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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

836 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 42

Daring Crime. Robbery at New York Hotel. New York, Aug. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 9

A brazen crime was committed in daylight to-day, when two gunmen, after stiffening their nerves with gin, held up the cashier of the Claremont Inn, in the heart of busy…

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Beer Strike Threat. Ultimatum to Publicans. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 10

A beer strike against all hotels within a radius of 10 miles of Collie is threatened if hotelkeepers refuse to sign an agreement governing wages and conditions for female…

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Union Demand Refused by Publicans. Attempt to Boycott Hotels. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 12

Recently girls employed in hotels at Collie joined the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, and a special committee from various unions requested hotelkeepers to sign an…

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Federal Government's Powers. Licensing Legislation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 12

If the Federal Government decides to intervene in the dispute and institute the licensing system among seamen, as has been suggested in certain circles, a proclamation might be…

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Some Exempt Licensing of Agents

The Sun · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 9

Big pastoral firms which arrange for the sale and transfer of farms, and manufacturers and wholesale merchants who virtually act as agents…

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Garages. Proposed Licensing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 16

The Garage and Motor Transport Association is pressing for the licensing of all garages, service stations, and mechanics, in the interests of public safety, and the purpose of the…

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Talk Of Betting At Hotel Belfield's Manager Wins Judge's Criticism Of Grazier

Truth · Sunday 18 August 1935 · page 15

A SUIT involving alleged betting transactions at Belfield's Hotel, George-street, in which the manager was plaintiff and a well-known Woodstock grazier defendant, excited a…

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Hotel Boycott at Collie Industrial Agreement Not Signed Perth

The Sun · Sunday 18 August 1935 · page 2

As the hotelkeepers have still declined to sign the industrial agreement in regard to their girl employees the boycott of all hotels at Collie…

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Boycott of Hotels. Union Action. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 10

As a result of the refusal of publicans at Collie to sign an industrial agreement for female employees, as demanded by combined unions in the district, all the hotels are being…

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Drinking in Hotels After Official Closing Time. Twenty Minutes' Grace Allowed, Commissioner Explains Police Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 9

An official explanation of the attitude of the police to drinking in hotels after trading hours, which will have special interest for hotelkeepers and the public throughout the State, was given yesterday by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay)…

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Fish and Meat.i Licensing of Grocers.i

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 6

At a meeting of the health and by-laws committee of the City Council yesterday the vicechairman. Alderman Marks, said that efforts, were being made to induce the Government to…

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Boycott of Hotels To Force Better Conditions

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 3

PERTH, Aug. 16.—Recently girls employed in hotels at Collie joined the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union, and a special committee from various…

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Famous Hotel to Go

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 14

The Hotel Blue Star, Prague, where the doom of the Austrian Empire was sealed, is to be demolished. In 1866, after the Austrian army had…

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Hotel Trading. Police Policy. Ministers Silent. "N0 Political Control."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 13

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) and Ministers generally declined yesterday to comment on the official explanation given by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) of the…

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Hotelkeepers Support Commissioner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 13

"Any reasonable member of the public must appreciate the interpretation placed on the Liquor Act by the Commissioner of Police," said Mr. J. D. Durham, secretary of the United…

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Hotel Closing Hours. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 8

Sir,—The pronouncement on the hotel closing hours question by the Commissioner of Police, as reported in your columns to-day will cause the gravest concern, not only to…

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Amend Law? Hours of Hotels Govt. Embarrassed Drink at Dances

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 13

SOME embarrassment has been caused to the Government by the statement of the Police Commissioner…

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Said He Was Put on the "Black List" Tobacco "Ring" Is Mentioned In Court Publican Tells

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 7

BECAUSE he had sold cigarette papers, which he later learned to be smuggled goods, at prices lower than list rates, Norman…

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F.C.T. Hotel to Private Enterprise Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 4

It was announced to-day by the Department of the Interior that the successful applicant for the residential hotel site at City, Canberra, was…

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The Man --In-- The Street To The Editor Closing Hour of Hotels

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 4

Sir,--I have just been reading the privileged communication of Chief Commissioner Mackay as to the attitude of the police towards the closing…

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