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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 16

Old Hotel Being Demolished

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1940 · page 12

The old Clarendon Hotel, which has been a Hunter-street landmark for half a century, is being quickly demolished. The structure was re-roofed with…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1940 · page 2

Eric Street, of Kemp-street, Hamilton, who did not appear, was fined £1, with 8s costs, in default three days imprisonment, for having been found…

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"Too Many 'Beer-house' Types of Hotels"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Manager of the Travel Department of the Bank of New South Wales (Mr. H. R. Brown) and to-day that the development of…

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To-day in the Courts Newcastle Licensing Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Hotel Changes Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 2

The licence of the Shortland Howl, Newcastle, was transferred from Sydney Edgar Batley to Leslie George Flynn, formerly of Dubbo…

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Motor News for Better Hotels in Country

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 7

Though there had been a distinct improvement in country hotel accommodation in New South Wales in recent years, the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1940 · page 2

The licence of the Shortland Hotel, Newcastle, was transferred from Sydney Edgar Batley to Leslie George Flynn, of Summer Hill Mr. A. Nathan (Messrs. A. A. Rankin…

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Hotel Case Appeal Upheld by High Court Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 3

The High Court to-day allowed the appeal of Alma Neal, from a judgement of the State Full Court. The Full Court had upheld a decision of…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 5

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Federal Hotel. Newcastle, during prohibited hours on August 30. Henry Lawrence Powell…

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Summons Division (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) On Hotel Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 September 1940 · page 5

Because they were found on the licensed premises of the Commonwealth Hotel. Cook's Hill, on August 11, during prohibited hours, the…

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To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, L.m.) Newcastle Licensing Court Hotels Change Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 2

The licence of the Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton, was transferred from Andrew Clyde Delaney to Sydney Edgar Batley, former licensee of the…

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Clothing Ablaze at City Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 2

A fire which broke out in a drying-room on the fifth floor of the Great Northern Hotel in Newcastle this afternoon was put out by members of the…

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Hotel Site Cleared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1940 · page 12

Two weatherboard cottages have been demolished and removed from the land in Raymond Terrace, on which the Clare Castle Hotel is to be erected. These…

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Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 2

An application by Tooth and Co., Ltd., to make material alterations to the Tattersall's Hotel. Greta, at a cost of £900 was granted. The original…

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Single Woman Cannot Hold Hotel Licence Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 5

The High Court to-day, by two to one, decided that a single woman was not entitled under the N.S.W. Liquor Act to hold a publican's licence…

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Cessnock Hawking in Hotels Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 7

Hawking of goods in hotels was becoming nuisance. Cr. A. Burns told Kearsley Council last night. It was almost impossible to go in for…

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Hawking Goods in Hotel Bars

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 2

Hawkers who offer their goods for sale in hotel bars were the subject of complaint last night at the meeting of Kearsley Shire Council…

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Hotel, Garage and Two Shops Gutted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The large, two-storied wooden Windsor Hotel at Miles, also a billiard [?] hairdressing saloon, a cafe and an empty garage, were…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1940 · page 5

Several men were each fined £1 with 8s costs in default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on licensed premises during prohibited…

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Spinsters As Hotel Licensees Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 6

If the present State Government ever amends the Liquor Act, it will do away with the clause prohibiting a…

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Escaped From Burning Hotel Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 5

Awakened by smoke and flames, 12 people, staying at the Metropole Hotel, Ipswich, barely escaped early to-day before the roof caved in…

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