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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

167 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 9

Three Years' Gaol for Hotel Owner

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

Though Ferguson's action was not premeditated, a bottle had been used to inflict injury and there was nothing to…

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Lost Appeal on Sentence Hotelkeeper Had Army Goods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 4

William James Jackson, 37, formerly licensee of the Maryville Hotel, Maryville, appealed at Newcastle Sessions against a sentence of three…

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Country M.l.a.'s Suggestion for New Hotel Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. — Any proposal in amending Liquor Act legislation to increase trading hours of hotels generally—to 7 p.m. or 7.30 p.m.—would…

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Smashed Hotel Window

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 2

Refused a drink at the Beach Hotel, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, William O. Balcombe, 23, soldier, put his fist through the glass…

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Hotels to Abolish Schooners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Schooners in all New South Wales hotels are to be replaced by 13oz. glasses which will sell at 9d or possibly 10d, as…

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Wants Plate Glass Windows in Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday—The Government should enforce all liquor bars to have clear plate glass windows instead of the present types,…

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Hotelkeeper Wants Beer Glasses Made Bigger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY. Sunday.—Instead of being reduced in size to 13oz., beer glasses should be restored to their former sizes, in which the customer…

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Kicked Hotel Door

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 4

When he was ejected from the Royal Oak Hotel, Tighe's Hill or Saturday afternoon, John P. Leddan, 35, laborer, became abusive and…

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"World Visitors Laugh at Ancient Licensing Laws"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—If Australians were ever to become wine minded a revision of licensing laws was long overdue, Mr. H. E. Laffer…

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70 Looked On At Hotel Fight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 4

When a free fight developed in the bar parlour at the George Hotel, Scott-street, on Saturday afternoon, 70 persons looked on…

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Hotel Trading Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 5

Sir,—For some reason these seems to be a great deal of reluctance by politicians to be frank about their views on the liquor question. The…

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Cardiff Hotel Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

Sir,—The Newcastle Morning Herald's report about the proposed Cardiff community hotel needs clarification. What churches were…

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License New Factories To Encourage Decentralisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The introduction of a licensing system for the erection and operation of factories in New South Wales to…

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Hotel Changes Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 5

The licence of the Maryville Hotel Maryville, was transferred from Melville Eric Jurd to Thomas Stewart at the Newcastle Licensing Court…

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Broke Hotel Door

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 7

When refused drinks at 6.50 p.m yesterday at the Esplanade Hotel Robert K. Phillips, 18. and James Slater, 18, seamen, smashed the panel…

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Hotels "Fairly Well Conducted"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1945 · page 2

Several offenders were arrested and convicted for S.P. betting on licensed premises, but there was no evidence that the licensee had…

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Inquiry Into Hotel Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Hotelkeepers who kept bedrooms unoccupied while accommodation was scarce should have to show cause why their…

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Brighton's Hotels Washed-Out

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday: Seas, whipped up by the gale lashing Britain's coast, were so big at Brighton that they drenched…

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Struck Publican When Asked To Leave

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 October 1945 · page 4

When Philip Jenkins, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Newcastle, asked David R. Williams, 32, linesman, to leave the premises at 6.15 p.m…

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Open Hotels Till 10 P.M. U.L.V.A. Puts Case to Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—The United Licensed Victuallers' Association had unanimously decided that trading hours for hotels should be from 10…

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