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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

534 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 27

"Corner Louts" Feared Extra Hotel Hours Are Opposed SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 8

workmen have ample opportunity to gratify a reasonable thirst before 6 p.m. said the Rev. E. T. Hammond, of the Moore Theological College,…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 9

When police visited the Locomotive Hotel, Newcastle, during prohibited hours, on September 9, they found 11 men on the premises…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 9

Pleading guilty at Newcastle Summons Court to-day to a 'charge of being the licensee of the Beach Hotel, Merewether, on which premises Harry…

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Found In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 9

Cecil Henry Ayrs of Martindale Street, Wallsend, pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Summons Court to-day to a charge of having been found…

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Declare Hotels Black Workers' Threat at Canberra CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 7

The Canberra industrial movement would declare hotels black within a week unless liquor prices were restored to prewar levels, said the Secretary of the…

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Betting in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 8

Joseph Edward Kelly, 33, a labourer, was fined £20, in default 40 day's imprisonment, for having been in a street, the bar of the Beauford Hotel,…

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Found In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 9

Four defendants did not appear at the West Maitland Police Court today to answer charges of having been found on licensed premises during…

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Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 9

An application by William Patrick Feneley of. Belmont, for the transfer of the licence for the Burwood Inn Hotel, Merewether, from Enoch…

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Licensing Court Hotel Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 4

The Magistrate granted an application for the transfer of the licence of the Burwood Inn. Merewether, from Enoch Brennan to William Patrick Feneley, of…

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Cabinet Still Not Decided Licensed Fruit Machines in Clubs SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

Whether poker and fruit machines might be allowed in clubs under licence was debated to-day by the State Cabinet. About 2500 machines were used in New…

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Licensee Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

Reginald Samuel Griffiths, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, was fined £2 with 8s costs by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at the Newcastle Summons Court…

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Found In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 7

William Gill of Third-street, Adamstown, David Hughes of Church-street, Newcastle, and Jack Jordan of Tyrrell-street, Newcastle, were each fined £1…

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Burnt to Death in Hotel Coroner Praises Brave Act Muswellbrook, Wed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 5

Praise for Raymond Maxwell Kennedy, who braved flames in the hotel at Aberdeen on the night of September 22 in an…

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Publican Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

The licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Islington, Reginald Samuel Griffiths, was fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' imprisonment, for having been the…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 9

Pleading guilty to having been found on the premises of the Sydney Junction Hotel. Hamilton, during prohibited hours, without lawful excuse, on…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 8

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Great Northern Hotel. Teralba, at an unlawful hour—8.35 p.m.—on Sunday, September…

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In Hotel After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 7

Harold Ford, of Swan-street, Hamilton, and Cecil Hannell, of Donald-street, Hamilton, were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days'…

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Hotel Additions In Hand At Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

To meet the increased demands for accommodation in Canberra. due to the rapid growth of the capital, several hotels are at present being…

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Woman On Hotel Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 9

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Rawson Hotel Newcastle, on October 4, during prohibited hours, Valerie Bell (32), was…

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Summons Division Hotel Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 3

Albert, Joseph Flohm was fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' imprisonment, for having been the licensee of the Pacific Hotel, Newcastle, on which…

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