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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Hotel Hours. U.A.P. Youth Wants 10 a.m. to 10 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 16

The Youth Movement of the United Australia Party, at its fifth annual convention last night, carried a motion recommending to the Government that…

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Proposed New Victorian Hotel

Construction · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 19

A Company is being formed for the purpose of acquiring a site in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, and erecting a non-licensed hotel to be Known as “Barlogan.” The site is an excellent one…

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Answer To Hotel Attack

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 1

"IT is too much to expect Australian country hotels to compare with those in U.S.A., said Mr. N. H. Connolly president of the U.L.V.A…

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Govt. Urged To License S.P. Betting End to Diggers' Preference Also Advocated U.A.P. Youth Movement Conference Decisions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 2

LICENSING of starting-price bookmakers will be recommended to the Government by the Youth Movement of the U.A.P. This was decided last night at the annual conference…

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Altering Hotel Trading Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 6

THE U.A.P. Younger Set want hotels to open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. They argue that the…

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Accommodation at Hotels. Improvement Claimed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 17

According to tourist officials, improvements to hotels in New South Wales are keeping pace with the increase in the number of tourists…

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Increased Costs of Hotel Metropole

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 15

Lower profits earned by the Hotel Metropole, Ltd., last year were due mainly to the increased cost of provisions, a decrease in the number of meals, and a…

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Air Passengers at Darwin. Better Facilities. Good Hotels Still Lacking. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 13

The facilities now available to passengers who arrive by air from other countiies are in marked contrast with the bungled arrangements which marked…

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A Broker to His Client Australia Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 11

CLIENT: Have you any idea to what extent the 150th Anniversary Celebrations influenced the turnover and profit of Australia Hotel last year?…

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Licensed Drivers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 6

To-day, 1,200,000 people in Australia hold a license to drive a car or ride a motor cycle. Licences are still being granted at the rate of about 9,000 a month. It is stated that…

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Hotel on Harbor Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

SUPPORT was given yesterday to a suggestion that a luxurious tourist hotel should be built on a Harbor frontage…

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Causes Nuisance Septic Tank at Hotel Inspector's Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 11

Granted trial approval, a septic tank at a hotel at Blacktown had proved unsatisfactory, the health inspector (Mr. J. S. Hunt) reported to Blacktown…

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Dismissed Charge Against Ex-constable Hotel Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 5

A charge against a former Parramatta policeman of having been on hotel premises during prohibited hours was dismissed by Magistrate…

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54 in Raid Fined 'Case for Parlt.' S.M. On Law In Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 1

"The question of people having coffee on licensed premises after hours is one for Parliament, which can…

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Hotel Raid From Page One

The Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 2

The case against the licensee, William George Bulpen, was heard separately. Sergeant Workman said when he…

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Anti-Cocktail Campaign Amuses Hotel Men

The Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 3

The Licensed Victuallers' Association finds the anti- cocktail campaign amusing. When a member of the executive of the association introduced the subject at a general meeting to-day, other…

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Rules on Drinking in Hotels

The Sun · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 9

It is a technical offence to drink even a glass of water in an hotel lounge after hours, unless you are…

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Hotel Alterations

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 5

At Penrith Licensing Court this morning approval was given to an application by Tooth and Co, Ltd, for substantial alterations to Park View…

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Hotel Sydney Raid. 54 People Fined. Question of Coffee After Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 13

Fifty-four men and women who had been found in the lounge of the Hotel Sydney when the police raided the premises on July 9 were fined 5/, with…

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Maori Woman's Crime. Sought to Trap Victim in Hotel Fire. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 13

"You are guilty of an appalling, crime inspired by jualousy,' said the Judge, in the Gisborne Supreme Court when he sentenced Rebecca Haerewa…

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