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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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1,372 Licensed Pilots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1938 · page 19

The latest statistics issued by the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence show that 358 commercial and 1.014 private pilots' licences were in force on September…

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Brisbane Marine Board Certificates and Licenses

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 November 1938 · page 4

The Brisbane Marine Board granted to Captain G. S. Duck a renewal of his pilotage exemption for Bundaberg. A license as principal in charge of…

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New Hotel Licensed. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 7

The licence for the Lake Illawarra Hotel, Brownsville, one of the oldest hotels in the district, was at the Licensing Court to-day transferred to a new hotel in Keira Street…

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Licensing Chairman Commends Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--"This is the class of hotel that licensing magistrates are anxious to see in other parts of the State…

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Hotel on Site of Log Cabin

The Sun · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 3

An application for the transfer of the licence of the Railway Hotel, St. Mary's, to premises to be erected on the site at…

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New Hotel at Penrith. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 November 1938 · page 12

The Metropolitan Licensing Court, comprising Messrs. J. Laidlaw (chairman). T. W. Cohen, and W. C. Goikle, to-day granted an application for the conditional transfer of…

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Fall From Hotel Roof. Man Killed Instantly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1938 · page 11

Robert John Kingston, about 30, who resided at The Spit, fell 100 feet from the roof of the Mansion House Private Hotel, Elizabeth Street, city, on…

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Raids on Night Clubs. Licensing Court Fines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 13

Twelve men and [?]hine women were each fined £1 at the Licensing Court yesterday on charges of having been found drinking on unlicensed premises, following police raids on…

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Hotel Robbed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 2

TOBACCO and liquor worth £30 were stolen by thieves who broke into the bar of the Campbelltown Hotel early yesterday…

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New Tourist Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court comprising Messrs J. Laidlaw (chairman), T. W. Cohen, and W. C. Goikie, delivered their reserved judgement at…

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Licensing System for Shipbuilding Japanese Plans

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 1

The Japanese Ministry of Communications have planned to place Japanese shipbuilding under a licence system, subject to…

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OPPOSED Farm License Plan Too Costly

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 6

AN unanimous recommendation that no immediate action in regard to licensing of poultry farms he taken was mads to the executive council…

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Dog as bathroom guest in city hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 1

A dog was taken in as a guest at a city hotel yesterday. He is an English setter, Stepko, belonging to Patiana Riabouchinska and her husband,…

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Aircraft Not Licensed Admissions By Johnston At Kyeema Inquiry MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 7

LICENSING of air transport companies had never been considered by the Civil Aviation Board, Mr. E. C. Johnston, Controller-General, admitted in the witness-box at the Kyeema inquiry todays…

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Here and The[?] Hotel Transfer [?]

Liverpool News · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 2

The business of the Liver[?] was, on Monday, transferred [?] liam George Masters to All[?]…

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Hotelkeepers to Pay Fines

The Sun · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 7

William Montgomery, licensee of the Kent Hotel, Pitt-street, who was alleged to have sold on October 28, White Horse whisky, not of the…

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Suicide From Hotel Roof

The Sun · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

"Don't touch me or you might come over with me!" Poised on the edge of a 110ft drop, Robert John Kingston. 32, a…

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Crashed to Death Woman's Fall From City Hotel

The Sun · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 3

A middle-aged woman crashed to her death about 5 p.m. to-day from a window of the Hotel Australia…

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Darwin's Hotel Schemes Darwin

The Sun · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 2

Plans for big improvements to Darwin's hotel accommodation along tropical lines have been completed,…

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Another Hotel Death Dive

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 2

Engaged to be married at Christmas, Robert John Kingston dived 110 feet to his death last Saturday night…

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