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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 16

Rebuilding of Old Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1940 · page 16

The Clarendon Hotel, in Hunter-street, Newcastle, which was constructed in 1884, will be demolished shortly and a new hotel erected. Tenders have been…

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(Before Mr. R. Solling, S.m.) Summons Division on Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1940 · page 16

For having been found on the premises of the Oriental Hotel, Cook's Hill, during unlawful hours on May 17, each of the following defendants was fined £1,…

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Licensing Court Hotel Transfer Granted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 June 1940 · page 5

The licence of the Wickham Park Hotel Islington, was transferred from Simon Richard Shields to Archibald Henry Kennedy, of Gordon-Avenue, Hamilton…

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Disqualified for Five Years Former Licensed Jockey Rode as Amateur COOTAMUNDRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1940 · page 14

A sensation was caused in Southern district racing circles by the disqualification for five years of R. Springthorpe, formerly a licensed jockey, for improper practices…

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West Wallsend Hotels Aid Patriotic League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1940 · page 7

An effort to raise funds for the West Wallsend Patriotic League was made by the hotels when teams from Museum, Northumberland Clyde Inn. and Road,…

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Great Northern Hotel Guests

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 June 1940 · page 4

VISITORS at the Great Northern Hotel this week include: Mr. and Mrs. S. Shorter (New Zealand), Mr. and Mrs. C. Gwillan (Brisbane),…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 6

James Fears (21). waterside worker, and John Charles Harrison (34), laborer, were each fined £1 for having been unlawfully in the Orient Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 6

(Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) The licence of the Star Hotel. Hunter-street West, Newcastle, was transferred from Henry Bonomini to John…

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S.p. Betting in Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 11

Starting-price betting in hotels was still being strictly supervised by police and had been practically eliminated, stated the quarterly licensing report…

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Hotel Building in Newcastle

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

Premises for one Newcastle hotel are nearly completed and another licensee has, applied for permission to rebuild. This was stated in the quarterly report…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Licensing Court Hotel Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 6

John Edward O'Donnell, of Turner Street, Lambton, applied for the transfer of the licence for the Commonwealth Hotel, Cook's Hill, from…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 7

Transfer Ratified.—John Edward O'Donnell, of Turner-street, Lambton, was granted transfer of the licence for the Commonwealth Hotel, Cook's Hill, from William Robertson…

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Summons Division (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. SM.) On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 6

For having been found on the premises of the Albion Hotel, Wickham, during prohibited hours on April 19, Charles Burgess, c/o. Oxford Hotel,…

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Owed Him £99 for Liquor Says Publican Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 9

A bankrupt hotelkeeper told the Registrar in Bankruptcy to-day that when he went with friends to demand £99 6s which Kate Leigh owed him…

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Topic S for Women Great Northern Hotel Guests

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 7

VISITORS to the Great Northern Hotel this week included—Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tonks (Muswellbrook). Mr. and Mrs. F. O. John…

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Hotel Staff Dance

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 2

By courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fahey, the staff of the Esplanade Hotel held, a dance to aid the Patriotic Fund last night…

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Early Hotel Now Leased at 2/6 a Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1940 · page 6

A property at Moschete island that was once the Oxford Hotel, in Newcastle is now let at 2/6 a week. It has en interesting history, according, to Mr. Josiah…

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Licensing Court Licences Transferred

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 2

The licence of the Northumberland Hotel, West Wallsend, was transferred from James Stanley Etheridge to William Joseph Woods, of Cullen Bullen…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 12

(Before Mr. J. M. Laidlaw L.M.) An application by Harold Holwood Winchester for permission to make alterations and additions to the…

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Early Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1940 · page 6

Sir,—In Saturday's issue you printed an article under the above heading with the sub-heading "now leased for 2/6 per week."…

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