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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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Suppression of Betting in Hotels Police Report To Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

A statement that starting price betting had been eliminated from a number of hotels was made in the quarterly…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted booth licences for Newcastle races on February 7…

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Police Fail to Trace Relatives Woman's Death In Sydney Hotel SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 7

Though every effort was made in Australia and New Zealand, police could trace no relatives of Elsa Olive Foster,…

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Great Northern Hotel Guests

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

VISITORS at the Great Northern Hotel this week Include: Mrs. S. R. Payne (Sydney), Mr. C. Hodgson (Sydney), Mr. P. Preisig (London), Mr…

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Hotel Licensees Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 8

Pleading guilty to being the licensee of premises on which Harold George Matthews was found during prohibited hours. Patrick Francis Mahoney,…

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Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 9

Maurice Arthur Simon, the licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Hamilton, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having allowed William Hey on hotel premises at 6.15…

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Four Assaults on Head Waiter of Hotel Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 7

John Jones, 27, head waiter at the Hampton Court Hotel, King's Cross, had been assaulted on four occasions by non-bona fide guests who had…

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In the Courts Hotel Licence Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 8

An application by Joshua Jenkins, of Gould Street, North Bondi, for the transfer of the licence for the Exchange Hotel, Hamilton, from Maurice…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 11

Giving the undertaking that he would refrain from after hours trading, Joshua Jenkins was granted the transfer of the licence of the Exchange Hotel, Hamilton,…

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Hotel Employees Big Overtime Claims SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 2

Payment for hundreds of hours of overtime is being claimed by four employees of Reuben Gardiner, trading as the Plaza Hotel, in the Industrial Magistrate's Court…

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Moved by Children's Suffering Policeman Would be Drastic With Hotels MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 16

He had seen little children in such a terrible condition as a result of their parents' drunkenness that he would like to sweep away half the hotels in Victoria,…

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Metropolitan Licensing Inspector Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 11

Effect will be given to the recommendation of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay) for the appointment of Inspector Wickham as metropolitan…

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Light Wines Till 8 P.M. Hotels and Restaurants Mr. Baddeley's Advocacy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 6

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., advocates an amendment of the Liquor Act to permit the serving of light wines with meals at hotels and restaurants till 8…

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Daring Coup by Sydney Bagsnatcher Publican's Wife Loses £180 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

Leaping from a moving car as it passed a tram stop at the corner of Argyle and Kent-streets, Miller's Point, shortly…

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Page-boy Now Rules Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 11

Twenty-one years ago a young Brighton boy left school to start his career in the hotel business as a page at the Hotel Metropole, on Brighton's sea front, says…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 7

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

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10 Rules for Safety Plan To License Cyclists LONDON, January 27

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 4

A "safety-first" scheme for young cyclists, which may be generally adopted throughout England, has been inaugurated by Blackpool Education…

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Had to Leave Hotel N.Z. Boycott on Sydney Man Christchurch

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 9

Mr. Frank Goldberg, head of the Goldberg Advertising Company, of Sydney, has been forced to leave another hotel because of unionists' threat to boycott…

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Search for Car Drivers Non-licensed Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 7

Traffic police will question more than 500,000 motorists in Sydney and the country this year to catch unlicensed drivers…

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Hotel Lease in Dispute at Newcastle Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 1

Judgment was given in favor of Tooth and Co., Ltd., by the Full Court of the Supreme Court to-day in a special case arising out of the lease…

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