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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

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The Law and Festive Season No Latitude on Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 6

Questioned concerning the discovery of eight men in the bar last Christmas Eve, a hotel licensee at Islington told the…

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For Trial Woman on Murder Charge Brisbane Hotel Quarrel Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

The hearing of evidence was concluded in the Police Court to-day in the case in which Alice Elizabeth Fein, 22, a domestic, was charged that on December…

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Hotel Fire Near Brisbane Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 13

Damage estimated at £10,000 was done by fire which destroyed the Canungra Hotel early this morning. The building and contents were insured with the New…

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Summons Division Found on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 4

For having been found on premises known as the Wickham Park Hotel during prohibited hours on December 24 the allowing defendants were fined £1, costs…

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Tenders Called Work in City and District New Hamilton Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 20

Additions and alterations are to be carried out at the pavilion, Mayfield, for the Broken Hill Proprietary Bowling Club. Plans and specifications may be…

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Hotelkeeper in Court Kept A Disorderly House

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

Remarkable allegations were made at a London Police Court recently by a woman hotel owner against a man whom, she asserted, she left in charge…

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Vagrant Gaoled Expensive Tastes Stayed at Best Hotel Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 8

The story of a youth with a taste for luxury who engaged a room costing £10/10/ a week after he had been evicted from the Y.M.C.A. for non-payment of…

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Hotel Licences

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 6

The application at West Maitland Licensing Court to-day for the transfer of the licence of the Cessnock Hotel, Cessnock, from Henry…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Peter George Kohler, previously licensee of the Terminus Hotel. Singleton. was granted a transfer of the licence of the Cessnock Hotel from Henry…

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Newcastle Hotels S.p. Betting and Night Trade

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 7

Chiefly because S.P. betting and after-hours trading are carried on in some hotels in the Newcastle Licensing District, these premises are marked as "only fairly…

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District Hotels Licensing Inspector's Report Many Building Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 3

"Starting-price betting is still prevalent in several of the hotels in the district, but strict attention is being given to the matter in the endeavour to stamp…

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Change Personnel Licensing and Gaming Branches MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 7

In his second report, which woos considered by the Cabinet to-night, Inspector Alick Duncan, of Scotland Yard, recommends that the licensing and gaming…

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Solicitor's Story W.A. Royal Commission Deal in Hotel Licences Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 9

Before the Royal Commission on corruption charges to-day, evidence was given by Max Kott, solicitor, that after he obtained a hotel license for Mantadgin in…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 3

The licence of the Gladstone Hotel, Stockton, was transferred from Richard Victor to Henry James Martin. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye,…

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Licensing Offences Increase in Adelaide ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 10

Licensing Act offences showed a big increase in Adelaide in 1936, despite the operation of the night permit system. There were many serious cases, three men being…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 15

When Constable N. L. Collier, of Toronot, went into the bar of the Hotel Toronto, Toronto, about 11.20 p.m. on November 21, he saw six men in the bar…

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Branxton Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd.) on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 13

Bert Mephen, of Paterson, Jack Mephen, of Branxton, and Colin Hatcher, of Branxton, were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days'…

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Liner's Passengers Stranded on Gibraltar Hotels Meet Emergency Gibraltar, January 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 12

Owing to the tender service being suspended because of a storm, 160 passengers from the P. and O. liner Strathnaver, who had landed at Gibraltar for a visit…

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New Hotel for Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 20

Tenders close on Tuesday for the erection of a new hotel in Hamilton. The architects are Messrs. Pitt and Merewether. Bank Chambers, Newcastle…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 8

The second licence in Newcastle under the Business Agents' Act was granted to Wallace John McHattle by Mr. M. E. Soane, L.H., at the…

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