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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

193 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10

Illicit Spirits Charge Hotel at Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 4

In the Summons Division of the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. S.M., Roy Allan Ferguson, licensee of the…

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Bookmaker-licensees Not Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—On the ground that the applicant was a registered bookmaker and that most of his time was spent on his farm at…

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"Will Be Booted Out" Black Hotelkeepers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Only a small minority of hotelkeepers blackmarketed portion of their liquor supplies. These would be "booted" out…

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Licensing of Builders Is Requested

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

Mr. H. Sheedy, at a meeting of the Newcastle Municipal Assembly of the ALP yesterday, disagreed with a statement by the Minister…

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Not Reasonable Service Hotel Licence Not Renewed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Upholding an objection by the metropolitan police licensing inspector that Victor George Mabey, licensee of the…

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Negro In Trouble In Lounge Of City Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

When asked at Newcastle Police Court to plead to a chargo of using Indecent language in the [?]ounce room of the Esplanade…

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Keg of Beer After Hours Publican and Two Other Men Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1944 · page 4

Before Mr. C. G. Cart-Boyd, S.M., in Newcastle Police Court yesterday, Leshe, Jenkins, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, was…

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Hotels to Close on Election Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—All hotels in New South Wales would be closed on Saturday, election day, said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley). The…

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Closed Hotel Bars "Solemn Farce", Says Legal Man

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 3

"The solemn farce is being perpetrated of prosecuting a man for closing his hotel doors because he has no beer to sell," Mr…

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Three Months For Publican: Soldi Over Fixed Price

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: A Sydney publican who sold a bottle of Australian brandy to an American serviceman for £3 10s (fixed 15s 3d) on February 5 was sentenced to three months' hard labor at the special Federal Court to-day…

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Publican Fined for Locked Doors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1944 · page 2

Charged under the National Security Regulations before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court with having failed to…

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Undertakers to Be Licensed by City Council

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 7

Undertakers operating In this district will soon require a licence from Greater Newcastle Council, under a Public Health…

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Country Hotels Warned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that during his rounds in the country a licensing magistrate issued a warning that serious consideration would be given…

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Licensee Reports Theft Of £70 In Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 2

Leslie Jenkins, licensee of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether, has reported to Newcastle police that £70 in notes was…

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Sydney Hotels Have Holiday

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Many hotels, espectally in the suburbs, closed today for the holiday. Some of them said they could…

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MHR Sued For Hotel Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Sydncy Max Faltein, MHR, was sued in Bairnsdale Court for £19 9s alleged to have been due to…

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Police Oppose Transfer Of Hotel Licence

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 2

The transfer of a hotel licence was objected to by the police at the Newcastle Licensing Court today on the grounds…

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Exciting Night at Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Guests in nightgowns and pyjamas in the foyer of the Hotel Metropole, at the corner of Bent and Young…

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Objection Taken and Withdrawn Publican Will Not Be Bookmaker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1944 · page 6

Because the applicant held a bookmaker's licence, police objected, in the Newcastle Licensing Court, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M.,…

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Canteens or More Beer for Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA.—Federal Ministers do not favor suggestions that more beer for hotels would be better than wet canteens in…

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