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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 44

Hotels Maintain S.P. BAN Betting In Isolated Places Only

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 3

Hotels in the city and suburbs to-day obeyed, for the most part, the ban on bar betting. Radio sets were either silenced or restricted to race descriptions, but in some of the suburban hotels there was clear…

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Licensed By A.J.C.

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 14

IN addition to the alteration of the distance of the Warwick Stakes (see page 1), the following matters were dealt with by the committee of…

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Australian Xi Bowler Locked In Hotel Room NORTHAMPTON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 1

FLEETWOOD-SMITH was the centre of an incident last night which brought the police, when he was imprisoned in his…

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Quiet On S.P. Front No Betting in Hotel Bars Heed Is Taken

Truth · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 20

BECAUSE most hotels yesterday disconnected their wireless sets so far as betting details, post positions, jockeys,…

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Questions About S.P. DISALLOWED Orange Publican and Alimony

Truth · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 27

THE ramifications of the anti- S.P. betting campaign have extended to the divorce jurisdiction, but the…

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Betting in Hotels Reported

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 3

Pull broadcasts of the Warwick Farm races, including pre-post information, descriptions of the running and betting quotations,…

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Tokio Reprisals Feared Government Is Concerned About Ban By Wharfies Licensing Threat To Be Discussed At Big Stop-Work Meeting Next Wednesday Naval, Military, or Commercial Reprisals May Threaten Australia If the Waterside Workers Persist in Their Refusal to Load Scrap Iron and Tin Clippings for Export to Japan

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 5

Such trade is admittedly limited in volume, but there is reason to believe that the Federal Government is gravely concerned at the tremendous consequences it can bring in its train…

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Bets in Yard of Hotel Found By Police, Fined £20

The Sun · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 8

For betting on enclosed land off Botany-road, Waterloo, on May 21, Walter Neville (33), laborer, was fined £20 by Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at the…

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New Threat to Hotels

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 1

AS a result of police investigations on Saturday, application may be made to have more…

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Licensed Betting Houses. Campaign Planned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 13

Members or the Sports Protection League last night decided on an immediate campaign for the legalisation of starting-price betting…

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Causes in No. 7 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell.) Payment of Licensing Fees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 5

Murdoch v Richmond Brewing Co. (N.S.W.), Ltd. George Noble Murdoch claimed £62/9/1 from the Richmond Brewing Co. (N.S.W.),…

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How Should a Publican Take Beer? P'matta Hotel Question £15000 PROJECT

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 3

Should a publican be allowed to lower his beer to the cellar through an opening in the footpath, or should he be compelled to let it down…

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Will Oppose Liquor License at Golf Club "Protest Certain"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 13

A vow that, if application were made by the Oatlands Golf Club for a liquor because, he and other residents of the west ward of Dundas municipality would…

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Lyons Threatens War on the Waterfront Ultimatum is issued that the penal clauses of the "Dog Collar" Licensing Act will be involved against the Waterside Workers unless they load war materials for japan

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 7

Two weeks ago the Council" of the League of Nations adopted a resolution strongly urging member-States of the League to assist China to combat the war of aggression launched against that country by Japan…

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Licensing System

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 4

The metal trades group of unions has taken a very serious step, in its decision on Monday to challenge the Federal Government's authority. The unions decided that if the Government introduced the licensing system on the…

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Visiting Drivers Conditions Regarding the Matter of License to Drive

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 11

THE Commissioner for Road Transport states that visitors to N.S.W. who desire to drive during their stay, are not required to obtain a driver's licence…

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A.J.C. Licenses

Referee · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

THE committee of the australian Jockey Club has granted permits to train to J. W. Bradfield, P. H. Newlyn, and G. Sutherland. A jockey's…

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"Declared" Hotel. Licence Renewal Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 11

An application for the renewal of the licence of the North British Hotel, Loftus Street, city, one of the four hotels recently declared to be common…

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Australia Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

A number of hotel companies is listed on 'Change, and one of the best known is Australia Hotel Company, Limited, which balances its accounts…

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An Investor's Diary. Prospects of Selfridges (Australasia) Ltd.— Australia Hotel's Recent Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

Selfridges (Australasia) Ltd. is a chain store organisation of recent origin, and its annual accounts made up to January 31 last disclosed a trading…

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