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Hotels & licensing, 1937

757 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 38

Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 7

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

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Becoming Nation of Wowsers Tasmanian Premier On Early Closing Of Hotels

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 8

A PLEA for the liberalising of Australian liquor laws so as to make the country attractive to tourists was made by the Tasmanian Premier…

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Publican's Booth Rights. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 13

Within £3 of the best price recorded was paid by Mr. C. N. Reynolds, of the Cambridge Hotel, Woollahra, when he bid £134/10/ for the publican's booth rights at the annual…

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Hotels Raided. Police Squads' Visits. Many Names Taken

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 16

Squads of police, directed by Inspector Keefe, simultaneously visited six of the principal hotels in the city late last night. The hotels concerned were the Australia…

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In Hotel Raid Forty Names Taken

The Sun · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 2

BETWEEN 40 and 50 names were taken by the police in raids last night on six leading city hotels…

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Police Swoop on Hotels Six Are Raided At Same Time Names Taken

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 1

ONE of the most important raids ever made in Sydney was carried out at 11.15 last night when squads of police entered…

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Billiards Tables to Be Licensed

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 6

With few exceptions, billiards tables will have to be licensed under the amending Billiards and Bagatelle Act, of which the Minister of Justice, Mr…

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Finance Editor's Column Australia Hotel Karna 7 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1937 · page 17

PROFITS of Australia Hotel for the year ended June 30. 1937, [?] were only [?]230 higher than those of the previous year and represented 7 per cent…

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Peace Preserver Charged with Assault Sequel To Hotel Altercation Magistrate Has His Doubts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 4

Burly fourteen-stone guardian of the peace at the Railway Hotel, Lidcombe, Victor George Harris pleaded not guilty at the Parramatta Police Court last Friday to a charge of assault brought against him by Herbert Roy Romans…

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Police Raids on City Hotels Not Government's Order. Mr. Chaffey's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 9

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) made it clear last night that the State Government had not been responsible for the police raid on leading city hotels this week or on…

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Keen Inquiry for Hotel Issues Steadier Tone in Investments Further Decline in Metal Stocks

The Sun · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 41

REACTION in base metal prices, though less marked than yesterday, produced lowered quotations for Barrier and Mt. Lyell shares on 'Change to-day. The investment market, though steadier, was not greatly affected…

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Hotel Raids Not Government Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 1

Raids on leading hotels by police seeking after-hours liquor traders are not dictated by State Government policy. This was stated by the Premier (Mr…

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Hotel Metropole Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 August 1937 · page 21

At the annual meeting of Hotel Metropole, Ltd., yesterday the chairman [?] O. W. [?]wan) [?] that the past yest had brought record business…

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Liquor Act. Amendment Canvassed. Interest in Hotel Raids

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 12

Members of the State Parliament are keenly interested in the recent police raids on leading city hotels after 6 p.m., and they are speculating whether the Government will amend the…

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Arbitrary Action Is Alleged In Condemnation Of Hotels Questions Asked

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 12

"IS it a fact that high-handed actions, invariably backed up by the Licences Reduction Board, are driving the owners of hotel…

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Condemnation Of Hotels Forcing Owners to Sell, Says M.L.A. Questions Asked in Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 2

QUESTIONS about alleged sweeping condemnation of hotel buildings, asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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Liquor Laws. Hotel Owners Anxious. Request for Latitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 18

A deputation from the Residential Hotels Association, representing leading city hotels, waited on the Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) yesterday, to…

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Taxi-driver Sent to Gaol. Judge Surprised at His Being Licensed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 23

Judge Curlewis, at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, expressed surprise that a man who had been convicted of receiving stolen property had been licensed as a taxi-driver…

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Highlights of English Fashions Mannequin Act For Aage Thaarup Hat Models Shown In Fashion Group's Display Fashionable Claridge's Hotel The Setting LONDON, July 24

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 19

MY big moment this week was putting on a mannequin-act with some of Aage Thaarup's millinery at a display by the Fashion Group of…

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Liquor Appeals Granted Licences of City Hotels

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 August 1937 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions Appeals Court yesterday, Lancelot Robinson, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, corner ot Goulburn and Sussex…

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