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Hotels & licensing, 1937

757 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 38

Carrying Beer From Hotels After Hours

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 7

Liquor cannot legally be taken from an hotel in prohibited hours, even although the owner purchased it at another hotel in proper hours. This…

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Melbourne Hotels Net £11,984

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 18

Results of Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., for the year ended June 30 show marked improvement, and preference dividends are being maintained with a wider margin of profit. Ordinary…

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Drink Is Not Safe in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 9

NEVER take liquor into an hotel just on closing time, because you cannot bring it out again until the hotel opens next…

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Hotel Lounge Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 6

The Granville Ministers' Fraternal has written to the Premier (Mr. Stevens) asking him to oppose what it terms the "further mutilation of the 6 o'clock closing laws for hotels."…

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Raids on Hotels. On Premises After Hours. Seven Defendants Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 6

As a sequel to the police raids on the city and suburban hotels last month, approximately 50 defendants were called before Mr. Laidlaw, C.L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court…

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Sequel to Raids on Hotels Five Persons Are Proceeded Against Many Charged

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 4

ONLY five of the persons whose names were taken by police following raids on the Australia. Carlton, Usher's and Langham…

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Hotel Closing Hours Union's Opposition

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 10

Reiterating the determination of the unions to oppose any extension of trading hours in hotels, the secretary of the Liquor Trades Union…

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Bookmakers Re-licensed. A.J.C. Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 17

Ten bookmakers whose licences with the Australian Jockey Club automatically ceased with their conviction under the Bookmakers' Taxation Act…

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Hotel Trading Hours. Union Opposes Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 22

The comments of the Labour Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Ogilvie) in favour of the extension of hours in hotels in Australia were condemned by the secretary of the Liquor…

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Raids By Police On Big Hotels Adjournment of Many Cases

Truth · Sunday 5 September 1937 · page 27

A RISING out of recent raids by the police upon leading city hotels, including the Australia Hotel, Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, and the Carlton Hotel, a large number of summonses alleging breaches of…

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"Not Approved by Council" Plaza Hotel Work Criticised

The Sun · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 8

The City Council Works Committee to-day decided to suggest that steps be taken to have "un authorised work" on the Plaza…

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Hotel Thieves Foiled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Last night thieves threw the safe of a Richmond hotel from an upstairs window into the yard, and called a taxi to remove it…

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No Permits for Caravan "Hotels"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two double decker caravans, each equipped with a full-size bath, concealed under a settee, sleeping quarters, hot and cold water…

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Hotel Building at Wynyard. Contravention of Act Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 12

The Works Committee of the City Council yesterday adopted a recommendation by the city building surveyor (Mr. J. Rankin) that legal action should be taken against the tenant…

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Transfer of Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 8

The following applications for the transfer of hotel licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday by Mr. Laidlaw, LM.[?]—Robert Howard Graham, to…

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Ex-coroner in Hotel on Sunday Police Tell Story of Raid Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 7

William Roland Pickett, ex-District Coroner, of Wilson Street, Carrington, was convicted by Mr. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Police…

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Court Move Over City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

THE City Council Works Committee yesterday decided to go to court for an order declaring several costly additions and…

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New Hotel at Katoomba! Removal of Licence Is Sought

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 4

Plans for a proposed new hotel at Katoomba, to cost £84,000, were produced at Penrith Licensing Court yesterday, when John Walton Ferguson,…

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Hotel Licensee Fined. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 9

For having allowed persons on licensed premises during prohibited hours, Ernest Nicholson, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, was fined 30/, with 8/ costs…

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S.p. Betting in Hotels Judge Defines Position of Licensee

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 12

In order to secure a conviction against a publican for having suffered his hotel premises to be used for the purpose of betting the police…

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