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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 44

Police Take Hotel Door

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 2

An hotel door was removed from its hinges on Saturday, and tabulated as a "legal document." The door was removed from the back…

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Fall From Hotel Roof. Woman Visitor's Death. Coroner's Open Finding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 14

The Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday said that the circumstances of the death of Muriel Hare, a New Zealand visitor, who fell from the roof of…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 8

The chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licences:—…

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Death by Poison in Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 1

Dressed all in pink, a good-looking girl was found to-day dead from poison in her bedroom at the Hotel Metropole…

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No Licenses for Beer Fines Total £420

Daily News · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 5

EIGHT persons were fined a total of £420 for breaches of the Liquor Act in the Licensing Court yesterday. Henry Marsland Temple, 29, manager of…

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Coroner Doubts Fall Theory Hotel Tragedy Finding

Daily News · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 6

MISS MURIEL HARE, New Zealand masseuse, may have had a giddy turn when she fell 120 feet from the roof of the Hotel Australia on November 26…

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Woman's Fall From Hotel: Open Finding Relatives Deny Suicide Taxi-Driver's Story Of Hurtling Body

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 8

Muriel Hare did not commit suicide, relatives declared at the inquest yesterday. Miss Hare, 35, masseuse and…

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Puzzle for Police. Woman's Death in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 22

Police are puzzled by the death of Miss Elsa O. Foster, of Bilsbane, whose body was found yesterday in one of the rooms of the Hotel Metropole, with a…

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Master Builders' Annual Dinner Successful Function at Hotel Australia

Construction · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 5

The Annual Dinner of the Master Builders' Association of New South Wales was held at the Hotel Australia last Wednesday evening and was well attended by members of the Associations, and…

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Wharf Men Firm Iron Ban to Stay Will Fight Licensing

The Sun · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 1

Port Kembla waterside workers decided to-day to continue their ban upon the loading of pig iron on…

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Jilted, Dies of Poison Girl's Body in City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 2

A young woman, believed to have been twice disappointed in love within three years, was found dead in her bedroom at the…

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For Your Holiday Australia Hotel Comfort and Luxury

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 11

FOR that extra touch of comfort and luxury which will make the holiday over memorable, the visitor to Sydney goes to The Australia…

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Modern (Non-licensed) Hotels. Difficulties of Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 10

The accounts of Modern (Non-Licensed) Hotels, Ltd. for the year ended June 30 show that subscribed capital was £129,773 against £97,594 a year previously…

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Stallion Licensing in Britain; Influence on Dominion Imports

The Land · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 18

"Recently we had occasion to direct notice to the high percentage of rejections of imported Clydesdale stallions by Victorian veterinary officers,"…

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Pickets on Wharves. Licensing System at Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 13

The licensing system for wharf work came into force at Port Kembla yesterday, and members of the Waterside Workers' Federation picketed the…

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Hotel Trading Hours. Extension Opposed in South Australia. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 12

A bill providing for the extension of hotel trading-hours in South Australia from 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. was rejected by the Legislative Council to-day, after an all-night sitting…

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Won't Sacrifice Principles Workers Take Up Govt. Gage on Licensing Wollongong

Daily News · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 2

ON the eve of the imposition of the Dog Collar Act, all sections of the community are prepared for a determined struggle. A tense feeling overhangs both business and industrial…

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Call for Licensed Wharfies Today Extra Police Sent To Port Kembla WOLLONGONG

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 December 1938 · page 5

A call for 120 licensed, waterside workers will be made at Port Kembla at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow…

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"An Occasion, Not An Excuse, For Eating Rich Food" Xmas Dinners That the Big City Hotels Will Serve

Truth · Sunday 11 December 1938 · page 39

OF all the people who work at high pressure at this period of the year, none feels his responsibility m ore keenly than the Chef. He is master of the menu, adviser-in-chief to those who will dine well, and to all who hope to retain, unimpaired, a digestion that may or may not be…

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Last View of Sydney Wealthy Woman's Fall From Hotel Roof

Truth · Sunday 11 December 1938 · page 44

THE mysterious veil of puzzling circumstance which surrounds the death of Muriel Hare, wealthy New Zealand visitor, was not lifted even after an inquiry by the City Coroner last…

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