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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Palace Hotel Leased to Company

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 July 1937 · page 4

On a majority vote the finance committee of the city Council yesterday leased the Palace Hotel, George Street, Haymarket, to Tooth…

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Hotel Sydney Ltd. Interim Dividend Increased

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 13

The directors of Hotel Sydney, Ltd., have decided to pay an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent[?] per annum for the half-year ended June 30 last…

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Thieves Blow Hotel Safe

Truth · Sunday 18 July 1937 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Saturday. SOME time after midnight last night thieves broke into the New York Hotel in Bourke-street, and after…

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Must Rebuild Hotel Police Intimation To Council

The Sun · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 1

The Licensing inspector (Inspector Napper) has issued a notice informing the City Council that the Palace Hotel, Huymarket, needs to be…

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N.Z. Hotel Hours and Wages Auckland

The Sun · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 12

The hotel employees' dispute has been settled with an agreement for a 40-hour week, to be worked in five days and a half, and a 5 per cent…

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Hotel Tender. Lord Mayor Denies Accusation. "Trying to Hide Something."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 8

Alderman Tresidder, at a discussion at the City Council meeting yesterday, on a council-owned hotel, accused, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Howie) of…

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Lease of City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 8

CRITICISM of the Press attitude in connection with the Palace Hotel tenders was voiced by Aid Grant, at the City Council yesterday, when he…

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C'wealth Bank As Unit Of Imperial Banking Ring Startling Report of Commn. Licensing System For Trading Banks Is Recommended Open Market for Bills Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 1

SPONSORING an amendment of the Commonwealth Bank Act that would pave the way for the entry of Australia into the imperial banking ring under an official of the Bank of England, the Royal Commission on the Monetary and Banking Systems appointed…

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Hotel Tender Queried At Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 4

"People are talking about this tender, and everybody in the city wants to know if it is true that Tooth's is running the City…

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Raid on Hotel. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 13

Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., George Behn was fined £5 for failing to keep all doors closed leading to the bar of the Victoria Hotel on the night of June 5. The magistrate said…

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Police Patrol Darwin with Batons Union Places Terms Before Abbott Guests In Hotels Forced To Serve Own Meals Shops Refuse Cargo Darwin

The Sun · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 11

UNION terms for a settlement of the Darwin strike Owere placed before the Administrator, Mr. Abbott, to-day. They are being forwarded to Canberra. Additional police have been called in from…

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Riapertura D'hotel

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 7

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One Hotel for St. Marys Two for Wallacia Appeal in Deer Lodge Case Dismissed Judge Betts Adopts Licensing Court's Finding

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 1

AFTER a lengthy hearing, the appeal against the decision of the Licensing Court granting the conditional removal of the licence of the Railway Hotel, St. Marys, to the Deer Lorge site, Wallacia, was dismissed by his Honor Judge Betts, at Parramatta Quarter Sessions…

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Extensions to Hotel. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Katoomba Council plans were passed for extensions to the Hotel Carrington to cost £24,000…

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Paris Hotel Dispute Settled. Paris, July 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 10

The dispute between Paris hotel and restaurant proprietors and their employees has been settled. The parties have agreed to a 40-hour week spread over six days a week until…

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Transfer of Hotel Licence. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 9

The Licensing Bench refused to grant an application for the transfer of the licence of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, to a proposed new hotel at Katoomba. The decision…

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Darwin in Rush to Hotels Darwin

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 10

As soon as the announcement was made that the strike had ended on Wednesday night, hotel employees returned to work and the hotels did…

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Reply to Critic Beauties Of Our Scenery Poor Hotels

The Sun · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 4

"BECAUSE of its scenic attractions, Australia is justified in inviting tourists to come here."…

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City Hotel Raids No Decision on Prosecutions

The Sun · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 5

A REPORT on last night's raids on three of the city's leading hotels will be forwarded to the…

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Widely Known Publican Extraordinary Deal In Queensland

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 July 1937 · page 7

RECENTLY there was completed in Queensland a big hotel deal, involving genial Jack O'Hagan. The real story is told in the fact…

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