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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

199 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10

Sydney Hotel Boycotted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An effort may be made to induce unionists to apply the beer ban in Sydney. The Friend in Hand Hotel, at Glebe, was picketed…

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Hotels of Other Days

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 7

THE OLD and picturesque hotels of Newcastle and district are fast disappearing. In 1940 three that had been landmarks were demolished to make way…

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"Wet Canteens a Failure" Hotels Full of Soldiers, Says Padre

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

"Wet canteens are no cheap and easy solution to the liquor problem; from what I have Heard they are an inglorious failure," said Rev. R. D. Finigan, a…

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In the Courts. Licensing Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M) Billiard Licence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

An application by Robert Samuel Hedge, of Carrington-street, West Wallsend, for a billiard saloon licence at West wallsend was granted…

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Six O'clock Closing Many Publicans Are Confused

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 2

Many hotelkeepers in Newcastle are confuted over the new six o'clock closing regulations. They are anxious to…

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In the Courts (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Summons Division On Licensed Premises

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Found in the saloon bar at the Central Hotel, Newcastle, during prohibited hours on December 6, the following were each fined £1, with 8s coats:-…

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"Licensed Foreigners Not Danger" Prime Minister's Reply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Statements that many foreigners worked on wharves, and alight be a danger to Australia were brought under the notice of the Prime…

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Police Visit City Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

Police took about 40 names when they visited a leading Newcastle hotel last night. Many guests appeared to enjoy the experience of being on licensed…

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Found In Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

Allan Brown. 29, laborer, and Eric Fairhall, 31, laborer, were each fined £1 when they pleaded guilty to having been found in the Criterion Hotel…

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Summons Division (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) In Hotel After Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

Found in the Wickham Park Hotel Islington, at 11.25 p.m. on December 7 James Lane, of Havelock Stree Mayfield, and Reginald James…

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Newcastle Takes Less Beer Rationed Work For Hotel Staffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 4

Wharf labourers who unloaded the cargo of beer for Newcastle yesterday were surprised to observe that it was considerably lighter than formerly. They…

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Licensing Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M.) Transfer Of Licence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 2

An application for the transfer of the licence of the Shortland Hotel. Newcastle from Cecil Baden Brown to William Joseph Huntley was granted…

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Darwin Hotels Black Listed by Unionists Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 3

All hotels here have been placed on the black list by the North Australian Workers' Union and the Carpenters and Joiners'…

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London's Hotel Rackets London, Dec 23

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 9

"Shelter racketeers" are giving the managers of some London hotels one of their biggest war-time problems. A typical…

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

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 2

For having been found on the licensed premises of the Criterion Hotel. Newcastle, during prohibited hours on November 15. Victor Belcher,…

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Fire Destroys Rosemount Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 4

GRAFTON, Friday.—The Rosemount hotel, store, and post-office, on the Grafton-Glen Innes road, which were conducted by Mr. E. V. Curry. were…

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Problem for Licensee

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 5

Three small children appeared to be in trouble in West Maitland this morning. They were left at a city hotel without any instructions. The licensee…

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Cessnock's Beer Ban Lifted Hotels Were Popular To-day

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 3

Cessnock hotels were popular to-day when miners celebrated the lifting of the ban that had been imposed for the past month…

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Fire in Hotel Sitting Room

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 6

A fire broke out in the sitting-room of the Duke of Kent Hotel In Hunter Street, this afternoon. The room was empty when the blaze…

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New Demands on Darwin Hotels Darwin

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 5

Hotels in Darwin have already lost heavily through the strike against the rise in the cost of beer, and a new schedule of demands has been…

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