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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

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Thieves Get £300 Hotel Takings

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1939 · page 3

Thieves last night stole £300 from the St. George Hotel, in Canterbury-road, Belmore. The money, in £1 and £5 notes, had…

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Licensed Sellers of Petrol. Mr. C. A. Gregory's Suggestion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 13

Approval of the proposed licensing of service stations engaged in retailing petrol was expressed last night by the general secretary of the Service Station Association of New…

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Licensing Court Decisions. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 7

At a special sitting of the West Wyalong Licensing Court, Richard Gabriel Rilly, the licensee of the only hotel in Tallimba, which was recently gutted by fire, was granted…

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Sent Back to Prison "Hotel Barber's" 8 Sentences

The Sun · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 2

"He would be known as a 'hotel barber,'" said Constable J. H. Wiggins, in Central Police Court to-day, when Stewart Lindsay Marsh. 34,…

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City Hotel Waiter Is Dress Designer to Stage Beauties Maurice Hood Creates Gowns Between Carrying Cocktails

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 3

If you call "Waiter!" in the lounge of a certain Sydney hotel the chances are that your summons will be answered by a young man who could just as easily design you two new gowns as bring you two drinks…

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Licensing of Cafes. New City By-law Proposed. Inspection System

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 12

The health committee of the City Council yesterday decided unanimously to recommend the council to introduce a new by-law to license…

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Hotelkeeper Charged Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 7

Herbert Bence Wood, 26, hotelkeeper, was remanded to Sydney when he appeared in the Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £240 belonging to Aubrey Sara, at…

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Grand Hotel Parties Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 15

Connections of Grand Hotel yesterday lodged appeal's against their disqualification for 12 months by the Newcastle…

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Will License Food Shops Rights Lost After 3 OFFENCES

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 9

Licensing of city food shops and their occupiers was approved in principle by the City Council Health…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Trade of a Hotel. Suit to Set Aside Agreement to Purchase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 7

Walter Raymond Lockwood was plaint[?] in a sult for the recission of an agreement to purchase a tenancy of the Australian Hotel. Waterloo, from Victor Krok the former tenant…

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Poultry for Public Proposed Licensing System

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 3

The Chief Food Inspector (Mr. C. V. Francis) told the Table Poultry Council of N.S.W. to-day that during the year ended April 30 last, 3933…

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Three Months' Jail For Hotel Betting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

A man who had pleaded guilty to a charge of having bet in an hotel was sentenced by Mr. Hardwick, SM., in Campsie Court yesterday, to…

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When Catholics BUILD & Decorate Listening-in in Hotels and Public Places

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 5

One of the real burdens of public life to-day is the continuous blare of the loudest of loud speakers. These are disturbing, because they are so insistent:…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 5

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday granted a transfer of the licence of the Castle Connell Hotel, Regent Street, from Sidney Charles Hanslow to Myles Connor…

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Great Southern Hotel

The Land · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 14

The Great Southern Hotel Ball will be held at the Wentworth 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 12 May 1939 · page 10

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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Appeals Upheld by A.J.C. 12 Months Ban Is Lifted Grand Hotel Case

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 16

Appeals in the Grand Hotel case were heard by the A.J.C. Committee today…

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Appeals Upheld. Grand Hotel and Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 21

The committee of the Australian Jockey Club yesterday upheld the appeals of Mr. D. Segenfield. J. F. Munro, and H. P. Hughes, who wre disqualified, with the gelding…

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Licensing of Cafes. New Ordinance. Penalites Provided

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 17

Power to cancel the licences of cafes, refreshment rooms, and restaurants if the proprietors are twice convicted for having dirty premises is…

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Grand Hotel Appeal Upheld

Daily News · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 12

A.J.C. committee yesterday upheld the appeals of trainer J. F. Munro, jockey H. Hughes, and owner D. Segenfield…

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