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Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Hotel Lunches £3 a Week Woman Bankrupt's Evidence

The Sun · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 3

Counter lunches cost £3 a week, said Mrs. Alice Violet Hart in giving details of the expenses of conducting a hotel, at her public…

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Hotel Trading Hours. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 17

At the opening of the Grand Hotel to-day, Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., said that the licensing laws of New South Wales required amendment. He favoured the Tasmanian hours for…

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Hotel Yakings Given to Hospital. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 9

Gleeson Brothers, proprietors of the newly erected hotel at Coff's Harbour, to commemorate the opening of their £40,000 hotel, gave the gross takings on Saturday—£85—…

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Counter-lunch Costs Licensee £3 a Week

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 8

Providing counter-lunches at the Shakespeare Hotel, Surry Hills, had cost her £3 a week, Mrs. Alice Violet Hart told the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr…

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Hotel Hours in Tasmania. Alterations of Opening and Closing Times

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 December 1937 · page 14

THE hotel trading hours in Tas mania have been fixed from 10 to 10 p.m. by the Licensing Bill which was passed by both Houses of…

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H. V. Cooper Is Discharged Alleged Assault in Hotel

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 December 1937 · page 8

At Central Summons Court yesterday, Mr. Gibson, C.S.M., dismissed the information against Harold Victor Cooper, of the Royal Hotel,…

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Wallacia Hotel Opens To-Morrow Rooty Hill Closes Down

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 1

THE fine new hotel at Wallacia will open to-morrow, Friday. The licence is being transferred from the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill the…

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Silent Celebration For 9 Who Won £25,000 Staff of City Hotel Kept Heads, and Will Keep Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 7

NINE members of the staff of the Great Southern Hotel, Haymarket, City, yesterday celebrated in silence and secrecy £25,000 won in a Queensland investment. Throughout the day Mr. George…

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Cabaret Fined £50 For Selling Liquor Story Disbelieved That Drink Bought From Nearby Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 9

CECIL ALAN, 27, vaudeville artist, was fined £50 at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday for having sold liquor at the Tabarin Cabaret, Darlinghurst Road, King's Cross without a licence…

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Federal Parliament Hotel Singers v. A.B.C. Artists 'Better,' Says Member Importations Attacked Local Talent Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 8

SOME people he had heard singing in hotel bars had more talent than many artists imported by the Australian Broadcasting Commission,…

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Letters to the Editor Royal Hotel Murder

Truth · Sunday 5 December 1937 · page 32

RE the memoirs of ex-Supt. Roche concerning the Royal Hotel murder, Auburn. The particulars of this murder given by…

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There Will Now Be Two Dog Licenses

Truth · Sunday 5 December 1937 · page 18

"TRUTH" has the best Government authority for the announcement that there are to be two tin-hare licences. One will remain with the Trotting Club and the other will be granted to the National Coursing Association…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Lease of Hotel. Richmond Coy. v Carter

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

This was a suit for specific performance of agreement instituted by The Richmond Natham System Brewing Co. Prop., Ltd., against Albert Hector Carter and Edith Carter,…

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Failed to Close Bar on Time Licensee Charged; 11 Men Fined

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 6

PLEADING guilty to a charge of failing to keep closed the saloon bar of the St. James Hotel, Market and Elizabeth, Streets, which was…

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Alleged Assault in Hotel Finnie Sent for Trial

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 6

John Joseph Finnie, 35, laborer, was committed for trial by Mr. Scobie, S.M., at Central Police Court yesterday, on a charge of having…

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Japanese Seize Hotel Guests

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Monday. -- A dozen Japanese soldiers and plainclothes policemen invaded the Great Eastern Hotel, an 6 a.m., and whisked away three men and…

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Sale of Hotel. Alleged Resistance by Licensee's Wife. Commission Claim Succeeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 13

Albert Edward Murrell, hotel broker, yesterday sued Frederick A. Riddett in the Supreme Court to recover £240 as commission on the sale of Fotheringham's Hotel at…

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Licensing System Import Quotas

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 5

Yesterday the following announcement was made in Parliament: It is the intention of the…

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Change in Licensing System Customs Minister Tells Of Govt's Plans Many Goods Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 4

TO-DAY the Minister for Customs, made the following announcement in Parliament regarding import quotas:…

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Trade Concessions to U.S. Announced Duties to Replace Licensing System: Chassis Excepted Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 1

TRADE concessions to the United States, described as "a conciliatory gesture," were announced by the Minister for Customs (Mr. White) in the House of Representatives today…

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