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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Licensee's Fine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 3

Owing to difficulty in hearing, remarks by the Magistrate in Newcastle Police Court last Friday, in the case against Clifford H. Pyatt, licensee of the…

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Charge Fails Chauffeur Denies Traffic Offence Licensed Since 1910 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 7

Charged at Liverpool Court to-day with having driven at Fairfield on July 11, while under the influence of liquor, Frederick Ernest Reynolds, a chauffeur, of…

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S.p. Betting in Hotels "Eliminated" Says Inspector

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1938 · page 1

Starting price betting in hotels had been eliminated during the past three months, said the Licensing Inspector for…

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"Very Satisfactory" Conduct of Newcastle Hotels Report to Licensing Magistrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 8

A report accepted by the Magistrate (Mr. M. E. Soane) at a sitting of Newcastle Licensing Court yesterday as very satisfactory was presented by Inspector J…

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Licensing Court Licences Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 5

The licence of the Commonwealth Hotel, Cook's Hill, was transferred from Joshua Jenkins to John Royal Wyman. Maurice Arthur Simon was granted the…

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Five Hotelkeepers Victimised Confidence Man's Plan Cootamundra

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 4

Five Cootamundra hotelkeepers were imposed upon by a stranger in a motor car, the amounts ranging from £8 to £16…

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Licensing Court Application Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 4

The Chairman of the Licenses Reduction Board (Mr. J. W. Laidlaw) refused an application by Frank Hugh James Macleod, clerk, of Stanley-street,…

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Jumped to Death From New York Hotel Window Thousands Watch Man Defied Police for 11 Hours (Australian Associated Press.) New York, July 26

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 10

After pacing up and down a narrow window ledge on the 17th floor of a Fifth Avenue hotel for 11 hours to-day, contemplating…

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Dole to Riches, to Death Hotel-keeper's Career Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 13

On the dole when his wife died in September, 1932; winner of the first prize in the State Lottery in January. 1934…

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Cat Burglar at Hotel Theft From Licensee's Bedroom

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 1

Climbing up a water-pipe at the Beach Hotel, Merewether, early yesterday morning, a cat burglar stole £3 in cash from the licesee's bedroom…

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Radio Sets May Be Seized Owners' Failure to License Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 7

Radio pirates—persons who have unlicensed sets—will in future have their sets confiscated. This will be in addition to being…

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Analyst's Aid Sought Mystery of Hotel Manager's Death SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 12

The contents of the stomach of Harold Frank Norris Harris, 48, manager of the Oriental Hotel, King's Cross, were forwarded to the Government Analyst…

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Church Service in Hotel Unnoticed Beer Bottle Newcastle Waters

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 10

In the little bar parlor of the local hotel, residents of Newcastle Waters and members of the party with the Minister for…

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Illegal Betting Removal From Hotels Police Watching Other Places

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 8

Although the drive began recently by the polite against starting-price betting has resulted in its elimination from Newcastle and suburban hotels, as mentioned…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 3

The Australian Wine licence, Hunter-street West, was transferred from Catherine Ruggero to James Freeman Charker. W. J. Ruggero appeared in…

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Hotel Stabbing Murder Charge Fails MACKAY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 3

A jury in the Circuit Court to-day returned a verdict of not guilty in the case in which John Lofgren, 46, a Finn, was charged with wilful murder of Peter…

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Thieves at Hotels Barber Ransacks Rooms

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1

Robberies at two suburban hotels are being investigated by Newcastle detectives. A hotel "barber" ransacked rooms…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 19

The licence of the Wallarah Hotel, Catherine Hill Bay was transferred from Samuel Wilson to Ernest John. Spencer Russell, of Glebe Point…

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Hotel Hours U.A.P. Younger Set to Discuss SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 14

At the annual United Australia Party Younger Set convention next Tuesday night the Ryde district Younger Set will move a motion in favour of hotel…

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Hotel Licensee Warned Irregular Trading at Usher's Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 8

Harvey Hercules Wellman, licensee or Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney, pleaded guilty at the Licensing Court to-day to having permitted liquor to be…

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