Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Hotels & licensing, all years

Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 43

Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 12

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Magistrate yesterday:—Dorothy Moya Hartigan (executrix late M. Hartigan) to Basil…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Unclean Food and Drink. Control Urged. Licensing of Cafes. Stopping Sale of Drip Beer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 8

Stricter supervision of the sale of food and drinks in hotels and restaurants was urged by the health committee of the City Council yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Licensing Of Cafes Why Control Plan Was Dropped

Daily News · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 5

THE City Council dropped an attempt to control all food shops in 1930, because various Crown authorities…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Licensing Of Cafes Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Differences of opinion between Government and City Council officers have prevented the passing of a by law…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Hotel Licence Case Adjourned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 7

The Licensing Court yesterday agreed to adjourn the Plaza Hotel case for another two weeks. The licensee, Walter Ross Weekes,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Granville News "Misleading" Police Statement Hotel Visits

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

"That statement is absolutely misleading," said the health inspector (Mr. Bleasdale), when the Police Department informed Granville Council…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Heard by the Way Log Cabin Hotel

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 1

THE contractor for the erection of the Log Cabin Hotel states that the work will be finished early in July. The next river verandah and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Licensing System For Egg Exporters

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 5

A RESOLUTION urging on the Minister of Commerce the necessity for licensing egg exporters was adopted at the annual meeting of the Australian Egg Producers' Council in Melbourne…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Peeps Behind The Scenes In A Luxury Hotel Lost in the Wash

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 34

OF course, famous people have their little domestic worries just like the rest of us. No. 234, inquiring about missing socks, is a…

Continued on Trove, page 34 →

The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 28 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…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Great Southern Hotel

The Land · Friday 28 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…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Publican Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 4

Walter Glenfield, of the Concord Hotel, Concord West, pleaded, guilty at the Burwood Summons Court yesterday to having sold gin which was not of the nature, substances…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Big Bangalow Fire. £20,000 DAMAGE. Hotel, Two Shops, and Bank Destroyed. BANGALOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 11

A fire which started in the old Granuaille Hotel at 9,25 o'clock last night, destroyed the hotel, leapt the main street, and burnt out Reading's…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Hotel, Bank, Shops Destroyed By Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 5

A fire, which was fought by townspeople and two fire brigades for two hours, destroyed the Granuaille Hotel, Bank of New South Wales premises, and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Stopping Drinking. Man Swears Information Against Himself. Court Order to Publicans

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 11

An unusual case came before Mr. McCulloch, S.M., at Paddington Police Court yesterday, when Stanley Francis Ireland asked that the Court should order that he be not supplied…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Darwin's New Hotel. Sydney Firm Secures Contract. Fifty Bedrooms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 11

A Sydney firm has secured the contract for the construction, of the new tropical hotel at Darwin, which will accommodate 50 guests, each of whom…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 5

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:— Grand Hotel, Waverley, from F. and D. I…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Aerial Bomb Kills Hundred In Hotel Daring Ruse Enables Chinese to Raid Aerodrome Hongkong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 3

A SINGLE Japanese, aerial 500lb. bomb is reported to have killed more than 100 Chinese at Foochow, the Treaty port midway between Hongkong and Shanghai. The victims had been sheltering…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

City Hotel Murder. Reward Recommended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 16

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. MacKay, has recommended to the Government that a reward of £200 should be offered for the arrest of the murderer of R. J. Anderson, who…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Cafe Control M.l.a's Move. Power to Close After Conviction. Licensing System

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 15

The legislative Assembly yesterday carried a motion by Mr. O'Sullivan (A.L.P., Paddington) that legislation should be introduced immediately to…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →