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Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 44

Hotel Graft Talk

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday. ALLEGATIONS of graft in the allocation of hotel licences were…

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Hitler, Prisoner, Meet At Hotel BERLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 3

BEFORE he left for Vienna yesterday, Hitler met Dr. Schuschnigg, last independent Chancellor of Austria…

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Wentworth Hotel Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 21

A higher dividend than 26 per cent, was not likely unless earning capacity improved, the chairman of Wentworth Hotel, Ltd. (Mr. N. L. Nock) said at the…

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The hotel, Mount Kosciusko

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 3

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Ship As Hotel Moonta For Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 4

The Adelaide Steamship Co.'s motor vessel Moonta, which is usually engaged in the Adelaide-Gulf Ports' trade, will make a special trip to…

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Police and Betting. Resumed Inquiry. Activities at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 17

Further evidence about betting ctivities at a North Sydney hotel ras heard yesterday by Judge Marall. sitting as a Royal Commussion…

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Darwin Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 4

Sir,—The Minister for the Interior, Mr. MeEwen, is to be commended on his decision to refuse any additional licences in Darwin, especially in view of the taking over of the…

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Miss Daisy Kennedy. Leader of Hotel Orchestra. LONDON. Oct. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 12

Mis. Daisy [?] the Austialian violinist has been appointed leader and conducton of the Regern Palace Hoted orchestra, She will play a 310-year-old Amati violin…

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Seamen to Fight Licensing “Journal” Published Again SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 3

A good roll up and keen interest marked the monthly stopwork meeting of the Sydney branch of the Seamen’s Union. The main items were the new Log of Claims and the Transport Workers’ Act…

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"Scouts" Whistled Warned of Police, Says Constable Believed S.P. Betting Done Near Hotel

The Sun · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 2

Starting price betting was transacted in the street near the Union Hotel, North Sydney, in 1932 in the opinion of Constable Richard John Duffy. Duffy told the S.P. inquiry to- day that he saw groups…

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Wentworth Hotel's 95% Increase in Profits

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 21

WHILE last week's balance sheet from Wentworth Hotel provides heartening news for shareholders, it still suggests restriction on the matter of dividends. WHEN the recent Sesqui-Centenary…

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Serata Di Carte All'hotel Carlton

Italo-Australian · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 2

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Dismissed Police Bring Fresh Evidence Witnesses Tell of S.p. at North Sydney Was Man in the Street or in the Hotel?

Truth · Sunday 30 October 1938 · page 25

"THIS is not an occasion for sloppy sentiment. What has taken place here during the past two days plays a very minor part in relation to the whole of the circumstances…

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Moves To Aid Empire Films British Quota; Licensing Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 7

A SECTION of the film trade has asked the Premier (Mr. Stevens) to prevent domination of the…

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Hotel Betting. Two Men Convicted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 6

Two men were convicted in the Central. Police Court yesterday for hotel betting. The convictions were the first for this class of offence since the amending of the Gaming and…

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To Fight Licensing Ask “Bob” King to Tour BRISBANE, Oct. 27

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 4

At the Labor Council yesterday, Mr. J. Hugnes (president, N.S.W. Trades and Labor Council) was welcomed and addressed the meeting…

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New Hotel at Darwin. Licence Refused. Criticism of Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1938 · page 17

Indignation at the refusal of the Minister for the Interior, Mr. McEwen, to grant a licence for a new hotel at Darwin, was expressed yesterday by Mr…

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Hotel at Log House Licensing Case Next Tuesday Plans Before Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 1

PENRITH Council had before it, at a special meeting on Tuesday evening, plans for the proposed new hotel at the Log House site…

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Darwin Hotels. Criticism by Member of Licensing Bench. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 7

Mr. J. H. Brogan, a member of the Licensin Bench of the Northern Tetritory, said to-da that the existing hotels in Darwin had don nothing in the way of improvements unti…

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Ii Hotel Licensee's Death. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 7

The death has occurred at Young of Mr. Ceorge Sweeting. licensee of the Great Eastern Hotel. He was 50. and was born at Narrandera. He commenced a career in…

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