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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

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In The... COURTS Found in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 8

For having been found on the premises of the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle, at unlawful hours on Saturday, Donald McKinnon (51),…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 2

Donald McKinnon, 51, a seaman, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment, for having been found on the premises of the Cla[?]endon Hotel, at an…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

Thomas Avison, of Kurri Kurri, did not appear to answer charges of having on December 10 been found on the licensed premises of the Station Hotel, Kurri…

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S.P. Appeal Cases Arrest in a Hotel Dominoes and Soft Drinks Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

Domino players who were with Thomas Joseph Dawson when he was arrested on a S.P. betting charge, gave evidence…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 5

Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted three booth licences for Newcastle races to-morrow…

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Work on Cessnock Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 18

About £6000 is being expended on the renovations and additions to the Northumberland and United Service Hotels, at Cessnock. The work, which is well…

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Hotel Robbery Viv. Thicknesse Loser SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 10

A quantity of spirits and a small amount of money were stolen from the Olympic Hotel, Moore Park-road, Paddington, early yesterday morning. The…

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New York Hotels Employees Plan Strike Higher Wages Demanded New York, February 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 7

Strike calls, involving 4000 employees of the six principal hotels in New York, including the Waldorf Astoria, the Commodore, and the Biltmore, for Monday and…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 7

For having been found at a prohibited hour on the premises of the Northern Star Hotel on February 14, Clarence Arthur Hodgson, 52,…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 9

Francis William Roy Power, of East Maitland, did not appear in answer to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Windsor Castle…

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Police Court Monday, February 15 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 12

Clarence Arthur Hodgson, 52, a labourer, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment, for having been found on the licensed premises of the Northern…

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Stockton Hotel to Be Rebuilt

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

An application by Messrs. Tooth and Co., owners, for permission to rebuild the Gladstone Hotel, Stockton, was granted at Newcastle Licensing…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 2

Percy George Preston, of The Rest Hotel, Milson's Point, was granted booth licences for Newcastle Showground on February 24, 25, 26, and 27…

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Hotel to Be Rebuilt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 2

Tooth nod Company Ltd. were granted permission to remodel the Gladstone Hotel, Stockton, at a cost of £7500. The work will take about 12 months to complete…

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Modern Hotels Newcastle and Suburbs Expenditure of £30,000

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

Tenders have been accepted for the building of three modern hotels, one each in Newcastle, Hamilton, and Stockton. The expenditure involved in the work…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 11

An application by Eric Sinclair Reid, of High-street, West Maitland, for a transfer of an Australian wine licence to Hubert George Kerslake, of Horford Place,…

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The George Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 26

The George Hotel at the corner of Scott and Watt streets, which has recently been redecorated and refurnished throughout, is among the…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 12

Fines of 12/, with 8/ costs, in default two days' imprisonment, were imposed on each of the following defendants for having been found on the licensed…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 9

The licence of the Empire Hotel, Kurri Kurri, was transferred from Stanley Philips to Allen Bridge, of Branxton…

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Demanded Beer Armed Men in Bar Hotelkeeper's Story to Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 6

Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having person on his licensed premises during person on his licensed premises dur[?] wards, at the Licensing Court to-day,…

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