the Country Disappointed Visitors Views of Motor Trader

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 4

The urgent need for improved hotel facilities in country districts throughout Australia was emphasised by Mr. J…

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Police Visit Sydney Hotels Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 10

Police visited five of Sydney's leading hotels to-night, and took the names of a number of persons found on the premises. A sixth hotel was visited, but the…

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