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Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 44

Methodists Allege Hotel Breaches

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--The Methodist Synod today criticised the Police Department on the score that often it failed to enforce the legal closing…

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Victorian News the No-license Poll

The Methodist · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 13

The Churches of this State are suffering a recovery from the strenuous No-license Poll taken in this State three weeks ago. The Methodist Church was the spear-head of the campaign. The…

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Darwin Hotels. Proper Accommodation to be Secured. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 12

A new Northern Territory ordinance will be promulgated shortly to ensure that hotel licensees in the Territory provide appropriate accommodation…

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Hotels at Darwin. Accommodation Primitive. a "Discomfort Museum"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 10

I once asked an American air traveller what he thought of Darwin. "Why Darwin is a hotel museum," he replied. "You certainly go in for discomfort…

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"Deplorable Food." Chef Criticises Canberra Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 13

Mr. William Bode, a former chef to the Duke of Windsor,, and an exhibitor at the pastrycooks' exhibition held in the Town Hall last week, yesterday severely criticised the…

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Big, Modern Hotel for Darwin Adelaide

The Sun · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 3

A big modern hotel, to suit tropical conditions, will be built in Darwin by an Adelaide syndicate, at a cost of between £50,000 and £60,000…

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Modern Hotel for Darwin. £50,000 Building. Purchase of Existing Licence. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 12

Plans for the construction at Darwin of a modern hotel at a cost of between £50.000 and £60.000 are being formulated by an Australian syndicate, in which Adelaide business…

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Licensing Court for Theatres

The Sun · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 10

Applicants for licences to build new picture theatres in the State will in future have to submit their claims…

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Hotelkeeper's Death

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1938 · page 5

Well-known in Liverpool as a onetime licensee of the Warwick Farm Hotel, Gas Burner died at Bondi last week. He was, at the time of his death,…

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Licence for Log House Application to the Licensing Board Objections Lodged Is There a Tourist Demand?

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 1

THE Metropolitan Licencing Court, on Tuesday, began the hearing of an application by Allan McPhee, licensee of the Railway Hotel, St. Marys, for the removal of his licence to the Log House, Penrith, proposed to be altered, and enlarged for the purpose…

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Licensing of Theatres

The Sun · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 2

Smoking in the auditoriums of picture theatres in N.S.W. should not be permitted, states the report of the Theatres and Public Hall…

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Night Crowds Storm Beaches, Baths Heat Brings Thirst HOTELS & Milk Bars Rushed Mares Predicts Cool Change Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 2

LARGE crowds flocked to the beaches and baths last night, seeking relief from the heat…

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Brawl in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 14

Ten men were involved in a brawl in the Balfour Hotel, King Street, yesterday afternoon. A glass thrown during the fight struck the…

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Hotel Hour Extension Is Opposed

The Sun · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

By an over whelming majority, the U.A.P. convention to-day passed a motion opposing any increase…

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Brawl in City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 2

GLASSES and bottles were thrown in a brawl in a King Street, City, hotel yesterday…

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Publican Had A Narrow Shave CONDOBOLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 1

I DON'T want to work today. I'm sitting at a table near a window that looks out on to the street, and a beautiful lady has…

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Move To Close Hotels On Anzac Day Fails

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 2

"SHUT the hotels on Anzac Day and there'll be a revolution," declared a delegate at the U.A.P. Convention yesterday. A motion to close hotels on Anzac Day was being discussed. The motion was defeated on the…

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La Serata Di Carte All'hotel Carlton

Italo-Australian · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 4

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Disturbance at Hotel. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 7

Leslie Gordon Boyd. 23, of Royal Street. Chatswood, was convicted on three charges at the Gosford Police Court. He was fined £4 for indecent language, £2 for assaulting…

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New Hotel at Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 5

To discover the most suitable type of hotel building for tropical conditions, Mr. Donald Turner, of the firm of Stephenson and Turner, architects, Sydney, will leave by air on…

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