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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Luxury Hotel. Plans for Darwin. Cost About £50,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1938 · page 11

Plans for a large hotel at Darwin having all the devices for comfort on European standards were taken to Darwin by flying-boat at the week-end by…

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Britain's Part. If War Came. "No Large Expeditionary Force." From Our Special Representative. Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 14

During a discussion on defence to-day at the unofficial conference on British Commonwealth relations, it was stated that in the event of war in…

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Natives in South Africa. Delegates Clash. Question of Treatment. From Our Special Representative Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 12

At a public meeting of the unofficial conference on British Commonwealth relations to-night, statements about the conditions of natives in South Africa, made by Professor R…

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Darwin's Need for Hotel Two Applications For Licences DARWIN

The Sun · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 10

Sweeping criticism of Darwin's existing hotel accommodation was made to-day by the Chief Medical Officer oi the Northern Territory (Dr…

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No Expeditionary Armies Britain Fights by Sea and Air in Future Wars Change in Conditions Brings New Policy Lapstone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 5

BRITAIN has planned that no great expeditionary army will be landed on the Continent in the event of another war. This was stated today at the British Commonwealth Relations…

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Melbourne Hotels' Better Results

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 14

Since the commencement of the financial year results of Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., are more than treble the figures for the corresponding months of the previous year, the chairman. Mr. J. A…

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"Germany Does Not Want War" British Soldier's Opinion Lapstone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1938 · page 1

"GERMANY does not Want war," said Sir John Burnett-Stuart last night…

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Delegates Give Dance. Sydney Guests at Lapstone. From Our Special Representative Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 7

Delegates to the unofficial conference on Commonwealth relations relaxed to-night and entertained a number of friends from Sydney at a dance…

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Liberalising Ottawa. Dominions and Britain. Relations Conference. From Our Special Representative. Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 19

The unofficial conference on British Commonwealth relations spent the whole of to-day discussing means by which there might be closer…

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Darwin Hotels. "Overcrowding Has to be Tolerated." Doctor's Evidence. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 19

Dr. C. E. Cook chief, medical officer, in evidence before the Licensing Bench to-day on two applications Tor new hotels, said that the health authorities…

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"Hollywood Hotel" Revue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 10

The plan for the "Hollywood Hotel" Revue will open at Paling's and the Theatre Royal this morning. "Hollywood Hotel" is an American production, brought by Sir Benjamin Fulter from New…

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There Was a Ball at Lapstone Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 13

SNAPPED AT LAPSTONE LAST NIGHT AT THE INFORMAL DANCE GIVEN BY THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS CONFERENCE FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, Mr. Bill -McLean, of Toronto Canada (left) who was in a party with Miss Ebba de Dardel and Miss Jennifer Maughan. In the centre are two conference members from Toronto in conference on the verandah, Mr. Duncan Gorgon and Miss Lesley (Judy) Corbett. At right are Mr. Bob Green, Miss Mary McLean and Mr. Keith Store, who is Miss Maughan s fiance…

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Dominions and Neutrality Discussion At B.C.R. Conference Lapstone Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 3

A delegate to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference today suggested that the future development of the British…

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Darwin Hotels Overcrowded

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 8

DARWIN, Tuesday. -- Inadequate hotel accommodation which compelled four persons to sleep in one room was condemned by the chief…

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Hotels At Darwin Criticised DARWIN

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 1

"IF health authorities condemn the hotels here, they would have to allow people to live in…

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British Visitors Anxious. Desire to Return. Relations Conference. From Our Special Representative. Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 12

British delegates to the unofficial conference on British Commonwealth relations are very anxious about the threat of war in Europe, and many of them…

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"Hollywood Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 27

JOAN ABBOTT, one of the American stars of the "Hollywood Hotel" Revue, which will open at the Theatre Royal on September 23. The stage…

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Two New Hotels for Darwin. Granling of Licences Recommended. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 13

The Licensing Benth has decided to recommend to the Minister for the interior that two new licences for hotels in Darwin should be granted…

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Empire Relations Delegates Anxious to Leave for Home Inquire About Passages By Sea And Air Lapstone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 2

NEWS of the European crisis was the all-absorbing subject of inquiry and conversation among delegates to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference today…

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Recommend Darwin Hotel Licences

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 8

DARWIN, Wednesday.--The granting of two new hotel licences in Darwin will be recommended to the Minister for the Interior (Mr., McEwen) by the Northern…

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