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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

509 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 26

Guests at Great Northern Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 4

VISITORS at the Great Northern Hotel this week include: Mr. W. H. Morgan (Sydney). Mr. A. C. Higgs (Sydney), Mr. C. Broadhorst…

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Decision Criticised No New Hotel Licences for Darwin DARWIN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 9

The announcement that the Minister for the Interior (Mr. T. McEwen) had refused two new hotel licences for Darwin was criticised to-day by Mr. H. G…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 7

Five men found on the premises of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, on Sunday, September 25, without lawful excuse, were each fined £1, with 8s costs…

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Hotel Laundry Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 9

An ex-parte verdict for £11 7s for laundry work was given to Paul Bros Laundry Ply. Ltd., Newcastle, against Prank Sharp, hotel proprietor, of…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 13

A fined of £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed on each of the following men who pleaded "Guilty" to having been found…

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Offence at Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 13

For having used indecent language in the hallway of the Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton, on October 22, Clifford James Williams, 24, clerk, was fined £2, in…

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Betting in District Hotel Bars Eliminated, Says Police Official

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 1

"Starting-price betting has been eliminated from most hotels, though there are several suspected of allowing…

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In the Courts Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 8

An application for the transfer of the licence for the Beach Hotel, Merewether, from Andrew Clyde Delaney to Harold Vincent Compton, of…

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Two Men Dead in Delicensed Dunolly Hotel Police Produce Axe at Inquest "Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 7

"Any one of the many fractures in the heads of two men, whose battered bodies were found in the old delicensed…

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Better Hotels Darwin Promises Reform Law May Be Amended Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 13

The announcement by the Minister for the Interior (Mr. J. McEwen) that no new hotel licences would be granted in Darwin, if an undertaking were given by…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 9

John Patrick Butler and Edward Homan were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on the…

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Newcastle Courts Tuesday, October 25 (Before Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.m.) Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 5

The licence of the Beach Hotel, Merewether, was transferred from Andrew Clyde Delaney to Harold Vincent Compton, Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye,…

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Darwin Hotels to Improve Minister's Orders Emphatic DARWIN

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 2

A big improvement in Darwin's hotel accommodation is forecast in official circles, following the announcement by the Minister for the…

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Great Northern Hotel Guests

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 2

VISITORS at the Great Northern Hotel this week include: Mr. W. A. Grant (Sydney), Mr. K. Higgin (Sydney), Mr. T. H. Cooke (Sydney)…

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In the Courts Hotel Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 8

Alfred Henry Lewis, licensee of the Hamilton Station Hotel, Islington, was fined £3, with 8s costs, by Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, S.M., at Newcastle Police…

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"Pints" Were Not Pints Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 1

"In view of a recent conviction for a similar offence the fine will have to be a little heavier this time," said Mr. J. A. S. Balmain. S.M., at…

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Summons Division Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 9

A fine of £3, with 8/ costs in default seven days' imprisonment, was imposed on Alfred Henry Lewis license of the Hamilton Station Motel, Islington, for…

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Scouts' Warning Constable on Hotel Betting Royal Commission Evidence Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 13

In the opinion of Constable Richard John Duffy, starting-price betting was transacted in the street near the Union Hotel, North Sydney in 1932…

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BUILDING & Construction Big Contracts Starting Theatre Reconstruction, Hotel and Switching Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 20

Several of the largest contracts of the year were entered into in October, notwithstanding the extraordinary conditions ruling during the first three weeks of that month. All the collieries in the North were at a standstill, and…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 17

Nine men were found on the premises of the Clarendon Hotel without lawful excuse at 9.55 p.m. on September 30 when police visited the…

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