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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 16

In Hotel After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

William McKnight, of Elcho-street, Hamilton, James Ryan, corner of Parry and Wood Streets. Hamilton, John Campbell White, of Elcho-street, Hamilton,…

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Supply State's Needs Hopes from Potato Industry Licensing Bill in Assembly Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 8

The hope that New South Wales would ultimately be able to supply all her own potatoes was expressed by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. A. D. Reid),…

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Explosion in Hotel Kitchen Blackheath

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

An all night guard was maintained by a constable over the kitchen or the Ivanhoe Hotel, at Blockheath, which was almost destroyed by fire last…

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On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 6

The following were fined £1 with 8s costs, in default three days' imprisonment, when they pleaded guilty to having been found on the premises of…

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In Hotel After Hours

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

George Bragg, of Military-road, Newcastle, Charles William Ogilvie, of King-street, Newcastle, Roy Kenneth James Passfield, of Laman-street, Cook's Hill,…

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Hotel at Darwin Refused Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 11

An application by J. E. Cousin, a Darwin business men, for a licence to build a new hotel to relieve Darwin's shortage of accommodation, was refused…

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Appeal in Hotel Case "More Apt to be Argued in Thieves' Kitchen" SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 18

Matters in an appeal case concerning the sale of a hotel were more apt to be argued in a thieves' kitchen than in a Court of law, said the Chief Justice (Sir…

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Explosion in Hotel an Accident Blackheath

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 8

After an inspection of the debris at the Ivanhoe Hotel, which was almost destroyed by an explosion during a fire last night, detectives are convinced that…

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In the Courts Newcastle Licensing Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Hotel Changes Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 8

The licence of the Northern Star Hotel. Hamilton, was transferred from Charles Braban Mellords to Joshua Jenkins…

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In Hotel After Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 14

The following were each fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, when they pleaded "Guilty" to charges of having been on the licensed…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 8

Ellen Bird of Allynbrook, with the consent of the executors of the will of the late William Bird, holder of the Australian Wine Licence for premises…

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Licensing Court Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 15

The licence of the Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton, was transferred from Charles Braban Mellords to Joshua Jenkins. Mr. K. W. Barnett (Messrs. Braye,…

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Foodstuffs for Britain Import Licensing Extended No Difficulty with Meat, Butter and Cheese Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 12

Following the order by the British Ministry of Food prohibiting foodstuffs imports into Great Britain except under licence, the Commerce Department to-day…

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On Licensed Premises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 2

Geoffrey Berlin, of Elizabeth-street, Tighe's Hill, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, in default three days' imprisonment, for having been found on the premises of…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 7

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, L.M., at the West Maitland Licensing Court yesterday, the licence of the Station Hotel. Kurri Kurri, was transferred from Evan…

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Little Folks' Hotel for Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1940 · page 3

An idea brought back from England recently by Miss Thelma Douglas, a trainee of Tweddle Baby Hospital, Melbourne, is a Little Folks' Hotel, which…

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Soldiers Menaced "Communist" Police Averted Brawl in Hotel SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

Police averted an ugly scene when about 50 members of the Second A.I.F. marched into a city hotel early to-night and threatened to "clean up" an alleged…

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Restrict Drinking to Hotels New Zealand Church's Plan Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 6

Designed to prevent the consumption of liquor anywhere, except on the licensed premises where it was bought, the Church of Christ to-day decided to urge the…

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Shot Dead When On Her Holiday; Hotel Tragedy MULLUMBIMBY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 7

Mrs. Thelma Constance O'Dwyer, 27, of Brisbane, was found shot in the head in a bedroom at the Ocean View Hotel. Brunswick Heads, last night…

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Fatal Fight at a Hotel Perth

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

Allegedly, hit on the head with a beer pot, an Italian, Luigi Gianoncelli, died in the Southern Cross Hospital. Gianoncelli was drinking in a hotel…

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