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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1938

880 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 44

Court Tale of Hotel Peep-holes

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 10

A story about hidden peep-holes in a hotel gate was told in a Causes Court to-day by a woman plaintiff…

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Found Dead at Rear of Hotel Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 6

A man whosc name is believed to be T. O'Donnell was found dead at the rear of the Wallarah Hotel, Catherine Hill Bay. to-day. The…

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Unsavory Hole, Say Police Darlinghurst Hotel Proposal

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 13

Police in the Licensing Court today denounced part of a £12,000 scheme for the remodelling of the Burdekin Hotel, Darlinghurst…

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Peep-Holes In Gate Of Hotel

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 6

In the Causes Court yesterday, Mrs. Annie Edith Amanda Meats sued Charles Phillpot in connection with the sale of the British Lion Hotel…

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After-Hour Knocks; Licensee's Story

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 7

REPEATED knocking on the door of her hotel premises after hours was complained of by a woman hotel licensee in the Causes Court yesterday. Mrs. Annie Edith Amanda Mears[?]…

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Licensee Fined £1. Raid at Mayfair Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 8

Angus McCallum Foulds, licensee of the Mayfair Hotel, was fined £1, with costs of 8/. in default three days' gao[?] by the Full Bench of the Licensing Court yesterday, for…

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Children's Seaside Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 16

Ideal for school holidays Acres playground, boating, fishing, riding, picnics, bush, lake surf, Mothercraft care trained hurses. Fees, from 2-gulness,…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street, and a jury.) Sale of a Hotel. Mears v Phillpot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

Annie Edith Amanda Mears is claiming £500 damages from Charles Phillpot for alleged frauduient misrepresentation in the sale of a hotel at Glebe. She alleges that…

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Late Hour Trade; Hotel Risk

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

Giving: evidence in a Causes Court action to-day, John Grey Hannah, hotel broker, said he knew of one…

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POULTRY. Licensing of Farms. Suggested Conference Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 11

For some considerable time now a proposal for the registration of hatcheries has been before poultrymen the idea behind it being the protection of the public against day-old…

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Causes in No. 4 Court. Sale of a Hotel. Mears v Phillpot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 8

Further evidence was heard and the action remains part heard. Mr. Brian Clancy, K.C (instructed by Mr. W. Parker), appeared for the plaintiff; and…

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60 P.c. After Hours Evidence on Hotel Trade

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

Giving evidence in the Causes Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Street and a Jury, John Grey Hannah, hotel broker, said that…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and a Jury.) Sale of a Hotel. Mears v Phillpot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 18

Counsel completed their addresses and his Honor began his summing up. The action is part heard. Mr. Brian Clancy, K.C. (instructed by Mr…

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Seek Limit To Word "Hotel"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 7

Licensed victuallers object to the use of the word "hotel" for unlicensed premises. The objection was raised yesterday at…

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Doctor - Publican

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 39

AN application for the transfer of the licence of the Tudor Hotel. Phillip-street, city, from Andrew Charles Johnstone to Samuel Joseph…

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Driver's License Cancelled For 5 Years

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 25

CHARGED with driving a motor car whilst under the influence of liquor, Benjamin Tiernan, 39, wharf laborer, protested that he only…

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"After the Ball" Hotelkeeper's Lapse

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 25

FERGUS FOWLER, 22, hotelkeeper, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court last week to a charge of driving a motor car in…

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£200 Verdict in Hotel Suit

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

Following on the sale of the British Lion Hotel, Forest Lodge, by Charles Phillpot to Mrs. Annie Edith Amanda M[?]ars. a Causes Court jury to-day…

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£200 Damages to Hotel Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 12

Mrs. Annie Edith Amanda Mears, licensee of the British Lion Hotel, Forest Lodge, was yesterday awarded £200 damages in the Causes Court…

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Burdekin Hotel. Bar Below Street Level. Application Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 7

Opposing the application of Tooth and Co., Ltd., for permission to make material alterations to the Burdekin Hotel, Oxford and Liverpool Streets, Sergeant Ernest Auld, in charge…

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