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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 44

Renews Plaza Hotel Licence

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 2

"IF the Railway Department and the Plaza Hotel Ltd. cannot reach a suitable agreement of lease, we will ask for cancellation of the liquor…

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Poll Ban on Hotels Attacked

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 5

Hotels in the Coogee electorate will be closed on polling day. But hotels across the street in adjoining electorates will be open…

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Bank Safe Keys Stolen. Three Robberies. Hotel Takings Disappear

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 19

Detectives investigated three dating robberies yesterday—one of the keys of a bank safe. Early yesterday morning, Mr. Burlington,…

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Remodelling Hotel £16,000 to Be Spent at Tom Ugly’s Point

The St George Call · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 2

The “Sea Breeze” Hotel, Tom Ugly’s Point, one of the oldest licensed houses in the district, is to be remodelled at a cost of £16.000. The application and…

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New Hotel, or Not? Objections To Latest Proposal For King's Cross

Truth · Sunday 26 June 1938 · page 19

THE question of whether or not another hotel is needed at King's Cross formed the subject of a mass of evidence which was placed before the Metropolitan Licensing Court, comprising Messrs. Laidlaw (chairman), Cohen and Geikie, last week…

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Hotel Licensee Only "Dummy"

The Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 3

On the ground that Herbert Alexander McLennan, the licensee of the Langham Hotel, York-street, was a "dummy" for the chairman of…

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Licensing of Seamen. Validity to be Tested in High Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 23

It was stated at the Trades Mall yesterday that the Seamen's Union proposed to contest in the High Court the licensing system under the Transport Workers Act introduced in…

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Plan To License Butchers' Shops Way to Reduce Excessive Retail Prices Now Under Consideration By Government

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 7

A MENDING legislation to license butchers' shops is being considered by the State Government. Effect of the measure would be to stabilise the meat industry and limit the number of retail shops…

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Water in Liquor. Two Publicans Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 18

Two publicans were fined in the Central Summons Court yesterday for selling adulterated liquor. Angus Mccallum Foulds, of the Mayfair…

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Licensing of Workers. Testing Validity. Unions to Go to High Cout

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 18

The Australasian Council of Trades Unions, maritime and waterside unions are raising funds for an appeal to the High Court to test the…

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Licensed for 99 Years. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 9

The Commercial Hotel, in Argyle Street, Picton, which has been licensed for 99 years, is to be demolished to make room for a modern building…

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Is Licensing Legal? Seamen May Contest

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

SYDNEY June 27.—That a levy of 10/- on all members be made for the purpose of contesting the legality of the application of…

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Hotel's Record of 100 YEARS. First Offence Dismissed. WINDSOR

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 17

In response to a pica that the Royal Hotel at Windsor had had an unblemished record for a hundred years. Mr. S. J. Bliss, S.M., dismissed a charge against the licensee of…

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First Year for Duke and Duchess LAST week the Duke and Duchess of Windsor celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage at the Grand Hotel, Cap D'Antibes, in the South of France. There were no Royal congratulations, and the dinner party to mark, the occasion was confined to a few intimate friends

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 6

HUNDREDS of telegrams and cables came from less intimate friends and diehard supporters from all parts of the world…

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Taxi Driver Loses His License

Truth · Sunday 3 July 1938 · page 23

CARRYING the automatic suspension of his driving license, a fine of £5 for drunken driving, imposed last week at…

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Hotel Sydney Baises Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 8

Hotel Sydney, Ltd., has raised the interim dividend to 3 per cent. Last year's dividend was 5 per cent., interim and final being each 2½ per cent…

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Hotel Sydney Raises Interim Div

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 13

Hotel Sydney, Ltd., has increased its interim, half-yearly dividend to the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. For the last financial year to…

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New Hotel for Darwin

The Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 1

The difficulty of securing suitable accommodation at Darwin for flying boat passengers will be met by the building of a fine hotel. Mr Herwaid…

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New Hotels for Liverpool to Cost £31,000 Two Palatial Buildings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 6

Costing thirteen and eighteen thousand pounds, palatial structures are to replace two of Liverpool's longest-established and most popular hotels…

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Liquor License "Outside Act" Golf Club Proposal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 15

Local Government powers can do nothing to stop the issue of a liquor license to Oatlands Country Golf Club at Dundas, the Local Government Department…

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