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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

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Closing Hotels on Anzac Day

The Methodist · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 10

The committee of the Methodist Women's Federation met on Friday, 11th March. Rev. Wallace Deane, M.A., B.D., presided, and a very representative gathering attended. The question of…

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S.P. and Hotel Hours Are the Issues Butler Party Seems Likely to Carry on Lot Depends on Preferences ADELAIDE

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1938 · page 18

WITH preferences to be allocated, it is difficult to state at the moment what the eventual Parliament will be, but it seems more than likely that the South Australian elections held to-day will result in the Butler Government being able to…

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Financial. Hotel Sydney Ltd. Increased Dividends Forecast

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

Sir Arthur Rickard, chairman of Hotel Sydney. Ltd., said at the annual meeting yesterday that shareholders could reasonably look forward to increased dividends in the…

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Higher Dividend From Hotel Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 14

"Shareholders may confidently anticipate an increase in the dividend rate for the current year," said Sir Arthur Rickard, chairman of Hotel Sydney, at the…

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Classes for Hotel Staffs. Cooks and Waiters May Now Go to School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 18

Classes of instruction for hotel cooks and waiters have been formed by the Education Department at the East Sydney Technical College, and a course in hotel management…

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Publicans' Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted yesterday by Mr. J. Laidlaw, chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Court: Rose of Denmark Hotel, Waterloo,…

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Hotels Shut Saturday But Grocers May Sell Beer

The Sun · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 1

Even in uncontested electorates, hotels will be closed next Saturday, but a grocer who has a wine and spirit licence will be able to sell liquor until his shop closes at 1 p.m…

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Increase for Hotel Employees

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 March 1938 · page 9

Members or the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union employed in hotels to the metropolitan area will receive a 5 per cent,…

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£70,000 Paid for Hotel

The Sun · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Property occupied by Bear and Co., Ltd., between George and York streets, city, offered at auction sale to-day, was passed in at £79,000…

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Later Hotel Hours. "Less Drunkenness in Tasmania." Magistrate's View. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 12

"From my experience as a police magistrate, I would say that the later hours of closing hotels have not increased the consumption of liquor," said Mr. W. Hutchins. P.M., at a…

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£2 Fine for Non-voters: Hotels Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 4

Voting today will be from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. Electors who fall to record their vote are liable to a fine of up to £2…

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S.p. Books Punters for a Day Lose £50,000 Through Closing of Hotels for Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 7

MORE than £50,000 will be lost to S.P. betting interests in Sydney through the compulsory closing of hotels, for the Elections today. Resigned to a day off, most of…

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Who'll Get the Extra Dog License? N.c.a. Claims Best

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1938 · page 23

NOW that the elections are over, there is going to be a furious scramble—with the usual jostling tactics—for the…

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Rosehill Crowd. Best for Years. Result of Closed Hotels. Off-the-course Betting Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 15

The closing of hotels on account of the election on Saturday, and the cons[?]uent, limitation of off-the-course betting, made the way clear for an…

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Later Hotel Hours. Less Drunkenness in Tasmania

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 13

AT a meeting of the Hobart Licensing Court last Friday, Police Magistrate Hutchins said that from his experience as a magistrate he would say…

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The King Who Couldn't Pay! Hotel with a Pawnbroker's Licence

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 8

London has ah inn—the Castle, at Smithfield—which is licensed not only for the sale of drinks, but also for pawnbroking. Mine host, Mr…

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Power of Liquor Inspector Can Make Tests In Hotels Stir in Bar

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 5

RULING that an inspector could test liquor at an hotel before purchasing a quantity as a sample, Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Central…

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Inspecting Hotel Liquor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 7

Whether Pure Food Act inspectors may examine liquor in hotels without purchasing samples was a question which Mr. Arnold, S.M., was asked to decide in…

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Testing Liquor. Obstructing an Inspector. Hotelkeeper Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 12

Cecil Newsome, licensee of Belfield's Hotel, George Street, Sydney, was fined £1, with £2/16/ costs, yesterday, at the Central Police Court, for obstructing an inspector under the…

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Employees in Private Hotels

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 7

Residential hotel proprietors in the metropolitan area have refused to follow the lead of the U.L.V.A. to grant a 5 per cent. Increase to members of…

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