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Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 44

Thieves Enter Hotel Bedrooms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

MAITLAND, Thursday.-- Thieves entered bedrooms throughout the Caledonia Hotel, West Mattland, early this morning, until they came to that…

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3 Hotels Declared Common Gaming Houses Action Forecast Against 6 More: New Police Move In S.P. Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

POLICE yesterday declared three metropolitan hotels "common gaming houses." The hotels were the North British (Loftus Street, City), the King's Head (corner Elizabeth…

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ANOTHER S.P. Move. Fourth Hotel "Declared." Licensees' Plan. Mass Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 11

A fourth hotel—the Hurstville Hotel, Hurstville—was yesterday declared a common gaming house by Mr. Justice Maxwell on the…

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Bar Radios Silent Hotels Take No Risks Effect Of Police War On S.P. More at Races

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 1

Radio sets were silent in hotels throughout the city and suburbs this afternoon. A few hotelkeepers followed the advice of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association and allowed…

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Race Ban in City Hotels

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 1

Taking ready note of police action in declaring four hotels gaming houses, many city hotels to-day, for the first time in years, refrained from posting…

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S.P. Drive From Page 1 Problem of Hotel Appeals

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 2

Mr. C. O. Smithers, of Smithers, Warren and Lyons, who have been retained as legal advisers by the four "declared" hotels, said to-day that…

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44 Hours for Hotel Workers Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 8

Employees in Victorian and Tasmanian hotels will work a 44 instead of a 48-hour week after the first pay period in June…

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Another Hotel "Declared" Police Drive Against S.P. Continues U.L.V.A. Asks "B" Stations Not to Broadcast Race Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 1

POLICE declared another hotel a common gaming house yesterday--the Hurstville Hotel, Hurstville. "There are other hotels yet to come under the…

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Police and the S.P. MOVE Why Were Only Four Hotels "Declared"? It Is a Case of One Law for Rich, Another for Poor

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1938 · page 1

THE ACTION OF THE POLICE IN HAVING FOUR HOTELS—TWO IN THE CITY AND TWO IN THE suburbs—declared common gaming houses again emphasises the bewildering inconsistencies of law enforcement in…

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Wagga Hotelkeeper Wins Breach Of Promise Suit Nurse Claimed £500

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1938 · page 30

LOVE, liquor and lounges were associated in the story told in the Causes Court last week, when a blonde, bespectacled night-nurse, Miss Freda Fletcher, aged 34, sued Michael Quilligan, "Mine Host" of the Farmers' Home Hotel, Wagga, for £500 on the allegation of his…

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Bar Betting Still Goes on More At Races But Phone Wagers Rise Bets Laid At 6 Out Of 10 Hotels Many S.P. Men To Seek Licences; Newcastle Asks For Races On Saturdays Again

The Sun · Sunday 15 May 1938 · page 1

IN SYDNEY'S S.P. WAR YESTERDAY-- I--City hotels closed down on radio broadcasts of races and many didn't post results but--at six out often suburban hotels which a "Sunday Sun"…

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S.P. Drive. "Declaration" Results. Few Hotel Bets. Bigger Crowds at Sport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 11

The declaration on Thursday and Friday of four metropolitan hotels as common gaming houses is claimed to have had a remarkable result…

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S.P. Check Pleases Police Note Big Fall-off in Hotel Betting Will Maintain Pressure But Plans Secret Phone Bettors Next

The Sun · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 3

Police officers concerned with the gaming laws are satisfied that their action last week has diminished hotel betting. They intend to maintain their campaign in this field…

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S.P. Men's Secret Meeting To-night Hotel Ban Did Not Stop Bets

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 1

A SECRET MEETING of S.P. operators will be held to-night Chief item for discussion will be the new police drive against illegal betting…

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Police Halt Drive on S.P. HOTELS Bookies Driven Out: Prepare New Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1938 · page 1

TWO important developments emerged on Saturday from the police campaign against S.P. betting in hotels. 1. The police drive was such a…

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24 Perish in Hotel Fire New York

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

At least 24 persons were killed and ten injured by a fire at Atlanta (Georgia) during the night…

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Hotelkeepers Warned By S.M.

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A warning to hotelkeepers who allowed betting on their premises that penalties would be increased was given by…

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Forcing Hotelkeepers To Act As Policemen

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 4

The Government's sudden attack on S.P. betting is, primarily, an invasion of the liberties of the common man or woman who bets. But another sinister aspect must not be overlooked…

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Govt. Ultimatum to Watersiders Lift Boycott On Japan Or Face Licensing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1938 · page 1

AN ultimatum has been served on the waterside workers by the Federal Government. Unless they lift their boycott on…

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Move to Suppress Starting Price Betting. Drastic Action Against Sydney Hotels

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 9

AS part of the N.S.W. State Government's campaign to suppress starting-price betting, four hotels in Sydney and suburbs were last week…

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