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Hotels & licensing, 1937

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Hotel Wallacia Official Opening

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 1

THE Hotel Wallacia was officially opened, on Friday last, 3rd December, by the Hon. B. B. O' Conor, M.L.C., at an official…

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Hotel Closed

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 6

Rooty Hill has been noted for many years as a very dry place, and this can be taken literally now that the hotel has been closed. The licence has been…

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Birth of Australian Cricket by "Not Out" the Army and Navy Its Sponsors Forgather At The Currency Lass Hotel In Sydney "Great oaks from little acorns grow."

Referee · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 3

CRICKET had minute beginnings. It filled minute space in the earliest newspapers of this country. One reason is that the newspapers were minute affairs. Another is that cricket was in its earliest…

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Electrician Was Not Licensed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 5

Charles Hart Vaughn was finned £5 at the Central Summons Court yesterday for carrying out electrical work without being licensed. It was…

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Electrical Mechanics (licensed)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 12

Men with the above qualifications at present registered, holding current cards issued by the Metropolitan Labor Exchanges, report 9.30 a.m. to-day, Thursday…

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Hotel Sanitation

The Land · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 18

IN an offort to protect the interests of travelling motorists the N.R.M.A. has revised its system of hotel registration from…

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Carlton Hotel Ltd. Dividend Rate Unchanged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 13

Carlton Hotel, Ltd., reports a net profit of £15,753 for the year ended October 31, compared with £15,603 the previous year, and £14,012 for 1934-35. A final ordinary dividend…

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Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and jury.) Sale O[?] Hotel. Telfer v Shaw

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 7

William Charles Telfer sued John William Shaw for £3000, alleging that he was induced to purchase the Parramatta Hotel by the false representations that the weekly takings were…

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Australia Hotel Call

The Sun · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 16

Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., has made a call of 5s on contributing shares making them 20s fully paid, payable on December 31…

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Claim Over Hotel

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 7

Claiming that defendant had falsely represented that the takings of the Parramatta Hotel were £180 weekly and that there was no…

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Barman on Night Drinking Claim for £3000 in Hotel Deal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 7

"JACKY'S BAR" was the name given to an after-hours trading bar in the pantry of the Parramatta Hotel, it was stated…

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John Finnie For Trial Alleged Fracas in Hotel

Truth · Sunday 12 December 1937 · page 27

JOHN JOSEPH FINNIE, 35, described as a laborer, was committed for trial last week on a charge of assaulting Gerald Vincent Patrick Reilly. THE incident in which Reilly was…

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Settlement in Hotel Case Repurchase Is Agreed On

The Sun · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 8

By settlement in the Causes Court to-day, John William Shaw agreed to repurchase the Parramatta Hotel, Parramatta, from William Charles…

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Transfer of Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 7

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan licensing Court yesterday:— Imperial Hotel, City Road, Sydney, Sidney…

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Hotel Suit Ends with Repurchase

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 11

A lawsuit on the sale of an hotel was settled yesterday on the former owner's agreement to buy it back. The price agreed to was that at which…

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Law Report. High Court of Australia. (Before the Chief Justice (Sir John Latham). Mr. Justice Rich, Mr. Justice Starke, Mr. Justice Dixon, and Mr. Justice McTiernan.) Dispute About Licence Fees. Hotel Sydney, Limited, v the Municipal Council of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 7

The hearing was concluded of the appeal of Hotel Sydney, Limited, against the judgment of the Full Court of the Supreme Court on a special case stated under section 55 of…

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Causes in No. 3 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice-Davidson and juries.) Sale of Hotel. Telfer v Shaw

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 7

After a conference between the parties a settlement was announced of the action and cross-action in which the plaintiff was William Charles Telfer and the defendant…

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Modern (Non-licensed) Hotels Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 19

Accounts of Modern (Non-licensed) Hotels, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, show that at that date issued capital was £117,315 in shares of £1 each, and paid-up capital…

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Film Industry Amending Bill. Licensing of Theatres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 23

Legislation will be introduced in the Legislative Assembly—before Christmas, if possible—to amend the law relating to the exhibition of cinematograph…

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Hotel Debenture Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 19

The board of Modern (Non-Licensed) Hotels. Ltd., proposes to make an issue of first mortgage debentures up to 50 per cent, of the cost of land and buildings…

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