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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

534 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 27

Hotelkeeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 5

Simon Richard Shields, of the Wickham Park Hotel, Islington, was fined £2, with 8s costs, or five days' imprisonment, by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.,…

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Discs for Money Hotel Licensee Fined in Adelaide. ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 8

For haying accepted metal discs instead of money to pay for beer consumed at her hotel at Dry Creek, Florence Ivy Goyder was to-day fined £10, with costs,…

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Summons Division Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 10

For having been the licensee of premises on which a person was found at an unlawful hour on April 6, Simon Richard Shields, of the Wickham Park Hotel, was…

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Newcastle Courts Tuesday, May 23 Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m. Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 17

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

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 8

Several men were each fined £1 with 8s costs in default three days imprisonment by Mr. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day,…

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In Hotels After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 14

Several men were fined for drinking in hotels at prohibited hours. Alfred Ashbury, of Robert-street, Mayfield; Stanley Bull, of Dumaresq-street,…

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£200 Taken in Hotel Alleged Theft at Newcastle Woman Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 14

Evidence that £200 bad been token from his pocket while he was in a city hotel with three women and a man was given by a labourer in a cane at Newcastle Police…

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King "Bags" a Bear Banff Springs Hotel (Alta), May 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 7

The King shot his first Canadian bear to-day—with his cinecamera. The King and Queen were confronted by the bear when they were…

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Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 8

An application by William Victor Tucker, of Paterson, for the transfer of the licence for the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Carrington, from Clifford…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 5

The licence of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Carrington, was transferred from Clifford Henry Pyatt to William Victor Tucker, of Paterson…

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Hotel and Club Destroyed at Rankin Springs Rankin Springs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 10

Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Conataria Hotel early this morning. The fire was not discovered until it spread to an…

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At The Great Northern Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

VISITORS at the Great Northern Hotel this week include: Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis (Port Macquarie), Mr. and Mrs. D. J…

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COST £10,000 Work on Hotel at Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 22

Occupying a prominent position on an island block at Carrington, the Glasgow Arms Hotel was completed this week. The expenditure involved was £10,000…

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Acquitted on Charge of Murder Man's Death at Redfern Hotel Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 7

Timothy Ryan, 44, laborer, was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Eric Alfred…

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Found Shot Dead in Hotel Man Spent Hours on Farewell Letters Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 8

Before he was shot dead in his bedroom at the Freemasons' Hotel, Burwood Road, Burwood, early to-day. Gordon Hodder, 46, must have spent…

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Hotel Death Man Acquitted on Murder Charge SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 8

In the Central Criminal Court to-day, the jury, by the direction of Mr. Justice Owen, acquitted Timothy, Ryan, 44, labourer, no a charge of having murdered…

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Bookmaker in Hotel Business Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 11

Eddie O'Brien to-day relinquishes all his city and country bookmaking licences to allow him to take over the licence of a well-known suburban…

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Transfer of Hotel Site

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 9

An application by L. Stevens, licensee of the Glasgow Arms Hotel, Carrington. for a final order for the transfer of the site of the hotel from…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 9

Following a raid on the Grand Central Hotel, West Maitland, on May 28, seven men appeared before Mr. C, O. Carr-Boyd. P.M.. at West…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 5

John Knox Arnold, of the George Hotel, Newcastle, was granted a booth licence for National Park Bowling Club on June 12…

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