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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Causes in No. 7 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury.) Settlement Reached. Clark v Australia Hotel Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

Shortly after the hearing of this action was resumed, the parties conferred, and, subsequently, announced that a settlement had been reached…

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In Sight of Wife Mountains Hotel Suicide Police Told Of Previous Attempts At Violence BLACKHEATH

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Before he killed himself with a bullet in the chest early to-day, John Ferguson, 24, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, at Blackheath, had terrified his attractive young wife with a revolver, police have been told…

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Taxi Licenses. Councils Asked First

The St George Call · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

In his report at the last meeting of Rockdale Council the town clerk (Mr. Scott), said the Transport Department sought to be advised as to whether the…

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Hotel Licensee's Death. Shot in Bed, BLACKHEATH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 18

Jack Walter Ferguson, 24, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Govett's Leap Road, Blackheath, died from the, effects of a bullet wound in his room at the hotel early this morning…

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Hotel Lounge Licences. Methodist View. "Veiledithreat" Deplored

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 20

The annual State conference of the Methodist Church last night carried a resolution stating that it deplored "the expression of a veiled threat of…

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Entertainment at Hotel Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 6

A dramatic and musical entertainment in ald of the Independent Theatre will be given at the Hotel Australia on the evening on Monday. March 7. Summer Locke-Elliot's buriesque in four scenes,…

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To-day's Controversy Should Cameramen Be Licensed? Wants Licences

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 6

Sir,--I was disappointed to read that a move to license street photographers was defeated in the Works Committee of the City…

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Hotel Shooting Man Dies After Threat to Wife Woman's Night Ordeal, Katoomba

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

IN his wife's presence, Jack Walton Ferguson, 25-year-old manager of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, fatally shot…

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Hotel Betting

Truth · Sunday 27 February 1938 · page 19

"It is important that magistrates in stating a special case for the consideration of the Court, should set out their findings of fact…

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Plebiscite on Hours of Hotels?

The Sun · Sunday 27 February 1938 · page 7

To give the public an opportunity of deciding whether N.S.W. liquor laws should be made more elastic the Country Party, during its election…

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Hotel Fire at Tumut. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 9

A fire which broke out to-day in the Commercial Hotel, Tumut, did about £2,000 worth of damage. The fire was first noticed in the roof, which…

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Damage Of £1500 To Hotel TUMUT

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 5

DAMAGE estimated at £1500 was done by a fire which swept throught the upper storey and root of the Commonwealth Hotel, Tumut,…

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2 Die in Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 3

COPENHAGEN, Tuesday.--A visitor from Finland and the hotel chef were killed when fire destroyed the famous Prince Hamlet Hotel, Elslnore, on the…

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Meals a La Carte. Prices on Hotel Menus In Australia. N.Z. Minister's Criticism. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 17

The Minister for Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, who returned to-day after representing the New Zealand Government at the 150th Anniversary celebrations in Sydney, said that…

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Transfer of Kosher License

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

Residents of the Eastern Suburbs will have noted from an advertisement in this issue that the licenses for the sale of Kosher meat and poultry at the…

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Frank Critic of Our Hotels

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

Criticism by the Minister for Internal Affairs of New Zealand, Mr. Parry, on his return home, that the separate charges for accommodation…

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Illuminated Sign on Hotel. Renewal of Licence. Council Prosecution Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 7

An illuminated sign on the premises of the Old Oreen Gate Inn, in Pacific Highway, Killara, was the subject of an unsuccessful prosecution of the licensee, Jessie McIntosh,…

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£17,000 Hotel for Cooma. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 8

Cooma is to have a £17,000 hotel, in apite of opposition expressed before the Licensing Magistrate by publicans in the town. An application by John Arthur Downey,…

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Quarter Sessions Appeal. (Before Judae White.) Alleged Betting at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 8

Norman Reginald Brown, licensee of Pfahlert's Hotel, Margaret Street, Sydney, appealed against his conviction and fine of £5 imposed upon him by Mr. Cohen, L.M., at…

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All Hotels Must Close. Election Day Ruling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1938 · page 18

The Justice Department stated yesterday that all licensed premises in New South Wales must be closed on election day, March 126, even in the 19 electorates where the…

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