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Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, and jury.) Sale of Hotel. McDonnell v Shields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 10

The hearing was concluded of the action in which William Patrick McDonnell sued Richard W. G. Shields to recover £1000 damages on the ground tha[?] he had been…

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The Rights Of The Man Next Door Radio Test Case Argument Judge on Broadcasts in Hotel Bars "Policy, Not Law, Involved"

The Sun · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 9

"YOUR next-door neighbor may say, 'I have the right to look over your back fence,' but he has no right in law except to use his land in normal fashion. THAT was one of the arguments used by Mr. Flannery,…

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Found Dead in Hotel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 1

The body of James Duncan Beaton stewart 45, assistant-light-house keeper of Cape Schank lighthouse was found in a room at the…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 6

Applications for transfers of the following publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:—Edward Purcell to Mary Withers, Castle Connell Hotel,…

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Broadcasting in Hotels. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 11

Broadcasting in hotels was discussed at the conference of the United Victuallers' Association of Australia, which opened to-day. It was decided that broadcasting facilities should…

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Disappearance of Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 2

Police throughout the State have been furnished with a description of Richard W. G. Shields, licensee of the Eveleigh Hotel, Abercrombie…

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Wentworth Hotel, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 17

The reduced profits of Wentworth Hotel, Ltd., were due mainly to excavations in the street and footpaths by the hotel, said Mr. N. L. Nock, chairman, at the annual meeting…

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Industrial News Employees Are Withdrawn Breach of Award Is Alleged Hotel Construction At Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 7

CLAIMING that, an attempt had been made by Concrete Constructions, Ltd., to evade the provisions of the award, the secretary of…

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Missing Hotel-keeper's Wife Fears He Is Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 7

THE wife of Richard W. G. Shields, Redfern hotel-keeper, who has been missing for a month, fears that he is dead. "He may have lost his memory," she said yesterday, "for he was…

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Longer Hotel Hours Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Longer trading hours for hotels throughout Australia were urged by speakers at the Federal conference of Licensed…

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Sale of Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 9

We are given to understand on good authority that Mr. Andrew Holmes has disposed of the Railway Hotel, which he has so successfully conducted for many…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 6

Applications for transfers of the following publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:—Norman Harold Elson to Frederick Michael Cahill,…

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New Hotel Hours for 1938 Sought Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 23

Relaxation of the trading hours for Sydney hotels during the 150th anniversary celebrations is to be urged upon the State Government by…

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Pyrmont Bridge Removal Hotel Sale Deferred

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 9

The finance committee of the City Council yesterday deferred until next year further consideration of a proposal to sell the freehold of…

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Hotel Licences

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 4

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted In the Licensing Court ycB- tcrday:— Lewlsham Hotel, Petersham, from Norman…

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Weighman Had No License

The Biz · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 1

Charged with failure to secure a license as a weighman, Cecll Kirkman was procedcd against by the Inspector of Weights and Measures, at Liverpool…

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J. T. Jamieson Licensed As Trainer. E. Bartle to Ride Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 17

The committee of the Australian Jockey Club at its meeting yesterday granted a trainer's licence to J. T. Jamieson, and a jookey's licence to E. Bartle, both to date…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

Mr. N. H. Connolly was re-elected president of the Federal United Licensed Victuallers' Association, at the annual conference which was concluded at Adelaide yesterday. He is…

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Car Radio Licensing

The Sun · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 14

Many motorists whose cars are equipped with radio are in some doubt as to whether or not they are required to take out a licence for the car set. The N.R.M.A…

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The Crime of Having a Drink Anti-Social Licensing Law the Half-hour Hotel Rush

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 13

I BELIEVE that the release from the anxieties of the modern world is alcohol. I am unfortunate in that I have…

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