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Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Publican's Application. Licence for Hampton Court Refused by Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, James Quirk, licensee of the Limerick Castle Hotel, Smith and Ann streets, applied for the removal of the licence of the hotel…

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Publicans' Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 8

The following applications for the granting of transfers of publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:…

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Old Cessnock They Used to Poll at the Cessnock Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 11

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--In his second address to Cessnock business men to-day, on Old Cessnock, Mr. J. R. Scott produced the copy of an…

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Publican Fined Short- Measure Beer

The Sun · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 9

On a charge of having sold beer in short measure, Jack Levison Sims, of the Salisbury Hotel, Stanmore, was fined £7 at Newtown Court…

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Hotel Transfer Granted

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 1

The Licensing Board gave its decision at Penrith Court House last Friday morning in regard to the applicatlon of Andrew George Melville for…

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The Seamen. Licensing Provisions. No Withdrawal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 18

The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) to-day informed the secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (Mr. C. Crofts) that the Ministry would not suspend…

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Publican Fined. Short Measure of Beer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 14

At the Newtown Police Court, Jack Levison Sims, of the Salisbury Hotel, Stanmore, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling beer short of the quantity purchased. He was…

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Man Stabbed. Quarrel in Hotel. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 15

Following a fierce brawl, which occurred at Shafston Hotel, East Brisbane, on Saturday night, Brisbane Carr (31), labourer, of Agnesstreet, Morningside, was taken to the General…

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Hotel Cashbox Stolen. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

A thief entered the bar of the Royal Hotel through a window opening into the street, and stole a cashbox containing more than £30 in notes from a cupboard. Another cashbox…

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Control of Seamen. New Licensing Terms. Port Committees Proposed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 13

The new seamen's preference regulations under the Transport Workers Act have been drafted, and they will be submitted immediately for the approval of the Federal…

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Licenses Issued

Referee · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 22

ROY MARSDEN, a son of the late F. J. Marsden, was last week granted a permit to train by the A.J.C. committee. Marsden is the lessee of the…

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Jockey Again After Being Owner and Trainer W. Matthews, Capable Horseman, Again in Licensed Ranks After Racing His Own Horses

Referee · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

AN interesting acquisition to the ranks of jockeys in Sydney is W. Matthews, who began riding at Canterbury on Saturday. It isn't often that racing witnesses the entry of an owner into the pigskin, but that is what has…

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Public Servants. Notice to Leave Kurrajong Hotel to Make Room for Ms.P. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

The Federal Ministry's decision that about 20 of the higher-paid Public servants and others must leave their accommodation at the Government-controlled Hotel Kurrajong to…

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Licensee's Right to Transfer Licence to New Premises Unless Barred by Terms of Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

Judge Curlewis, in trie Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, ruled that an owner of licensed premises had no power to prevent the licensee from transferring the licence to…

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Publicans' Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licences were approved yesterday at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Town Hall Hotel, Forest Lodge, from Patrick Vincent Stokes to…

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Country Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 8

Sir,—The remarks of your correspondent, Irene Reece ("S.M.H.," 15/2/'36), on country hotels, may apply to "as far north as the tablelands above Cairns and around…

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Residents of Hotel Enter Protest Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

Heated protests at the Commonwealth Governments "high-handed action in ordering about 22 public servants and others to quit the Hotel…

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Evicted From Hotel; Rooms Needed for Ms.H.R

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Intense indignation has been caused by the summary dismissal of 22 permanent residents from their quarters…

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Theft From Hotel. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

Gordon Whitlock, a young Parkes man, was convicted and sentenced to three months' hard labour on a charge of stealing £30 from the Royal Hotel. It was stated in evidence that…

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Had No License Car Owner and Driver Fined

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 9

James Samuel Daniels was fined 30/, at Liverpool Court, last Friday, for allowing an unlicensed driver, Roy Jennings, to drive a motor car, on January 25, on…

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