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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1949

138 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 7

Steel Unionists "Casuals In Hotel Bars"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

While members were walking the streets doing nothing, other unionists employed in heavy industries were working in hotel bars from 4…

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Would Reduce Hotel Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A reduction in beer drinking hours in hotels was inevitable if breweries cut bulk beer supplies by 30 per cent., the…

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Hotels Must Supply Meals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 2

Police in Newcastle are paying special attention to the policing of the Liquor Act, particularly the section dealing with the provision of…

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Beer Cut May Mean Smaller Hotel Staffs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

Some Newcastle hotelkeepers said yesterday that if their previous beer supplies were not restored soon they would have to consider reducing…

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Gosford Publicans Warned On Meals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

GOSFORD, Thursday.—Hotel-keepers on the Central Coast were told in the Licensing Court to-day by Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M.,…

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Hotels Will Not Open Until Noon On

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1

Superintendent Clifford of Newcastle Police said to-day that the public should be reminded that hotels will not be open on…

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Hotels Must Close Till Noon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1949 · page 4

All hotels be closed till noon on Monday. Mr. J. [?] a Vice-president of the Newcastle branch of the…

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Not To License Mechanics, Garages Yet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 3

The introduction of legislation to register garages and license motor mechanics had been deferred, pending further consideration, because…

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£57,000 Bid For Lapstone Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Lapstone Hotel was offered at auction in Sydney today. Sydney dentist, Mr. E. J. McDermott, followed the…

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Evatt Confined To His Hotel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.).—Although confined to his hotel with eyestrain, Dr. Evatt is driving the United Nations…

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Court to Fix Hotel Meal Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

Hours during which meals must be available to the public at hotels will be determined by the Licensing Magistrate for Newcastle district…

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Publican Fined for Refusing Meal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Convicted of having refused to supply a meal without reasonable cause, Raymond Claude Knight, licensee of the…

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Hours For Meals At Hotels

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

At Newcastle Licensing Court today, Mr. Hardwicke. S.M., fixed the times for meals In hotels in the Newcastle area…

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Meal Times For Hotels Set Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 5

Times at which hotels in Newcastle and district must serve meals were laid down by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., in the Licensing Court…

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Move On Hotel Hours Fails

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday. —A bid to introduce a motion seeking the compulsory closing of hotels at 1 p.m. on Saturday was ruled out of…

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Hotels 'Not Forced To Serve Big Glasses'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Publicans are not compelled by law to serve schooners and pints if other glasses they use are of regulation size…

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Jockey Who Was Also Publican

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 7

Although an Australian jockey did not win the rich Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket recently, the winner, Nimbus, and the third horse, Barnes Park, have Australian interest…

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Man Gaoled For Hotel Theft

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Thomas William Price, 22, laborer, of C.B. Chambers, Pitt-st., Sydney, was sentenced to the rising of the…

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In Brief Publicans Warned About Betting Guests Robbed At House Party

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 6

During a week-end party at John McPhee's home in St. Kilda (Vic.) a thief got away with seven handbags from a front room. Soon after, a car stolen in Glen Iris was found abandoned…

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N.Z. Labour Rejects Press Licensing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

WELLINGTON, May 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party to-day unanimously rejected proposals…

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