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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 26

COST £25,000 Hotel at Port Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 4

One of the finest hotels on the coast has been completed at Port Macquarie by Messrs. C. Davis and Sons Pty. Ltd., of Adamstown. Its cost was £25,000…

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Thieves Operating in Sydney Hotels Three Broken Into at Week-end Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 7

So many hotels have been burgled in recent weeks that the police fear that an expert gang is at work. Possibly, they say, it is the same gang…

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Brisbane Notes Hotel Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 7

Last week a section of the metropolitan Press, by way of flying a kite, announced that there was a move in the Government party to change the hours…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 7

At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., granted renewal of hotel licences to Norman Santamaria, of the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle and…

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Fewer Licensed Wharfmen Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 9

Only 4748 of the 7275 waterside workers who previously held licences under the Transport Workers Act renewed their licences in the port of Melbourne in June…

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In Hotel After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 16

William Frederick Begg, Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, James Gibson, Denison-street, Hamilton, Frank Feeney, Skelton-street, Hamilton, Frank Gayner,…

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S.m. Reserves Decision Machine in Bar of Hotel Charges Against Licensee

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8

A machine, referred to in the charge and by the police, as a poker machine, a name challenged by the solicitor for the…

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Old Hotel Goes

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 2

The Commercial Hotel, in Argyll Street. Picton, which has been licensed for 99 years, is to be demolished to make room for a modern building…

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Licensee Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

Stating that he desired to peruse authorities on the matter, the Magistrate adjourned until next Monday the hearing of the cases in which Norman Santamaria,…

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Hotel Changes Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

The licence of the Esplanade Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Kingsley Edward Fleming to Sydney Albert Young, of Randwick, by Mr. Soane…

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Licensing Court Booth Licence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 5

Alton Thomas Cusick, license of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted a booth licence for the Hamilton Speedway ground on Saturday…

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New Hotel at Darwin SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 10

The license of the Hotel Lapstone, Mr. Herwald G. Kirkpatrick, expects that within a few weeks the Commonwealth Government will approve his application…

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Ban Too on the Hopmans Must Not Stay at Same Hotel London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 1

Mrs. Harry Hopman, of the Australian women's tennis team, has been given the Australian Lawn Tennis Association's permission to compete in…

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In the Courts After Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 11

Further evidence was heard before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Wallsend Summons Court to-day in the case in which Joseph Wilson, mine manager,…

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They Stole Half Ton Safe Thieves Pursued By Hotelkeeper MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

Two thieves, disturbed as they were wheeling a half-ton safe away from the Derrimut Hotel, near Sunshine Station at 3 a.m. to-day, fled as six shots…

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Shots Fired Hotelkeeper Disturbs Thieves Were Removing Heavy Safe Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 13

The Derrimut Hotel, near Sunshine, was entered by thieves early this morning. They were removing a safe weighing half a ton when the licensee, Eric…

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Hotel Alterations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 20

The interior alterations being carried out at the Grand Hotel, Newcastle, are nearly completed. The contract is in the hands of Messrs. Orrett Bros. Messrs…

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Poker Machine in Bar Hotel Licensee Is Convicted

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 1

Holding Mint a machine found in the bar was a game of chance, Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day, convicted Norman…

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Guests' Names Taken Sydney Hotel Raided SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 7

Police raided the Hotel Sydney last night and took the names and addresses of more than 150 people. The raid occurred shortly after city theatres closed, and…

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Licensed Victuallers' Golf Championships

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 9

The Northern District U.L.V.A. Coll Club will hold its annual tour[?]ent on Wednesday, July 13, at the steel Works links. A large number of the…

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