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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

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

8000-Ft. Dive to Hit Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 December 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—Spitfire fighter-bombers yesterday dived 8000 feet to attack an hotel in the main street of a Dutch town…

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Inquest Opens on Girl Battered in Hotel at Moree

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 December 1944 · page 3

MOREE: The inquest opened, today on 20-years-old Joan Minnie Jenkins, who worked at the Royal Hotel, Moree, and who was found battered on the head in a hotel bedroom on August 21. She died in hospital next day…

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To Stand Trial for Hotel Shooting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Nelson Buchanan Grindal, license of the Ob-sever Hotel, George-street North, was committed for trial by the City…

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Found Bottled Beer at Most Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Nearly 100 hotels were visited by Customs officers on Friday and Saturday in their search for bottled beer, said a…

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Customs Raids Newcastle Hotels: Some Suspected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 2

CUSTOMS officers from Sydney and Newcastle raided hotels in the Newcastle district yesterday. While stocks of bottled beer were found…

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£300 Bail for Publican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Nelson Buchanan Grindal, licensee of the Observer Hotel, George-street North, who is charged with the murder of…

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Licensee Fined For Closing Bars

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 2

Joseph Lowe, licensee of the Hotel Orient, Watt Street, was fined £1 and 8s costs for failing to keep the bars opened on October 21…

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Inspections Of Hotels Continue

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 2

Investigators from the Customs Department are continuing their inspections of hotels in the district to ensure that bottled beer is not being…

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May Declare 3 Hotels "Black"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1944 · page 2

The Secretary of the Trades Hall Council (Mr. R. F. Loudac) said that if three hotels in Mayfield did not conform to the agreement…

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Hotel Turned Away Mother and Child

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—A young widow employed in a Commonwealth department and her four-year-old son had been forced to live in a Canberra…

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Summonses Served on 30 Publicans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Customs spokesman said visits by Customs officers to hotels and wine saloons were being continued. Country areas…

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Publicans Seek Beer Overdraft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A New Year present in the shape of a beer "overdraft" is being sought by publicans who have drawn on their…

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11 Publicans in Court Beer Raids Sequel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Eleven hotel-keepers charged with failure to supply liquor to customers when demanded were remanded until January…

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