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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Ski Record. Hotel to Summit. K. Breakspeare Feat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 15

A new record time of six hours And one and a half minutes for the 34 miles' journey from the Hotel Kosciusko to the summit of Mount Kosciusko and back was set by K…

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Hotel Sydney Case Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 5

"Next time you set a summons in the King's name I advise you to come to court or you may be arrested." With this admonition the Chief…

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Bottling-machine for Parramatta Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 5

A bottling-machine just imported from Adelaide by Mr. Jack Cooper, of the White Horse Hotel, Parramatta excludes air from the bottles before they are…

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Tourism and Hotels

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 4

One of the constant complaints of tourists to Australia is that the general run of hotels to which they are taken or into which they are booked, are not of the class of hotel which is provided for tourists in other countries…

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Hotels For Drinks, Not Counter-Lunches Patrons' View, Claim Managers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 9

SYDNEY'S first-class hotel bar patrons do not take their counter-lunch to appease their luncheon appetite…

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Campaign Against Betting. "Declaring of Hotels."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 August 1938 · page 11

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gollan, said last night that the Government's decision to have some hotels declared common gaming houses in order to enforce the law against illegal…

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Bill To Alter Hotel Hours

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 August 1938 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--It is expected that the bill to change hotel trading hours will be available in the House of Assembly early next…

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Minister of Justice Broke Law. Cup of Coffee in Hotel. Mr. Martin's Admission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 11

The Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin, admitted in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he had broken the law recently by taking a cup of coffee in a…

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Television in Hotels London Publicans Wide-Awake BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 5

Wide-awake publicans in London are finding television a big draw' to patrons. Many public-houses have a special room, fitted with television…

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Stop Press Police Visit Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1938 · page 1

Licensing police visited the Australia Hotel about 11 o'clock last night, and then another city hotel, but no names of guests were taken…

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Church and Hotel

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 2

DARWIN, Sunday.--The Presbyterian Church believes that the proposed site of a new…

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Half-Clad Guests Flee From Blaze Walcha Hotel Gutted in Night Warning Given Just in Time

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 7

DAMAGE estimated at £7000 was caused when fire early yesterday gutted the Royal Hotel,…

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Suppression of Betting. Hotel at Manly Declared Common Gaming House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 12

The Ivanhoe Hotel on The Corso Manly was yesterday declared a common gaming house by Mr. Justice Bavin in Chambers on the affidavit of Inspector Keefe and other…

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Publicans' Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 6

The following [?] publicans' licences.—were transferred by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday: Wynyard Hotel, Sydney, from Percy McDonald to Frederick William…

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Later Hotel Hours. Bill Before S.A. PARLIAMENT. Betting Board's Report. by Our Adelaide Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 10

As the debate on the bill before Parliament to change trading hours advances, the liquor fight in South Australia is revealing points that should…

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"Betting Ban Sought by Hotels" Martin Says They Told Him It Was A Nuisance

The Sun · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 1

The United Licensed Victuallers Association asked the Government to get rid of S.P. betting out of hotels," said the Minister of Justice, (Mr. Martin), in Parliament torday, when debate on the Gaming and Betting Bill was…

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Manly Hotel "Declared"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 2

THE Ivanhoe Hotel, Manly, was yesterday declared a common gaming house. The declaration was made by…

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2nd Hotel Declared In 2 Weeks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 1

THE Ivanhoe Hotel, in the Corso, Manly, was declared a common gaming house yesterday by Mr. Justice Bavin…

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Betting Charges Licensee Is Warned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 6

For having been on enclosed land off Rose-street, Parramatta, for the purpose of betting on August 27, Raymond Phillip Martlew (18), who pleaded guilty,…

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Pioneer Hotelkeeper. Ardlethan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1938 · page 13

The death has occurred oF Mrs. Catherine Kelly, at the age of 82. She opened the old London Hotel, four miles from Ardlethan, in 1896, before the Temora-Barellan railway line…

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