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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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City Hotel. Transfer to King's Cross Refused

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

An application by Ernest William May for an order conditionally granting the removal of the publican's licence from the Carlton ciub Hotel, Young Street,…

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No Discretion, S.M. RULES Must Take Away License

The Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 3

In Central Court, Mr. Reed. S.M., fined George Colin Tinker, 39, carpenter, £10, and disqualified him from holding a licence for 12 months,…

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Police Supt. Denies Hotel Discrimination

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 7

Police denied yesterday that they give preferential treatment to big residential city hotels. The president of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. N…

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City Hotel to Retain Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 8

"Reasonable requirements of the neighborhood" did not justify the granting of the application to remove the Carlton Club Hotel licence…

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An Investor's Diary. Earnings and Dividends of Two Companies Owning Hotels in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 8

The publication of the balance-sheets of the Australia Hotel Co. Ltd. and the Hotel Metropole Ltd., each for the year ended June 30, afford an interesting…

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Six O'clock Closing of Hotels. South Australiah Criticism. Bill to Extend Hours. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 11

The second reading of the bill to change hotel trading hours from 5 a.m. to 0 p.m., to 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., and elsewhere than in bars from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., was moved by…

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Changing S.a. Hotel Hours

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wed.--Six o'clock closing of hotels prevailed only in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand, said Mr…

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Younger Set Of U.A.P. Want Many Reforms Change in Hotel Hours Suggested

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 2

ALTERATION of hotel hours will be urged at the U.A.P. Younger Set annual convention next…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Former Hotelkeeper's Estate a Daughter's Inheritance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 12

Mrs. Queenie Sharp, daughter of the late Mr. Emanuel Mendelso[?]n, hotelkeeper, formerly of Marrickville, was plaintiff in an originating summons to which the Permanent…

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Higher Costs Reduce Hotel Profits

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 August 1938 · page 29

THE experience of the Hotel Metropole Ltd. during the June, 1938 financial year vindicates the warning issued by the chairman at the last annual meeting. He told shareholders then that the Sesquicentenary Celebrations,…

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Magistrate Threatens To Disqualify Licensee Of Big Hotel

The Sun · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 1

Harvey Hercules Wellman, licensee of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney, pleaded guilty at the Licensing Court to-day to having permitted liquor to be consumed on his premises after trading…

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Comfort in Hotels; Tour Plea

The Sun · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 8

Hotels in Australia, outside those in the capital cities, must be made more comfortable if American tourists are…

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Hotel Raid From Page 1

The Sun · Monday 8 August 1938 · page 2

Mr. Laidlaw said that two previous convictions were against Wellman. A third would be serious for him, as it would mean his disqualification from…

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Ushers Hotel. After-hours Trading. Warning to Licensee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 17

In the Licensing Court yesterday, Harvey Hercules Wellman, licensee of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, pleaded guilty to having permitted liquor to be consumed on his premises…

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Final Warning To Hotel Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 5

"Just because it is Usher's Hotel. I will not make any distinction," the Chief Licensing Magistrate (Mr. Laidlaw) told Harvey Hercules Wellman…

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Kosciusko Fire. Chalet Burnt. Guests' Night in Blizzard. 11-Mile Trek to Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 11

The Chalet at Charlotte Pass, Mount Kosciusko, was burnt to the ground in the early hours of yesterday morning:. Fifty-three members…

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Better Hotels. Tourists' Criticism. Mr. Dow's Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 13

Mr. D. McK, Dow, who returned to Sydney yesterday, after spending 14 years in the United States as Official Secretary for Australia, said that the authorities must recognise…

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Hotels Disappoint

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

THE standard of Australian hotels would have to improve if this country expected to attract tourists, said Mr. D. M. Dow, official secretary…

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Party of 77 TREK 11 Miles Through Snowstorm Guests Flee From Burning Chalet Woman Hurt in 15ft Jump From Window No Compensation For £2000 Luggage Loss Hotel Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

IN a raging snowstorm between 1.30 a.m. and 10 a.m. today 62 guests and 15 members of the staff of the Chalet, Mount Kosciusko, walked from the blazing ruins of the Chalet…

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Country News. New Hotel for Albury. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 11

Plans have been prepared and submitted to the Licensing Court for the erection of a modern five-storey hotel in Albury to replace the Albury Hotel. The Richmond Brewing…

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