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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

534 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 27

Hotel Employee Seeks Divorce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1939 · page 10

James Priestley, hotel employee, of Singleton sought a divorce from Linda Louise Priestley (formerly Townsend), on the ground of misconduct, before Mr…

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On Licensed Premises

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

For having been found on the premises of the Rawson Hotel after hours on October 4 Valerie Bell, or Scott, 32, household duties, was fined £1, in default two…

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No Beer in Hotels or Canteens at Darwin Soldiers and Hostesses Are Worried DARWIN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 9

SOLDIERS, many of whom are having their first experience of the oppressive heat of the Northern Territory wet season, are finding hardships accentuated by…

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Licensing Court

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

Permission was granted to John Michael Fleming to surrender his billiard licence for premises at 645 Hunter-street, Newcastle. Fleming said he was going out of…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 8

Seth Jenkins, licensee of the Albion Park Hotel, Wickham, was lined £2, with 8s costs, in default five days' imprisonment, by Mr. M. E. Soane, SM.,…

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Publican Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 7

Seth Jenkins was, fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' imprisonment, for having been the licensee of premises, the Albion Hotel, Wickham, on which…

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Will Not Sell Lochinvar Hotelkeeper to Stay Once Managed Richmond Main

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 13

A rumour that a high figure tad been accepted for the purchase of the Lochinvar Hotel because a military camp is to be established at Lochinvar was denied…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 8

Pleading guilty, before Mr. M. E. Soone. S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court to-day to a charge of having been found on the premises of the…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 5

Raymond Rowan, of Estelle-street, £1m with 8/ costs, a default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on the licensed…

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Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 8

An application by Thomas William Hogue, of Stanley-street Randwick, for the transfer of the licence for the Gunyah Hotel, Belmont, from Mrs…

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Drip Beer Dye Too Strong Reply to Hotel Complaints Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 9

The Sydney City Health Officer (Dr. Dunn) states, in a report to the City Council, that the majority of driptrays in use in city hotels are…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 4

The licence of the Gunyah Hotel, Belmont, was transferred from Annie Hannah to Thomas William Hogue, of Randwick…

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Part of Nose Bitten Off. Savage Attack On Publican SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 7

Savage and inhuman was the a[?]scription applied to-day by Judge Holt to an assault on a city hotelkeeper in which part of his nose was bitten…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 8

Found on the licensed premises of the Burwood Inn Hotel. Merewether, during prohibited hours on September 23, Alexander Duncan, Bull-street…

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The Theatres "Hotel for Women" Sophisticated Story at Royal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 4

In "Hotel for Women," at the Theatre Royal, a strong story makes the production interesting. The acting is…

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£16,000 Hotel for Darwin Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 2

Start on the construction of a twostory concrete hotel costing £16.000 will be made immediately if the Minister for the interior (Senator Fo[?]l)…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 5

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, during prohibited hours on October 27. Patrick Thomas O'Brien,…

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On Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 6

For having been on the premises of the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, at a forbidden hour on October 27, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, 43, wharf labourer,…

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Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 8

An application by William Robertson Clark, of Lang-street, Kurri for the transfer of the licence for the Commonwealth Hotel, Cook's Hill,…

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S.p. Betting in Hotels Continued in Some Instances, Say Police

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 9

There was a suspicion that in some instances starting-price betting was still being carried on in hotels, Sergeant G. G. Noble informed Mr. N. L. C…

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