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Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Menzies Hotel Prefs

The Sun · Sunday 11 December 1938 · page 17

Buyers have unavailingly offered 20s 6d for Menzies Hotel prefs, in the open market, although it is understood that one broker recently…

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New Films Comedy of Unpaid Hotel Bill Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx

The Sun · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 10

Two New York stage successes, "Room Service" and "Brother Rat," adapted to the films, are at the Mayfair. Each is an uncommonly funny comedy. Together they provide excellent entertainment…

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Hotels Help Hammond

Daily News · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 5

AMONGST, the donations dropped into the collection-box at Canon Hammond's Christian Poor Relief Appeal Depot at Wynyard Station was a cheque for £50…

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Hotel Housemaid Drowned in River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Sunday.--Ruby Laney, 18, a housemaid at the Hotel Smithtown, was drowned yesterday in the Macleay River at Smithtown Point…

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Licensing Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A resolution condemning the application of licensing at Port Kembla was carried at a public meeting in Islington Park this…

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Man In Hotel After Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 7

A man wearing trousers only was found in the woman licensee's bed when police visited the Australian Hotel, Waterloo, on October 14 after hours…

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Less Net Profit Carlton Hotel Results

The Sun · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 26

Although gross earnings of Carlton Hotel Ltd., were more than maintained during the year to October 31,…

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Murders with Axe. Man Sentenced to Death. Tragedy in Old Hotel. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 December 1938 · page 11

William Johnson, 36, labourer, was found guilty in the Ballarat Supreme Court to-night of having murdered Robert McCourt Gray, 73, and Charles Adam B[?], 61, at D[?], on…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Long Innes.) Hotel Partnership

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 6

After two days' hearing a suit instituted by Mrs. Winifred May Sullivan against Mr. Alexander Tomlins, her brother, was settled, and orders made in accordance with the terms…

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New £26,000 Darwin Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 2

DARWIN, Thursday.--Plans for a new hotel at Darwin have been lodged with the clerk of the court. An application has been made to the…

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Licensee Dies Cootamundra

The Sun · Sunday 18 December 1938 · page 10

Clarrie Moore, well-known licensee of the Railway Hotel, Cootamundra, died suddenly this morning from heart trouble. He came here from…

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Death Leap Attempt Woman Held at Window of Hotel

Daily News · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 1

A woman had to be forcibly restrained from hurling herself from a fourth storey window of a King's Cross hotel last night…

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Publican and Toll Collector

The Sun · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 2

Now a toll collector on George's River Bridge, Bernard Gordon Weir Pearson explained to-day in public examination before the Registrar in…

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Hotel Windows Smashed

Daily News · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 1

A woman ran amok In the bar of the Crecy Hotel, Oxford Street, City, last night and smashed two plate glass windows with a beer bottle…

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Branches Condemn Licensing

Daily News · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 6

The most discussed topic In A.L.P. branches is still the position at Port Kembla, many resolutions or support having been conveyed to the watersiders, and the…

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Higher Hotel Tariffs in N.Z. City. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 7

Leading Auckland hotels incieasert their tariffs by 5 per cent. to 7½ per cent, because of a new award increasing wages…

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'Ticklish' Hotel Dispute

The Sun · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 2

First of its kind ever to come Before him in the Licensing Court, Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., said of a case this afternoon that it was…

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City Hotel Roof Afire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 9

The roof of the Hotel Sydney fernery caught fire yesterday. Part of the lattice work was burnt, and greenery was destroyed by fire and…

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Electricity in Hotel Burns 3

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 December 1938 · page 10

Three electricians received severe burns while working on the main switchboard at the Australia Hotel yesterday. They were:--Allen Hoskins, 25, of…

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An Investor's Diary. Decline in Net Profit of Carlton Hotel Limited—Simpson Lee Prospectus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 8

Although Carlton Hotel, Ltd., enjoyed the benefit of the extensive improvements made the previous year to the hotel's residential section, and the…

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