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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Death Jump in Hotel Panic Dramatic Rescue Of Girls From Wentworth Blaze

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

WITH flames roaring around him, a youth jumped to death when fire swept to the top of the Wentworth Hotel last night. TWO GIRLS WERE RESCUED UNHURT, AND NINE [?]…

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Woman Aged 82 Badly Burned in Hotel Fire Good Work by Staff in Emergency

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 2

MRS. BYERS, who was rescued from the Wentworth Hotel fire last night, is 82, and just recovering from an illness. She was admitted to Sydney Hospital suffering from burns to…

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Death Leap in City Fire Boy Jumps Forty Feet From Fifth Floor Of Hotel Others Rescued: Blaze at the Wentworth

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

PANIC-STRICKEN when a fire occurred at the Wentworth Hotel, city, last night, William Redmond, 12, leaped from a fifth floor window, and was killed…

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Fighting Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 7

ONE OF THE MANY FIRE- FIGHTING UNITS attacking the Wentworth Hotel fire last night from Jamieson Street. Sixty guests at the hotel escaped in confusion…

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Hollywood Hotel Stars to Broadcast

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 13

Proceeded by a nightly broadcast by the stars of the company, the opening of the "Hollywood Hotel Revue" at the Theatre Royal promises to be something…

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Hotel Fire Tragedy. Boy Was Terrified. Rescuers Came Too Late

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 18

An examination yesterday of the damage done by the fire at the Wentworth Hotel in Lang Street, city, late on Monday night, disclosed that 20…

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Two New Hotels for Darwin. Granting of Licences Recommended

Construction · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 7

The Licensing Bench has decided to recommend to the Minister for the Interior that two new licences for hotels in Darwin should be granted. The applicants for the new licences are H. G…

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Boy Victim of Hotel Fire Believed Now That He Fell

The Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 12

It is believed that William Robert Redmond, 13, who was killed when the Wentworth Hotel fire occurred on Monday night, did not jump, but…

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No Cup Sweeps For Perth Hotels

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday. -- All hotelkeepers have been warned that they must not hold their customary sweepstake on the Melbourne Cup…

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Hotel Fire: Match Blamed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 7

A discarded lighted match, or cigarette butt, is believed to have started Monday night's fire at the Wentworth Hotel…

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Federal Hotel

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 4

At Penrith Licensing Court on Thursday the licence of the Federal Hotel, Penrith, was re-transferred from Andrew G. Dall to Gregory…

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At the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 2

Apparently, the damns at the Wentworth Hotel was not quite so severe as was reported in some quarters, for the Management advises that there was no…

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Hotel Hours. Women Oppose Extension. Adelaide Protest. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 13

An hour before the sitting of the House of Assembly to-day the footpath in front of Parliament House and the steps leading to the main entrance…

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Films of To-day and To-morrow Defying a Film Jinx-- "Hotel Imperial"

The Sun · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 22

Paramount, says Harold Heffernan of the N.A.N.A. in Hollywood, in a frantic attempt to get Isa Miranda's career under way, is defying the worst jinx the film city has ever known. The Italian star will be featured in "Hotel Imperial"--and if…

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Second Hotel Blaze

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 5

FEARING another serious city hotel blaze, strong detachments of firemen were rushed to…

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History may be made in this romantic hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 6

THE Rheinhotel Dreesen, at Bad Godesberg, where Prime Minister Chamberlain will meet Hitler before…

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Board to Control Issue of Licenses to Fruit Agents Advocated by Federation Chief

The Land · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 12

A LICENSING board should be established to control the issue of licenses to fruit agents, said Mr. James Heane, Pennant Hills, orchardist and president of the Fruitgrowers' Federation of New South Wales, in evidence before the Fruit Inquiry Commissioner…

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"Hollywood Hotel" Revue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 7

At the Theatre Royal this evening. Harry Howard will present for the first time in Sydney over 60 American comedians singers, and dancers in the revue, "Hollywood Hotel." Willie and Eugene…

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No-License Polls

The Methodist · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 15

Sir,—Will you please permit me to draw the attention of your readers to the No-License Poll to be held in Victoria on the 8th of October; and…

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Hotel Sale. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 September 1938 · page 6

The Albury Hotel, in Dean Street, has been purchased by Mr. George Sampson, proprietor of the Hume Weir Cafe, from the Richmond Brewing Co., Melbourne, for £10,500…

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