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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 43

Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 3

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licences:—Tatler Hotel, George Street, from Richard Judah Harris to Patrick Joseph…

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Publican Poses As Reading's Owner Champagne Party After Win in Sires' Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

A COUNTRY publican has been posing as the owner of Reading, winner of the Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick. He gave a champagne party at…

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Free Radio Licenses Only for Blind

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Free radio licences will be conceded only to blind persons, the P.M.G.'s Department (through Mr. S. L. Gardner, M.H.R.), advised…

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These Hotel Names

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 6

WHOEVER chooses the names for the hotels around Sydney shows a woeful lack of imagination. Where are the rich, hospitable,…

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War On The Dishonest Hotel-Keeper

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 6

Chesterton wrote a witty poem attacking dishonest grocers who adulterate their goods, praising honest hotel-keepers who don't…

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Filth in Bottled Beer "Worst Hotel Case" £10 Fine on Woman Ex-Licensee

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 3

"I have inspected 200 hotels since the beginning of December, 1938, and, except in a few cases, I have never seen anything like this before. It is a filthy thing, and it…

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Employers' Liability Accommodation for Hotel Employees

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 3

An important decision concerning the responsibility of hotel licensees to servants employed on the premises was given by Mr H. Hawkins, P.M., at…

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Hotel Licence Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

The Li[?]nsing, Magistrate, Mr. Ladilaw, yesterday granted a transfer of the licence of the Regent Hotel, Broadway, Sydney, from Sydney Albert young to John Francts Lewitz…

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Hotel Licences Transferred. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at the West Wyalong Licensing Court approved the transfer of the licence of the Emphe Hotel. West Wyalong, from Alfred…

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Adulterated Beer. Former Licensee Fined £10. "Worst Hotel Case."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 12

Margaret Flanagan, licensee6 of the Harbord Hotel, Harbord, was fined £10 in the Manly Police Court yesterday for having sold adulterated…

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Liquor Below Quality Licensee Of City Hotel Fined

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 2

At the Central Summons Court to-day, Ann Hogan, licensee of the Dumbarton Castle Hotel. Kent-street, city, was charged, on two counts…

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Great Southern Hotel

The Land · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 12

The Great Southern Hotel Ball will be held at the Wertworth Ballroom on Monday. 26th June, 1939, and a cordial invitation is extended to all…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 8

THE GREAT SOUTHERN, the countryman's hotel, is being rebuilt, and its large clientele will be pleased to hear that the new building…

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Can't Enter Hotels for Three Years Driver Warned By Judge

The Sun · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 7

Judge Curlewis in the Appeals Court to-day forbade a man to drive a vehicle, enter a hotel, or drink intoxicating liquor for three years, the period of a bond. "And I have heard the tale about going into a hotel…

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Beer "Filthy, Revolting" Licensee Fined £10

Daily News · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 3

Pleading guilty of having sold adulterated beer, Margaret Flanagan, former licensee of the Harbord Beach Hotel, Harbord, was fined £10 at Manly Court…

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Publican Fined

Daily News · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

On charges of selling brandy and wine not of the nature, substance and quality demanded by the purchaser, Ann Hogan was fined £6, with £9186 costs, yesterday…

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Grafton Hotels Criticised. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 7

Mr. J. W. Laidlaw, chairman of the Licences Reduction Board, presiding as licensing magistrate over the Licensing Court at Grafton, said the Grafton hotels were considerably below…

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Licensing Food-sellers City Health Move Many Not Known To Authorities

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 7

The City Health Officer (Dr. Dunn), in urging to-day that all of Sydney's food premises should be licensed, said that the days were gone when all these premises…

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Behind The Scenes In A Luxury Hotel Strange Customers

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 9

WE get all sorts of strange telephone messages-- "Come at once to 079, the wardrobe, has fallen to…

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Big Hotels Refuse to Sell Whisky Savage Hit By Import Ban AUCKLAND

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 1

An amazing situation developed to-day in Auckland following the sudden announcement on Saturday of a big list of import prohibitions. Leading hotels removed all whisky and imported…

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