Former Useful Sold Five Hotels for £500,000
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3
MELBOURNE. — At the age of 21. James Richardson came from Ayrshire, Scotland, to Australia to make his fortune selling sewing machines and pianos, but he did so badly that he gladly took a job as "useful" at the Wentworth…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Mr. James Richardson, bachelor, yesterday sold five of his seven Melbourne hotels for £500,000. He came from…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—William Morgan, hotel manager, said in the Bankruptcy Court that the purchase and sale of a city hotel was in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Black Sales in Hotel Cellar Accountant's Story
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—American servicemen were ushered into the cellar of the Sussex Hotel, City, and sold liquor at black market prices,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Half Hotel Sale Invested in Victory Loan
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. James Richardson, who sold his shares in five city hotels to Carlton and United Brewery Ltd. for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Solicitor, Father and Licensee Gaoled
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 1
PERTH, Thursday.—A case which caused intense interest concluded to-day when Lavus O'Connell Gorman, 33, legal practitioner and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fumes Kill Refugee in Sydney Hotel
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday.—Gustav Frederick Krentler, 41, a refugee ahen, was overcome by cyanide fumes while in a room at the Great Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotels' Fines Reduced for Meal Offences
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two Sydney hotels successfully appealed at the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court against the severity of fines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Servicemen Wounded in Sydney Hotel
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two servicemen—received knife wounds during no altercation in an hotel in Pitt-street this afternoon. It is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Fine Reduced
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court, Judge Studdert reduced to £25 the £100 fine imposed on the Hotel Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Deal Is Subject of Question
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2
CANBERRA.—The Federal Government was considering whether regulations should be introduced bringing under control share…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kept His Own Bottle Licensee's Defence
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4
Charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court, with having sold adulterated whisky and brandy, a hotel licensee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Check Rent Racketeering" Council Has Powers to License Flats and Boarding Houses
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3
Ample power is possessed by Greater Newcastle Council to register lodging houses and residentials in its area, according to a report by the Chief Health Inspector (Mr. J. C. Meddows) to be presented to the Health Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →License Boarding Houses Improve Conditions
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2
Licensing of boarding houses and residentials from October 1 this year will be recommended to Greater Newcastle Council to-morrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plan to License Boarding Houses
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2
At a meeting of the Greater Newcastle Council's Health Committee, held late yesterday, it was decided to recommend to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Plan for Crowded Cities
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 1
NEW YORK, March 7. A.A.P.—The War Production Board has suggested that crowded cities should study the following hotel plan, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotel Licence Was Refused
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY.—Because a grocer sold half a pound of tea last August at 1½d in excess of the fixed price and no coupons he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Hotel Lease Ald. Breen Opposes Brewery Control
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2
Extension of the lease of the Central Hotel, Hunter-street, to the present holders, Toobeys Ltd., on the ground that the company represented…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petty's Hotel Taken Over by U.s. Army
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3
SYDNEY.—Petty's Hotel, one of Australia's oldest hotels, has been taken over by American Army authorities to be used as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Manpower to Replace Hotel Roof
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3
MOREE.—Out on the plain between Narrabri and Moree there is an hotel where guests peer through the mosquito nets at the…
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