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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Stay at the Grand View Hotel (Bowen)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 39

For superlative accommodation stay at the Grand View Hotel, Bowen. The rooms are beautiful and airy; there is a spacious balcony and lounge; the situation is ideal,…

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Meat Trade Troubles Licensing System Minister Affirms His Opposition to Creation of Monopoly

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 10

A REQUEST that the Government establish a board to control the meat industry by licensing retail butchers and their shops, and by fixing maximum retail prices for various grades of meat, was made by the committee of the Master Butchers…

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Transfer of Hotel Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 6

At the Licensing Court yesterday, an application was granted for the transfer of the licence of Arena Hotel. Riley and Lansdowne Streets, Sydney, from Tooth and Co. (owners…

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No Secret Hearing Minister Insists on Press Butchers' Plea for Licensing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 5

THE Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Mair) yesterday refused to hear a deputation of…

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Cricket and S.P. BETTING. "Hanging Round Hotels." Sunday Play Advocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 17

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Marrickville Ciicket Club last night Mr. George Blackshaw. president of the St. George Club said that every endeavour should be…

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Hotel Hours U.L.V.A. to Urge 10a.m.-10p.m

The Sun · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 1

A proposal that hotel trading hours throughout the State be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. will be made by a…

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Hotels Want Wider Law

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 3

ALTERED hours would revolutionise the conduct of the liquor trade in New South Wales, in the opinion…

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£185,000 Public Issue in New Melbourne Hotel Co

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 11

To erect a non-licensed residential hotel in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, Barlogan, Ltd., has been formed with a nominal capital of £250,080, and…

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Hotel Trading Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 6

A DEPUTATION from the United Licensed Victuallers' Association will today ask the Minister of Justice (Mr…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 7

The Licensing Court yesterday granted an application for the transfer of the licence of the Friend In Hand Hotel, Glebe, from Louisa Johnson to Brian Richard Byrnes…

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Hotel Hours. Change Sought. Minister's Assurance. "Will Not Shirk Question."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 12

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, told a deputation from the United Licensed Victuallers' Association yesterday, which sought an extension of…

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S.P. Betting in Hotels. Big Decrease Noted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 11

The police assert that the declaring of four Sydney hotels to be common gaming-houses, although the declarations remained in force for only a few…

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Responsibility for Sly-grog Trade Rests On Hotelkeepers, Says Canon Hammond

The Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 3

A vigorous reply to the requests yesterday to the Minister of Justice (Mr. Martin) for alteration of the liquor laws was forthcoming to-day from the patron of the Temperance Alliance, Canon R. B. S. Hammond…

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New Licensing Chief Named

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 8

MR. LAIDLAW, SM., announced in the Licensing Court yesterday that Metropolitan Licensing Inspector J. Sharples had been promoted to…

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Alter Hotel Hours Plea By U.L.V.A. "Forced to Break Law" Deputation to Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 7

LOUNGE licences would prevent unfair administration of the Liquor Act. The president of the U.L.V.A…

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Awning Signs Must Be Licensed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 13

Awning signs in front of shops in Liverpool will have to be licensed, the council decided at its last meeting. When application was made for…

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Stolen Gold? Workmen's Discovery Under Old Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 3

Workmen demolishing the 65-year-old Family Hotel in Marquaries-street, Liverpool, on Monday discovered a bag of gold coins and tokens…

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Want Licenses Issued Locally

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 5

Local issue of tobacco and shop licenses will be sought by Parramatta Chamber of Commerce. Mr. jack Cooper aid at last night's…

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Liquor Handed Out of Window. Buyer Fined; But Licensee Not Guilty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 16

Mr. E. A. Mahony, S.M., at Campsie Police Court yesterday, held that delivering liquor through a window to a person standing [?]n vacant land did not constitute supplying and…

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Improvement of Hotels Steady Progress. £1,000,000 Spent in 1937

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 6

The report for 1337 on the Licensing Bench and Licences Reduction Board reveals that while the [?] tion of hotels to population [?]…

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