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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

534 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 27

Armidale Hotel Large Contract Completed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 24

The modernising of the Tattersall's Hotel at Armidale has been completed. The work comprises a new modern front to Beardy-street, carried out in…

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Redfern Hotel Killing Court Refuses Bail to Accused SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 14

Timothy Ryan, 44, labourer, was remanded until February 24 by Mr. Oram, S.M., at the Redfern Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Eric…

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Judgment for Brewery Disputed Newcastle Hotel Lease SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 15

The Full Supreme Court to-day gave judgment in favour of Tooth and Company Ltd. in a special case arising out of the lease of a hotel at Newcastle,…

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Had Dirty Hotel; Fined £20 "Ferment Flies Around Drip Rag" SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 7

Waiter Ross weeks, licensee of the Plaza Hotel, George Street, was fined £30 in the Central Summons Court for failing to keep clean premises…

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Police Court Thefts from Hotel Bedrooms (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 9

"Hotel barbering" was how the Magistrate described charges preferred against Hector Malcolm O'Rourke, 28, a labourer, at Cessnock Police Court yesterday. He…

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Hotels Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 8

The licence for the Albion Hotel, Wickham, was transferred from James Russell Barr to Raymond William Burns, of Hamilton, before Mr. M. E…

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Licensing Court Booth Licences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 13

Alton Thomas Cusick, of the Hotel Gosford, Gosford, was granted booth licences for Newcastle Showground from to-day until Saturday…

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Hotel Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 11

In the Licensing Court yesterday the licence of the George and Dragon Hotel, East Maitland, was transferred from Roy Stanley to Francis William Parker,…

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New Award For Hotel Workers Newcastle And Cessnock SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 9

"Employees of Newcastle and Cessnock district hotels will gain two weeks' annual leave in a new award which…

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London Unemployed Lunch at World Famous Hotel London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

Jobless men lunched to-day at The Ritz, one of the world's most fashionable hotels. This was the latest freak demonstration drawing attention to the plight of the workless…

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At the Great Northern Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

Visitors at the Great Northern Hotel this week included: Miss K. Barnes (Sydney), Mr. E. S. Greaves (Sydney), Mr. J. Buckley (Sydney), Mr. R…

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To Stop Sale of Hotel Beer Slops Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 6

Granville Council received a letter from the Minister for Health stating that council's views on the sale of beer slops in hotels had been noted…

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Hotel License Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 13

In the Licensing Court, the licence of the Belmore Hotel, West Maitland, was transferred from John Fahey to Wallace Erle Edwards, of Tamworth…

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Redfern Hotel Death Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 9

On a charge of having murdered Eric Carlson, Timothy Ryan, 44, was remanded at Redfern Court to-day until March 1, the probable date of the inquest. The…

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New Hotel for Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

Tenders are being invited for the erection of a hotel at Darwin. Working drawing will be available next month. The architects are Messrs…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4

"I am pleased to see that fewer men found on licensed premises after hours are appearing before me now," commented Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M., at…

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Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

Albert Percival Pritchard, Merewether-street, Merewether, was fined £1, with 8/- costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on the…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 8

An application for the transfer of the licence for the Duke of Kent Hotel from James Patrick Piggott to Patrick John Ryan, of the Bench Hotel,…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

The licence of the Duke of Kent Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from James Patrick Pigott to Patrick John Ryan. Mr. C. A. K. Cohen (Messrs. Braye,…

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Ban Sale of Drip Beer Hotelkeepers' Decision SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 9

The decision to cooperate to the fullest extent with the Health authorities in checking the sale of drip tray beer in hotels was reached by the executive of…

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