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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

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Hotel Put Out Of Bounds

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Saturday.—Army privates in Canberra say that officers have ruled the Hotel Canberra, the capital's most exclusive hotel, out of…

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Hotel Closing Hours at Bathurst

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Justice (Mr. Downing) said today that no instruction had been issued either by his Department or himself…

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S.A. Hotels Warned Not To Limit Size Of Beer Glasses ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1942 · page 3

HOTELKEEPERS who refuse to supply beer in a glass bigger than a butcher are flouting the instructions of the price-fixing authorities. A warning has been issued to them that if they do…

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Horses Dead Loss To Hotel LONDON, May 3

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

THE Waldorf, well-known London hotel, was fined £40 for having bought horseflesh at 1/8 a lb., which is 8d. above the fixed…

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Publicans To Restore Pints

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 3

Publicans at a meeting yesterday decided to restore pints and half-pints in compliance with the demands of a mass meeting of the B.I.C…

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Discipline For Hotel keepers

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State's Prices Commission and the Licensed Victuallers' Association are co-operating in a campaign against [?]…

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Inquiry Wanted On Hotel Hours

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A demand for an official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the Government or police were telling the truth…

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Staggered Hotel Hours likely

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—As a result of discussions by the State Cabinet to-day, staggered hotel hours for munition workers are a possibility…

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Honeymoon Hotels Are Busy

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—An official of the New South Wales Government Tourist Bureau said today that every tourist resort has its "honeymoon…

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Fire at Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1942 · page 1

A small fire, caused by the overheating of an electrical motor, broke out at the Royal Exchange Hotel late yesterday afternoon. The Central…

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Mr Allen Rayner To Manage The Grand Hotel

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 4

Mr. Allen Rayner, who was a member of the Grand Hotel office staff before he went to Sydney, has returned to take over the managership…

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Baddeley And Hotel Betting

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) last night denied any knowledge of instructions to suppress alleged…

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Hotel Guests Help

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 1

Rice Day was observed by one city hotel, which has a special interest in the fighting forces. Instead of altering the menu the…

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N.z. Hotel Hours

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 2

WELLINGTON.—Emergency licensing regulations announced today limit hotel liquor sales to eight hours daily—10 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Except on…

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Pleasure Hotels Closed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Because of the Federal Government's demands for the conservation of transport and manpower, two State Government-owned…

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Tea Ban in Hotels

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 1

Following the introduction of tea ration coupons and the declaration that tea could not be served between meals in hotels, the Freemasons Hotel…

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Hotel Owner Compensated

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 4

In compensation for the delicensing of the Australian Club Hotel, Mrs. Emma Resch, the owner, will receive a sum of £2340…

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Barmaids for Adelaide Hotels Adelaide, July 16

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 1

After many years prohibition of their employment, barmaids will in future to employed in South Australian hotels The Women's Employment Board today…

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Licensing of Butchers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Under an order issued yesterday by the Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dedman) all butchers' shops…

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Three Hours Three Hotel Fires Arson Squad Investigating Sydney. July 15

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 1

Detectives are investigating a series of fires which broke out in living rooms of three city hotels within three hours of [?] other early tonight. They have no…

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