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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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In the Courts Hotel Alterations

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 8

Permission to carry out minor alterations to the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, was granted the licensee, Alan Henry McEwan, by Mr. M. E. Soane,…

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Alterations to Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Alan Henry McEwan was granted permission to make alterations and additions, at an estimated cost of £60, to the Rawson Hotel. The work is to be completed…

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Newcastle Courts Tuesday, January 17 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Albert William Dains, Dudley, was granted the transfer of the licence of the Orient Hotel, from Harold Cecil Moran and was granted a permit to supply liquor…

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Bomb Outrage in Ireland Chamberlain's Son in Peril Hotel Damaged Hundreds of Windows Were Shattered (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11

A severe explosion at 3 a.m. to-day rocked Hawney's Private Hotel, Tralee (Ireland), where Mr. Frank Chamberlain, the British Prime…

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Full Hotel Delays 'Plane Dutch Lockheed Stayed at Darwin DARWIN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11

Because the hotel at Daly Waters could not accommodate four people, the K.N.I.L.M. Lockheed airliner will arrive at Sydney two hours later to-morrow…

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Effect of Egg Rationing Hotels Go Short No Change for Some Time

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

Newcastle housewives who are hoping that the rain and cooler weather which have followed the heat wave will…

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In the Courts Hotel Licence Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 8

An application by George Robert Gittins, of West Maitland, for the transfer of the licence for the Newcastle Hotel, Newcastle, from Walter…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

The licence of the Newcastle Hotel was transferred from Walter Dudley Barrington to George Robert Gittins, of West Maitland. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 11

The licence of the Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland was transferred from John David Berkeley, to Albert Ernest Skelhorn, of Sneddon-street. Junction,…

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Second Publican Convicted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

William Madden, licensee of the Granville Hotel of Good and Bridge Streets, Granville, pleaded guilty a charge that he did not keep clean…

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Slop Beer Placed in Bottles Publican Asks for Leniency Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

Allegations that a hotel keeper bottled slop beer from the drip tray in the bar and sold it, were made in the…

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Adulterated Liquor Hotelkeeper Fined on Two Charges SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 15

William Knight, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Granville, pleaded "Guilty," in the Parramatta Court to-day, to charges of having sold adulterated beer and…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 3

A fine of £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed on Ernest Shaw, Boolaroo, for having been found on the premises of the…

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Import Licensing Law N.Z. Finance Minister Explains Depleted London Funds Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 12

To a conference of between 1100 and 1200 business men from all over New Zealand the Minister for Finance. (Mr. Nash) reviewed the Government's import…

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Hotel Suicide Man's Fall from Sixth Floor Window Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 13

In the view of a number of horrified spectators, a man fell from the sixth floor of a city hotel at Auckland this afternoon to the street below. He was…

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In the Courts Hotelkeeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 8

Charged with having been the licensee of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, in which premises Arthur Tonkin was found on Sunday, December 4, Henry…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

Henry Hunter Wilton, licensee of the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge that Arthur Tonkin was found on the licensed premises of the hotel…

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Premier Hotel Work on Foundations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 20

The contractor has made a start on the foundations of the new Premier Hotel. Its cost will be £20,000 Mr. C. Ruwald, or Sydney, is the architect…

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Man's Tragic Death Fell From Hotel's Sixth Floor AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

In full view of many horrified spectators, Edgar Ronald McKenzie (27) fell from the sixth floor of an hotel to the city to the street and was…

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Injuries Fatal Man Attacked in Hotel Yard SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 7

Violently attacked in a yard at the rear of the Woolpack Hotel, Tumut, last night, Michael Junior Downing, 40, a clerk, of Tumut, died early this morning in the…

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