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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Barmitzvah Speech. Delivered by Master David Green on .Cth November, 1937, at Hotel Carlton

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 3

This day being an important event in my life, reaching my 13th milestone, I hope you will bear with me. If I digress from this evening's festivities just…

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Loops and Landings "Hotels" in the Air England Produces the Goods to Outshine Foreign Makes

Referee · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 22

FOR some years England has been criticised for not building commercial luxury airliners that could compare favorably in speed and comfort with those of her foreign competitors…

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On Licensed Premises

Liverpool News · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 3

At Liverpool Police Court on Monday, Nicholas Zeno Devery was charged with having allowed persons on the licensed premises of the Golden Fleece Hotel…

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Hotels Robbed. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 November 1937 · page 8

The Brighton and Tory's Hotels in Kiama were entered last night by thieves, who prized open the windows of the bar. At Tory's £26 was stolen, but at the Brighton only 10/ was…

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One Law For Rich, Another For Poor City Hotel Lounges Still Crowded at Night

Truth · Sunday 21 November 1937 · page 19

TWO forms of liquor law enforcement are still operating in the city. The lounges of the great city hotels are thronged with drinkers every night and there is no apparent sign of police action or supervision…

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Looking Over Racing Queer Request For Licensed S.P. Betting By Vic. Country Clubs Factor That Should Not Be Introduced Into Victorian Racing Avenger's Summer Holiday Venue

The Sun · Sunday 21 November 1937 · page 22

THERE must be some excellent reason for it, but from the Sydney angle, the request of country race officials in Victoria that licensed S.P. be permitted seems a suicidal move…

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Debutantes Saved. Fire in Hotel. New York, Nov. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 November 1937 · page 12

Fifty young debutantes had narrow escapes when fire partially destroyed the historic Carvel Hall Hotel, at Annapolis. They were among the 61 guests who were driven from…

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"Public Won't Tell" When Tramway Men Visit Hotels Inspector Tells Of Cries Of "Kelly Gang"

The Sun · Tuesday 23 November 1937 · page 2

A TRAMWAY inspector, Sydney Septimus Stewart, to-day told the Select Committee which is inquiring into allegations of espionage in the tramway service, that he had been insulted when he had asked…

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TRAMMEN & Hotel Drinking Evidence Hard To Get, Inspector Claims Balmain Case

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 November 1937 · page 8

EVIDENCE that he had seen a tramway employee, Gordon Elphic, leave his tram at Balmain on September 28, 1936, and, after looking…

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The Australia Hotel Kosher Menus

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 8

Having set aside large portions of its stock and equipment exclusively for this purpose, the Australia Hotel has the finest facilities for kosher catering in…

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Hotel Hours, 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. Bill Passes Tasmanian Council. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 11

The Licensing Bill which makes hotel Hading hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. was passed by the Legislative Council to-night. The hours at present are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m…

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Ballroom Decorated As Hawaiian Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 10

BY effective arrangement of real and synthetic palms, grass huts, and grass-skirted hula girls, the committee of the "Night in Honolulu" ball achieved an excellent representation of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel when the ball was held at the Trocadero…

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Police Trap In Hotel Described

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 2

At Quarter Sessions yesterday, Albert Westerman (42) pleaded not guilty to a charge of having broken and entered the Royal Hotel at Auburn on October…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Markell.) Crown Prosecutor, Mr. T. S. Crawford, K.C. (instructed by the Clerk of the Peace). Broke Into Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 5

The trial was concluded of Albert Westerman, 42, labourer, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of having, on October 9 last, at Auburn, broken and entered the…

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Hotel Strike Averted. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 8

The threatened strike of Auckland hotel barmen, who are dissatisfied with their wages and conditions, has been averted. Negotiations with the employers will be continued…

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To-day's Controversy Should Hotel Trading Hours Be Extended? 'Bartender' Hopes Not

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 6

Sir,--I notice that the Tasmanian Government is about to pass, or has passed, a bill to make hotel trading hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. instead of…

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Had Hand Bitten in an Hotel War Pensioner's Charge Against H. V. Cooper

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 5

HAROLD VICTOR COOPER, whose address was given as the Royal Hotel. Belmore Road, Rand-wick, was proceeded against at…

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Dirty Hotel Kitchen

Truth · Sunday 28 November 1937 · page 25

DAVID FRANCIS WEBSTER, licensee of the Hotel Grand Central, Clarence-street, having pleaded guilty, was fined £5 last week in the…

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Gaol for Breaking Into Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 4

Albert Westerman (42) was sentenced at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Friday to two years imprisonment less on day, on a charge of breaking and…

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City Hotel Raided. 26 Men Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 12

Police raided a hotel in Sussex Street yesterday and arrested 26 men. They were later charged with being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours…

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