Victoria Junction Hotel

For hotels with the same or similar names, see Victoria Hotel and Junction Hotel.

Victoria Junction Hotel

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History
Town	Waterloo
Closed	1912
Known dates	1880-1912
Other names	aka Hinchcliff's Hotel

The Victoria Junction Hotel was a hotel in Waterloo, <1880-1912.

Site

The hotel was at Waterloo.

History

In December 1880 the publican was fined for Sunday trading:

Police v W. Hinchcliffe, suffering liquor to be drunk in his licensed house on a Sunday. Constable Mumford deposed to visiting Waterloo on Sunday, the 12th inst, and, on entering the bar of the defendant he found three men drinking. The defendant was present. The defendant stated that the persons drinking in the bar were lodgers; fined £1 with 2s 6d costs.

The hotel's license was reviewed by the Licenses Reduction Board in February 1912.

The case for the Victoria Junction Hotel, Waterloo, was re-opened, to give Mrs Robertson, a daughter of the licensee, an opportunity to give the Board further particulars as to the takings, etc. The opinion of the Board was that the licensee {Mrs Hinchcliffe) whose returns were almost the smallest in the district, was looking at it from a sentimental and not a business point of view. Mrs Robertson stated that her mother wished to retain the hotel in spite of the extra license fees.

The result of the hearing was that the hotel was to be closed.

Community Involvement

• The AMA was holding its fortnightly meetings at the hotel in 1885.

The People

• In December 1880 the publican was W. Hinchcliffe.
• In December 1884 and 1896 the license was granted to William Hinchcliffe.
• In March 1905, Mrs. M. A. Hinchcliffe, the widow of the former publican, was granted the license after probate had been granted on the estate.