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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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In the Courts Licenses Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 May 1938 · page 2

An application for the transfer of the licence of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, Cook's Hill, from Albert Ernest Skelhorn to Roy Stanley, residing at…

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Licensing Court Music Permit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

Clifford Henry Pyatt was granted a music permit for the Westminster Hotel. Newcastle, to-night…

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Consternation in Hotels U.L.V.A.'s Advice to Licensees Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

Hotelkeepers were to-day told by their own organisation, the U.L.V.A., not to broadcast any racing information other than the…

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Gaming Houses Declaration Against Hotels Unusual Police Action Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 13

For the first time in the metropolitan area an ex-parte application was made to Mr. Justice Maxwell, in Chambers, this afternoon,…

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Declaration of Hotels As "Common Gaming Houses" Anti-S.P. Move "Statement Speaks for Itself," Says Inspector Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

The declaration of certain hotels in Sydney as common gaming houses is an important step in the campaign to check illegal betting under the existing law before introducing more repressive legislation…

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S.P. Betting Was Banned in Newcastle Hotels To-day Licensees' Move "Glad to Be Rid of It," Says One

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 1

Acting on the advice of their association, Newcastle hotel licensees to-day refused to allow S.P. betting on their premises. In many cases the licensees would not permit race descriptions to be broadcast…

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"No Gambling" U.L.V.A. Warns Newcastle Licensees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 11

The Newcastle branch of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association is following the lead given by the headquarters of the association, in Sydney, and has…

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Fourth Hotel Declared Gaming House Race Broadcasts U.L.V.A. Advice to Members SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 11

A fourth hotel, the Hurstville Hotel, Hurstville, was declared by Mr. Justice Maxwall this afternoon to be a common gaming house…

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S.P. and Hotels (Continued from Page 1) Strict Police Supervision Result Boards Were Blank To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 7

Police this afternoon exercised rigid supervision of hotels in Newcastle and suburbs to see that the edict against S.P. betting was observed…

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Magistrate Warns Hotels S.P. Betting Penalties Big Risk To Licensees

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 1

Hotel licensees who allow betting on their premises were warned at the Newcastle Police Court by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., to-day…

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Hotels and S.P. (Continued from Page 1.) Publicans Called Together New Proposals to Be Made Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 6

A mass meeting of hotelkeepers tomorrow night will decide the fate of wireless sets in hotel bars. Most Sydney publicans in the city…

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Effective Ban Hotels and Illegal Betting SYDNEY-NEWCASTLE Saturday Races in North?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 7

The hotelkeepers' ban on starting-price betting on Saturday was not complete, but the action was very effective…

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Strange Quiet Sydney Licensees Firm SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 7

Implicit obedience of the instruction by the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales that broadcasting of the races at Moorefield should be…

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Race Ban In Hotels On

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 1

Taking ready note of police action in declaring four Sydney hotels gaming houses, many hotels on Saturday, for the first time in years, retrained from posting…

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Will License Mr. Lyons Tells Wharf Labourers Must Lift Ban Men Given Time to Decide MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 7

The Federal Government has notified the Waterside Workers' Federation that unless it lifts the embargo on the handling of scrap…

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'Phone Bets Police to Increase Vigilance Radio in Hotels Vote on Question of Ban SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 7

Pleased with the result of their efforts at the week-end, police are determined to maintain their campaign against starting-price…

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24 Burned to Death Big Hotel Fire America New York

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

At least 24 persons were killed and ten injured by a fire at Atlanta (Georgia) during the night…

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Hotel Fire 24 Persons Killed Trapped by Roof Fall New York, May 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 9

At least 24 persons were killed and 10 injured by a fire at Atlanta (Georgia) during the night. The fire followed an explosion in a…

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Newcastle Hotels No Betting Yesterday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 9

The absence of starting price bettors in hotels in Newcastle and suburbs was more marked yesterday than on Saturday. With races at .Tamworth and Wyong,…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 5

The licence of the Royal Hotel, West Wallsend, was transferred from Albert Edward Potts to Frederick Arthur Bryant. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs Braye,…

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