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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 44

The Carlton Deservedly Popular a Fine Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 9

THERE is a very good reason for the popularity of the Carlton Hotel. Centrally situated in Castleragh Street, this hotel has won a high place in the…

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Thief Missed £391 Haul in Hotel Jewellery Is Taken

The Sun · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 9

Nearly £4 in half-pennies, £8 in silver, and £2 in notes, and jewellery worth £100, were stolen early to-day…

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King's Cross. 2,000 More Flats in Year. Licensing Court Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 12

More than 2,000 flats have been completed in the King's Cross area in the past 12 months, with a resultant increase of the population there of about…

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King's Cross Hotels Provision Adequate Says Witness

The Sun · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 3

Not pay-day, but Saturday, is the busiest day for publicans in the King's Cross area, said Sergeant E. R. Shaw to-day, before the Licensing Bench…

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Hotels Raided For Selling -- Tobacco AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 19 June 1938 · page 5

At Christchurch, inspectors of the Labor Department raided hotels to catch licensees selling cigarettes and tobacco to others than guests…

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Miner Burnt to Death. Hotel Gutted in N.Z. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 13

The Commercial Hotel at Waihi was burned to the ground early this morning, and Frederick Miller, 25, single, a miner, was trappcd in his bedroom and burned to death…

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Hotel Declarations Are Revoked Police Report Favorably On Their Conduct

The Sun · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 7

Declarations of four hotels recently as common gaming houses were rescinded by Mr. Justice Maxwell to-day. This action followed a statement of the Licensing…

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Objections to Hotel Transfer

The Sun · Monday 20 June 1938 · page 2

Walter Leslie Neilsen, owner of flats in Macleay-street, objected in the Licensing Court to-day, to the opening of another hotel at…

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Intruder in Hotel. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 7

A housemaid at the Court House Hotel was awakened at 2 a.m. by an intruder in her room. He ran downstairs, vaulted a fence, and disappeared in the darkness…

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Thefts From Hotels. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 7

William Holland, aged 40 years, was sentenced at the Wagga Police Court to-day to six months' imprisonment on each of five charges of stealing. Police stated that…

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Driver's Visit to Hotel. Employer Liable for Damages. Adelaide Decision. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 11

The Chief Justice, Sir George Murray, decided in the Supreme Court to-day that a lorry driver might visit a hotel for a drink during working hours "in…

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"Declaration" of Hotels. Four Orders Rescinded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 7

Recent, orders declaring four hotels common gaming houses were rescinded yesterday by Mr. Justice Maxwell. Affidavits by senior police officers and…

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Ban On Hotels Lifted

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

DECLARATIONS that four hotels were common gaming houses were lifted by Mr. Justice Maxwell, in the Supreme Court yesterday…

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Dislikes Girls Passing Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

It was undesirable for his two daughters to have to pass outside hotels, a witness at the Licensing Court said yesterday…

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Carlton Hotel Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 14

Carlton Hotel Ltd., has declared an interim dividend on the ordinary shares at the unchanged rate or 8 per cent per annum. The directors state that the prosperity enjoyed…

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Plaza Hotel Licence Renewed Though Lease Awaited

The Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 7

Inspector Sharpies told Mr. Laidlaw, chairman of the Licensing Court to-day that unless the terms of a lease were agreed upon between…

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Hotels Want Later Closing

The Sun · Wednesday 22 June 1938 · page 3

A later closing hour for hotels, lounge licences to enable hotels to serve liquor in lounges up to 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., and the opening of hotels…

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Hotel Transfer

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

At Penrith Licensing Court to-day the licence of the Federal Hotel, Penrith, was transferred from Dodd Raymond Gregory Doolan to Andrew…

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Licensing Act Amendment. Ungarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 7

The Lake Cargelligo Show Association has decided to protest against the proposed amendment in the Licensing Act, applying to booths on show or sports grounds. The…

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Cash Is Stolen From City Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 3

A cash-box, containing £87 16s, was taken to-day by a sneak thief from a stand inside the bar of the King's Head Hotel, Elizabeth-street…

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