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Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Bogus 'Phone Call Claim Against Hotel Keeper Fails

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 10

VINCENT ARCHBOLD, roof tiler, of Pacific Highway, Rosevillie left £9110 with the manager of the Plazs Hotel. Wynyard, but when he…

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Radios to Stay Out of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Several of the hotelkeepers on the coalfields admitted they would like to replace the radios in their bars, but they did not…

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Radio in Hotels "Request" by Police Has Weight

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 5

ANY police officer can request any hotel licensee to remove a radio set from his bar. And the licensee will probably obey,…

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SECURED £91 by a Ruse Claim Against Hotelkeeper Court's Ruling

Truth · Sunday 6 June 1937 · page 13

AN English case dating back to 1792 when George III was King, was cited before Judge Curlewis in the District Court…

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Collapsed in Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 4

James Gibbons (58), of Camden-street, Newtown, received a lacerated scalp and a probable fracture of the skull when he collapsed while working in Brett's…

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Hotels Raided When Radio Sets Reappear Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

FOLLOWING the resumption of race broadcasts in Cessnock hotels on Saturday, several raids were made by the Newcastle s.p. flying squad. As a result, several men will…

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Building and Construction Governor Game Hotel. Tenders Close. Consideration To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 6

A special meeting of the directors of Non-Licensed Hotels, Ltd., will be held to-day to consider tenders for the erection of the Governor Game Hotel,…

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S.P. Report For Cabinet May Modify £20 Fine for Street Betting Introduction of Hotel Black List Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 9

THE report of the State Cabinet sub-committee on the Gaming and Betting Act revision will be presented to Cabinet with a draft of the amending Bill on Friday week…

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Hotelkeeper Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 June 1937 · page 2

GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- Goff Jongebloed, hotelkeeper, of Avoca (Vic.), was fatally injured today when he was flung headlong through a side window of the…

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"Bull and Bush" Opening of New Hotel "Shire Gateway"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 7

Marking yet another milestone along the road of progress, the opening of the Bull and Bush Inn, Baulkham Hills, yesterday, was at…

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Bull Licensing Lesson tor Australia in Scotland's Experience Practical Way to Improve Quality

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 9

QUALITY is still causing concern to those who have the interest of Australia's beef industry at heart. APart from the dry spell, which has caused…

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Tin Hare Talk Closure Chat Kennel News Two Hotel-keepers In Final of Dewar Cup Mr. Read Wins Trophy with First Dog He Ever Owned Great Sporting Day At Famous Woodstock Enclosure

Referee · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 24

AN hour after the final of the Dewar Cup had been decided at Rooty Hill (N.S.W.), and when most of the cars were wending their way home through mud and blinding rain, a lone pair were to be seen at the bar. Mr. Greig Keighery and Mr. J. L. Read were toasting each other over a…

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Publicans' Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 7

The following applications for the transfers of hotel publicans' licences were granted by Mr. Laidlaw, C.L.M., yesterday. at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—…

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After Hours. Publican Fined £2

Liverpool News · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 2

William Joseph Cole was before Liverpool Police Court on Monlay on a charge of not keeping the bar of the Collingwood Hotel closed during unlawful…

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Great Southern Hotel Ball

The Land · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 33

The staff of the Great Southern Hotel, Sydney, are holding their second annual ball at Mark Foy's Empress Ballroom on June 21, and…

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Daring Deed in 1913 Woman Smoked at Hotel

The Sun · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 10

HUSBANDS whose cigarettes sometimes disappear from golfing jackets and writing desks at home, need…

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BROADCASTING. Listeners Must be Licensed. Special Campaign Launched. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 23

The Postmaster-General (Senator McLachlan) announced to-day that a special campaign had been launched against persons operating broadcast receiving sets without a…

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Country Publican Who Hob-Nobbed With Kings & Princess Gave Melbourne Its First 16-Course Dinners Bender With Late Lord Northcliffe Cost Him A Job

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 13

TO see Mr. Claries Rasquin pottering quietly round his vegetable talk garden or playing mine host to country folk at the Brewery Tap Hotel, at Warrenheip, Victoria, one would never imagine that he once led a very romantic career,…

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Veteran Of Bench Says S.P. Law Will Fail "Licensed Shops Only Remedy"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 6

THE proposed amendment to the S.P. betting legislation will not only fail to restrict operations, but, in my…

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Finance Editor's Column Wentworth Hotel At 87

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 17

WENTWORTH Hotel is appearing more regularly on the quotation list than has been the case for some years, but buyers are evidently taking a long view of the proposition, since a dividend…

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