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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 16

Airmen Leave Record on Hotel Wall Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

A bedroom in the Victoria Hotel, Darwin, contains a brief, but unique record of exploits in the history of Australian aviation. On the wall of this room are printed he names of Sir Charles Kingsford…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 7

Andrew Johnson. 34. plended not guilty to a charge of being found on the licensed premises of the Chelmsford Hotel. Kurrl. during prohibited…

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Food for Cafes and Hotels Rationed London, January 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 8

Rationed foods will be available at restaurants, canteens and hotels, the Food Ministry announced, but supplies will be reduced proportionately with…

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20 Killed in Hotel Fire New York, January 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 7

Twenty people were killed and 40 were injured when a fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel in Minneapolis. The guests, numbering 200, found…

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Auction Sale in Hotel Bar Realised Over £20 Principal "Arrested," But Quickly Bailed Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 9

A strange scene greeted casual visitors to the saloon bar of the Great Northern Hotel late yesterday afternoon. Standing on a box behind the main bar and…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 5

The following were each fined £1, with 8s costs, at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day on charges of having been found on the premises of…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 9

Maurice Jones, of Ann-street, Cessnock, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, when he pleaded "Guilty" to having been on the licensed premises of the Australia Hotel…

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Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 10

The licensee of the Hamilton Hotel, Patrick Francis Mahony, was fined £3, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for being the keeper of premises…

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Licensing Court Application Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 10

An application by Thomas Leslie Fines, licensee of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, for permission to use the premises for amusement purposes, on January 8,…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 8

On charge of having been found on the premises of the Crown and Anchor Hotel at Newcastle during prohibited hours on December 23, the following…

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Barman Tells of Escape Goomeri Hotel Fire Inquest Battened Windows Goomeri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 13

"The lower part of the windows outside my room and that of Mrs. Frahm were boarded up with battens," said Peter Bendel, a barman, at the inquest…

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Licensee Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 18

The licensee of the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Emma label Stewart, was fined £2, with 8/ costs, in default five days' imprisonment, for having kept premises…

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Summons Division on Hotel Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 18

For having been on hotel premises at an unlawful hour, 11 men were fined £1 each with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment…

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Hotel at Wauchope Destroyed Guests Clamber Through Windows Wauchope

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 1

Men and women clambered through windows when a fire destroyed the Station Hotel, Cameron Street, early to-day…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire People Dashed Out Just in Time GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 8

Guests and the staff at the Star Hotel at Wauchope dashed out of the blazing building at 3 o'clock this morning just in time. The wooden building…

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Theft From Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 2

The theft of £3 and a bottle of wine from the Cardiff Hotel, was reported to Newcastle police at the week-end. Two double-barrelled shot-guns and…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 8

Four men appeared and pleaded guilty to charges of having been found on the licensed premises of the Imperial Hotel. West Maitland,…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 8

The licence of the Commercial Hotel, Paterson. was transferred from Stanley Pearce to Edward Henry Wells, of Bondi…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 9

Seven men were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for having, on December 16, been found on the premises of the Imperial…

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Uproar in Hotel Lounge Tables Upset, Bottles Thrown SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 7

Four policemen had to be called to quell a disturbance in the crowded lounge of a hotel at the corner of Pitt and Liverpool Streets, city late this…

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