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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

757 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 38

Licensed S.P. Opposed By Police Assoc. Members Debate Question Existing Laws Criticised Appeals Bd

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 8

THE Police Association, which concluded its annual conference yesterday, rejected a motion that representation be made to the proper…

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Hotel Staffs. Judge Prescribes Menus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 12

In the Industrial Commission yesterday Mr. Justice Ferguson varied the Hotel Employees (Metropolitan) Award to provide the following menus for employees, in metropolitan…

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Page Failed to Draw Crowd at Quirindi Labor Meeting Larger C.P. Leader Lost Audience Refused To Reply To Any Questions Refuge in Hotel Quirindi

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 5

QUIRINDI gave a convincing indication to-night of the increasing swing to Labor in Gwydir when a Labor meeting in the main street eclipsed in attendance and enthusiasm a rival meeting held by the Leader of the…

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Reopened After 15 Years Life Stirring Again in Newnes After 15 Yrs.; Many Callers Hotel-keeper's Long, Hopeful Wait: Won't Sell Now! Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 2

LIFE is stirring again in Newnes after 15 years. With the news that a Federal and State Government-backed £666,000 company is to work the…

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Bull Charges Into Bar of Hotel Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 25 April 1937 · page 8

A Te Teko farmer, who purchased a bull at a stock sale regrets that he ever saw it. As soon as the bull left the yards…

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City Hotels. Talk of Prosecutions. Anzac Day Trading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 11

Police action may be taken against some hotels in the city for selling liquor to men yesterday after the Anzac Day march. It is understood that reports will be called for…

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MEAT 1½d A lb. Too Dear, Says Expert Cramsie Advises Licensing of Shops to Restrict Numbers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

HOUSEWIVES could be saved 1½d a lb. for meat if the Government undertook a proper reorganisation of the industry, said Mr. J. B. Cramsie yesterday. Mr. Cramsie was formerly…

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City Council. Leaseholds in Slums. Sale of Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 21

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie), at a meeting of the City Council yesterday, said that the system of leasehold tenure, as favoured by the…

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Hotel to Be Sold at Auction

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

Charges that the City Council was not being treated fairly under the Civic Reform policy of selling its hotels regardless of the condition of…

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License Transferred

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 7

At Penrith Licensing Court on 22nd inst., the license of the Hotel Nepean, Emu Plains, was transferred from Cecil Hay to Aubrey William Rees formerly…

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Electrical Mechanic (Licensed), Joiners, Platelayers. Report 9.30 a.m

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 14

DRAFTSMAN (General Work), references essential, report 2.30 p.m. Those men at present registered holding current cards issued by the Metropolitan…

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Claim for £2000 Fails Disturbance in Hotel

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

Allegations that he had been assaulted by the licensee and the proprietor of the London Hotel, Albion St., Surry Hills, and had…

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Two Men Wounded in Hotel Stranger Fired Suddenly One Bullet

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1937 · page 1

THE firing of a revolver in a crowded Redfern hotel bar late yesterday afternoon caused momentary panic, and resulted…

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Menzies Hotel Capital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 11

Preference and ordinary shareholders of Menzies Hotel, Ltd., have agreed at separate meetings to the proposal that Mr. Norman B. Rydge, managing director of the company,…

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Council's Power. Licensing of Street Vendors "Not Ultra Vires." Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 6

A decision of interstate interest, bearing on the powers of a town council in relation to Section 92 of the Commonwealth Constitution, was given by Mr. P. Knyvett. P.M., in the…

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Hotel Workers. Demand Five-day Week. San Francisco, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 12

A strike of hotel employees left 6000 guests in 15 of the largest hotels without any lift, teleohone, or heat services. The strikers demand a five-day week and…

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Bigger Outlay by Hotels Improve Level Of Accommodation

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 12

The standard of hotel accommodation in N.S.W. is being raised; last year £1,138,514 was spent on improvements…

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Sequel to Hotel Shooting Young Man Charged

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

Following the wounding of two men in an hotel bar in Botany Rd., Waterloo, at 5.55 p.m. last Saturday, a young man was charged late…

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Hotel Licences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 15

The following hotel licences were transferred at the Licensing Court yesterday:--The Warren View Hotel. Marriekville. from Alexander Brown to James Forsyth: the Unicorn…

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Supervision of Hotels. Chief Inspector. Board's Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 13

The Licensing Bench and the Licences' Reduction Board, in their report for 1936, have suggested the appointment of a chief licensing…

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