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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

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

Use Queensland Hotels as Hospitals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—Queensland civil defence authorities already have made a survey of hotels and other buildings in various parts of the State which are…

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Letters to Editor Money Spent on Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 7

Sir,—One bears much of "full steam ahead" with the war effort, but it would be enlightening to know how much money has been put into new hotels and…

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Found Dead in Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

William Stewart. 67. was found hanged in the laundry of the Crown and Anchor Hotel. Newcastle, this morning. Stewart had been in…

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Hotel Hours: Poll Result

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 3

If a referendum were taken in New South Wales on the question of extending hotel hours to 8 p.m. or later, there would probably be a small majority in favor of the proposal. During November a cross-section of…

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Fire in Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 2

There was an outbreak of fire in a room in the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, last night. It broke out in a bedroom and was…

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Publican Fired Shot at Four Intruders

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY: Two shots were fired by a publican at Ultimo last night when he was attacked by four men…

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Fatal Fall From Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Oswald McLeod, 40, builder, who was found fatally injured on the footpath outside a hotel at South Kensington early…

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Hotel Balcony Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

A small portion of the Commercial Hotel balcony in Scott-street, Newcastle, was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. Newcastle East…

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Licensing Court Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

The special sitting of the Licensing Court which was to have been held at West Maitland to-day has been adjourned…

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Man Gaoled for Thefts From Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 2

Four charges of stealing from Newcastle hotel rooms were preferred against James William Session (69). laborer, at Newcastle…

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In the Courts (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.m.) Licensing Court

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

The following applications for the transfer of hotel licenses were granted: For the Expla[?]de Hotel from John Fahey to Hugh McMillan Black. The…

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Hotelkeeper on Bond Fruit Machine in Parlour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 6

GOSFORD, Friday.—In the first prosecution of its kind in the State, the licensee of the Woy Woy Hotel, George Weimar, 55, was before the…

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"Flying Hotels" Bought From U.s

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): The three Boeing 314A flying-boats which Pan-American Airways have sold to British Overseas…

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"Flying Hotels" Cost £200,000 Each

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 3.—The three Boeing 314A flying-boats which Pan-American Airways have sold to British Overseas Airways and in one…

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Warning Against S.p. in Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 3

Warning in the strongest terms have been given to northern hotelkeepers against allowing S.P. betting on their…

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End of S.p. in Hotels Is Forecast

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 February 1942 · page 3

Northern hotelkeepers agree that the campaign which started last Saturday has put an end to S.P…

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"Betting in Hotels to Cease"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 3

No hotelkeeper would allow starting-price betting on his premises in future. The president of the Newcastle…

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No S.p. Betting in Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

The President of the U.L.V.A. in Newcastle (Mr. P. J. Ryan) announced after a special general meeting yesterday that in future no…

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Alien Doctors May Be Licensed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA.—Alient doctors will be licensed to practise in Australia after satisfying a special committee and a…

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Northern Hotel Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 8

Members of the Great Northern Hotel Social Club held a successful dance at the hotel last night in support of their candidates, Misses Ada Dundas and…

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