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Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 44

Woman's Death Crash From Roof of Hotel Crowds See Tragedy: Shoppers Faint

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 1

MURIEL HARE, 45 masseur, of Dunedin, New Zealand fell 130 feet from the roof of the Australia Hotel about 5 p.m. yesterday and was killed instantly in Castlereagh Street…

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After-hours Hotel Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--It was necessary to be on duty 24 hours a day to keep people away from bars after hours, said. Harry Allen Lett, licenses…

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Man's Fall From Hotel Window

Truth · Sunday 27 November 1938 · page 18

HAROLD DILLON, 46, orderman. of The Baden Powell, Regent-street, Redfera. was found unconscious on the…

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Car Took Dive Into Bar Of Hotel LAUNCESTON

The Sun · Sunday 27 November 1938 · page 3

When he swerved to avoid a motor cycle, a motorist unwillingly entered the bar of a St. Mary's hotel to-day…

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Hotels in Darwin. "Adequate Soon." Administrator Answers Criticism. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 13

"I am sure that there will be ample accommodation in Darwin's four existing hotels, and that the Minister for the Interior, Mr, McEwen, was…

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Licensing May Be Applied. Port Kembla Dispute. Pig Iron Contracts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 11

If waterside workers at Port Kembla persist in their refusal to load pig iron for Japan, the Federal Government will consider the application there of the…

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Fall From Hotel Window. Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 11

Harry Dillon, 46, was found lying fatally injured on the footpath outside the Baden Powell Hotel, Regent Street. Redfern, on Saturday night…

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Tropic Note in New Hotel Darwin

The Sun · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 10

A £50,000 hotel to be started here in March and to be ready within 12 months will have 30 bedroom suites and all main rooms and…

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Pig Iron Ban Must End. Ultimatum by Cabinet. Licensing Threat. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 11

If the Port Kembla waterside workers do not resume the loading of pig iron for Japan by December 6, the Federal Government will apply the…

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Log House Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1938 · page 5

A new hotel building is to be added to the Log House. overlooking the Nepcan River, war Penrith to cater for visitors and tourlats. The greater portion of the present. Log…

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New Hotel for Penrith Application Granted "Desirable Site"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 13

The Licensing Court recently granted the application of Allan McPhee, licensee of the Railway Hotel, St. Marys, for the removal of his licence for that hotel to…

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Death of Former Hotel Keeper Late John Byrne

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 5

A former proprietor of the Prospect Hotel for a number of years, John Byrne (69), of Gordon-street, Blacktown, died at his residence on Saturday…

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New Darwin Hotel. Air-conditioning. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 16

The features of the elaborate airconditioned hotel which is to be built in Darwin early next year at a cost of £50.000 were outlined to-day by Mr. D…

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Ending Pig Iron Ban. Union Protest. Licensing Opposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 16

The decision of the Federal Government to apply the licensing provisions of the Transport Workers Act if the Port Kembla, waterside…

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Publicans Blamed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 5

DUBBO, Tuesday.--"The people who back Sunday sport are those who gain by it, such as hotelkeepers," said the Rev. D. Forshaw Almond today…

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Standard counter-lunch in city hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 1

A standard counter-lunch will he served in 585 metropolitan hotels as from tomorrow. The hotel owners concerned have entered into an agreement…

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A Luxurious Hotel in a Tourists' Paradise

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 34

Everything that a holiday-maker could desire is to be found at Port Macquarie— fishing, boating, excellent bowling greens, tennis courts, and glorious panoramic…

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Sydney Man in Palestine. Fired On in Street. Only Tourist at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 10

Mr. J. R. Kinsman, managing director of Hemingway and Robertson Pty., Ltd., who returned to Sydney yesterday by air after a year abroad, said in an…

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Govt. Repeats Licensing Act Threat CANBERRA

Daily News · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 6

THE Transport Workers Act will apply at Port Kembla unless the pig-iron is loaded by Tuesday. A telegram, repeating the Government's threat, was sent to-day by the Attorney-General, Mr. Menzies, to the Newcastle…

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Modern Hotel for Darwin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 6

DARWIN, Friday.--It is learned oh reliable authority, that a local syndicate of influential residents with Southern financial support, intends to erect a modern…

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