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Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Proposed New Hotel at Katoomba Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 12

The Licensing Board, comprising Messrs. Laidlaw (chairman), Cohen, and Gefkie, sat at Katoomba today to consider for the third time…

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May Spend £30,000 On Hotel, Is Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 2

If an application to transfer an hotel licence from Blackheath to Katoomba were refused, £30,000 would be spent, on additions to the Carrington Hotel…

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Hotel Betting: Judge's Ruling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 25

Mr. Acting-Justice Owen held yesterday that before a publican can be convicted of having suffered his bar to be used for betting, it must be shown that…

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Hotel Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 22

Judgment was reserved by the Licensing Board at Katoomba yesterday, in an application by John Walton Ferguson, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel,…

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Stop-press Stabbed in Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 12 September 1937 · page 1

While listening to a radio description of the Spring Handicap at an hotel in East Epping yesterday afternoon, Denis Mulligan, 37, a salesman,…

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Plaza Hotel Works. Letter to Council. Decision to Take Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 12

The City Council, at its meeting yesterday, adopted a recommendation from the works committee that action be taken against Mr. J. R. Gardiner, the tenant of the Plaza Hotel…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 6

The following applications for the transfer of hotel publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licencing Court yesterday by Mr. Laidlaw, L.M.:—Allan McLeish to John…

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Building and Construction Tourist Hotel. to Cost £30,000. Erection at Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 8

A commodious hotel, with all modern requirements, is being erected at Coff's Harbour, to cater specially for the tourist and commercial trade…

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Federal Hotels Earns £2993

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 14

Federal Hotels. Ltd., shows a net profit for the year ended June 30 of £2993, compared with £3674 last year and £1901 in 1935. During the year a reorganisation of preference…

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British Planes License to Build in Australia

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 19

Wing Commander Wackett, who has just returned from England and America, said that while abroad he had arranged manufacturing licenses in Great Britain as well as the United States, and…

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The Plaza Hotel, Wynyard, Sydney Contravention of Act Alleged

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 8

The Works Committee of the City Council on September 6th adopted a recommendation by the Building Surveyor (Mr. J. Rankin) that legal action should be taken against the tenant of the Plaza…

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Buoyant Hotel Revenue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 16

"Buoyant revenue resulting from Increased patronage of the Hotel Windsor was gratifying." said the acting chairman (Sir James Murdoch), at the annual meeting of Melbourne Hotels. Ltd.,…

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License Transfer

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 8

At Penrith Licensing Court on 9th inst., the license of the Australian Arms Hotel was transferred from Frances X. Young to James Roberts…

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Granville Hotel Changes Hands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 9

For nearly two years, Mr. Jim Power, mine host of the Royal Hotel, Granville, has intimately associated himself with the sporting life of the community…

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Raised Sons in Hotel Magistrate Quotes Example

The Sun · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 16

"When I was a police magistrate moving about the country, I brought up a family of two boys in hotels," said the chairman (Mr. Laidlaw) in…

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New Hotel for Katoomba Transfer Of License Granted

The Sun · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

In a reserved judgment at Penrith to-day, the Licensing Court granted an application by J. W. Ferguson, licensee or the Ivanhoe…

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Liquor Trades Prepare For Licensing Show-Down Challenge To The Cloistered Drinking Of Clubmen

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 September 1937 · page 6

SILENT pressure from within is being applied to prepare the New South Wales…

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"Far Too Serious" S.M. Refuses to Alter License Decision

Truth · Sunday 19 September 1937 · page 31

"I THINK that three convictions for driving under the influence of liquor is far too serious. I certainly would not take it upon myself to…

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Seek Full Debate in Parliament Publicans Plan Move If Licence Plea Fails

The Sun · Sunday 19 September 1937 · page 13

"IF the Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, makes the same reply to our deputation on Tuesday that he made in Parliament on Thursday, to the effect that there will be no amendment of the Liquor Act this session we shall go to the Premier himself."…

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Coffee Illegal After Six p.m. Disclosure by K.C. in Hotels Case "Hard On The Licensees" Says Magistrate

The Sun · Monday 20 September 1937 · page 3

IT is against the law to drink tea or coffee on any licensed premises, after 6 p.m., according to eminent legal opinion obtained by Mr. Bradley, K.C. Mr. Bradley made that announcement in the…

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