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Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 44

Hotel Kitchen Staff Overworked; £10 Fine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 7

For having worked three employees from 3 am. to 9 pm. last Anzac Day, the management of the plaza Hotel, wynyard, was fined £10 yesterday in the…

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Hoard of Coins Found in Old Liverpool Hotel

Liverpool News · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 1
Also in The Biz

Workmen demolishing the 70-year-old Family Hotel in Macquarie Street, Liverpool, discovered last week a hidden hoard of coins and tokens. It was secreted in…

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Sequel to Hotel Raid. 95 Summonses Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 14

The last of 95 summonses against persons alleged to have been found in the Hotel Sydney at 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 9, were served yesterday. They are returnable at the…

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Australia Hotel. Profit and Dividend Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 10

Austialla Hotel Co Ltd reports a net profit of £46,392 for the year ended June 30, after providing for depreciation and taxation…

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Hotel Manager Dies in Domain

The Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 3

A post-mortem examination held to-day on the body of Harold Frank Norris Harris, 48, manager of the Oriental Hotel, King's Cross, who…

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Australia Hotel Improved Results Last Year

The Sun · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 14

Considerable improvement in profits is reported by the Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., for the year to June 30 last…

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AUSTRALIANA From Solder, An Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 20

IN the early days at Coolgardie, W.A., the digger depended mainly on tinned foods. Consequently there were thousands of tins scattered around the…

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Music and Drama. "Hollywood Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 12

Sir Benjamin Fuller has come back into the field of theatrical management. Last year he was associated with Snider and Dean in "The Marcus Show;" but he says that in…

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Small Butchers On Verge Of Revolt Licensing Scheme Failure

Truth · Sunday 31 July 1938 · page 20

SPONSORS of the scheme to license butchers' shops, who received a frigid reception from the Minister, have roused the small retail men who supply the suburban demand almost to the…

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Hotelkeepers Victimised. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 7

West Wyalong was visited by a man travelling in a car who gave three hotelkeeprs cheques for substantial amounts which have now been returned to them as valueless…

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McEwen Attends Bush Church Service In Bar Parlor Of Hotel Newcastle Waters

The Sun · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 2

In the little bar parlor of the local hotel, residents of Newcastle Waters and members of the party with the Minister for the Interior, Mr. McEwen, listened last night to the first church…

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Hotel Burned Down Auckland

The Sun · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 3

The Ben Nevis hotel, an adjoining petrol station, and stables, near Wanganui, have been destroyed by fire. Mrs. Grace Kenny was severely…

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Finance Editor's Column Australia Hotel Earns 8.21 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 13

AFTER providing £3000 more for taxation than in 1937, but £350 less for depreciation, the profit of Australia Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1938,…

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Carlton Club Hotel Licence Removal Refused

The Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 5

Application for the removal of the licence of the Carlton Club Hotel from Young-street. Sydney, to premises proposed to be erected on a…

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Hotel Clock For Friend

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 3

TWO men met daily in the saloon bar of a Pitt Street hotel for a drink and a chat…

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Southern News Old Hotel at Liverpool Woman's Letter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 6

Workmen demolishing the old Family Hotel in Macquarie-street, Liverpool, recently discovered under the bar-room floor a bag containing gold coins and tokens…

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Jockeys' Licenses Withheld. Training Changes

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 9

THREE prominent jockeys—W. Cook, J. Duncan, and H. Perry—failed to secure a renewal of their tickets when licenses for the 1938-39 racing season…

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A Railway at Kosciusko. Hotel to Summit. Visitor's Suggestion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 8

"If some sort of railway were put in at Kosciusko to take skiers to the Summit it would pay for itself in no time," said Mrs. J. L. Hurschler, of…

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Japan's Control of Exports. Licensed Factories. Check on Wool. Tokyo, Aug. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 15

The Department of Commerce and Industry is instituting a special system, embracing factories manufacturing for export…

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