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Hotels & licensing, 1939

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Grand Hotel Appeals Are Upheld

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 18

APPEALS against 12 months' disqualification by connections of the racehorse Grand Hotel were yesterday upheld by…

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Billiard Clubs. Use for Illicit Betting. Police Seek Licensing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 11

The police are alarmed at the great increase in the number of billiard clubs which, they say, are being used for illicit betting, and they want the…

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Hotel Sale Is Upset Purchaser To Get Back £650

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 3

Rescission of a contract for the purchase of the Australian Hotel, Waterloo, was ordered to-day by Mr. Justice Nicholas in the Equity Court…

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Cleanliness in Cafes. Licensing Plan. City Council Approves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 12

Action designed to ensure cleanliness in cafes and restaurants was taken by the City Council yesterday, when it approved a recommendation…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 6

The Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday granted the following trasfers of hotel licences:—Native Rose Hotel, Cleveland Street, from Donald James Fraser to John Albert…

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Licensing Of Food Shops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 7

Without discussion, a new bylaw to license city food shops was adopted in principle by the City Council at yesterday's…

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"Sorry to Leave" Publican Farewelled

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 3

The popularity Mr. Harold G. Murphy has attained during his seven years as mine host at the Commercial Hotel, Parramatta,…

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Ban Lifted. Grand Hotel Appeals

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 9

THE committee of the Australian Jockey Club on Friday upheld the appeals owner Dave Segenfield, trainer Jack Munro and jockey H…

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Hotel Staff on Strike. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 10

Guests at Darwin's largest hotel, the Hotel Victoria, had to prepare their own lunch to-day when the hotel employees struck after a wages dispute with their employer…

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Hotel Boarders Acted As Their Own Waiters DARWIN

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

Fifty boarders at the Victoria, Darwin's leading hotel, today had to serve their own lunch. At noon the domestic staff went on strike, because the proprietor…

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Grand Hotel Appeals Upheld

Referee · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 8

THE appeals of owner Mr. D. Segenfield, trainer J. F. Munro and Jockey F. Hughes, who were disqualified for 12 months at Newcastle, together…

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Keeping Cafes Clean. New Licensing Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 9

The new local government ordinance to ensure that eating houses and cafes are kept in a clean condition, which has been drafted at the direction of…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 4

The licensing magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Friend in Hand Hotel, Glebe, from Brian Byrnes to Benjamin Wa[?]er…

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Woolcott Forbes' Carpets In Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 5

Costly carpets from the home of John Woolcott Forbes are now in the Australia Hotel. Valued at £6000, they are trodden by hundreds of people daily…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 19 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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Daring Theft in City Hotel

Daily News · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

SHOWING remarkable daring a man snatched £20 from a cash register in the crowded…

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Police Hide at Hotel. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 9

Because of a series of robberies at the Hydro, Medlow Bath, police have hidden in the grounds and rooms of the hotel for several nights…

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Control of Restaurants New Licensing Law in Operation Full Powers For Councils

The Sun · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 2

All eating houses and cafes in New South Wales are given three months from to-day in which to license their premises through their local municipal or shire council…

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Warning to Tennis Amateurs Breach Of Rules Over Hotel Expenses LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 9

Four prominent players in English tennis tournaments--M. D. Deloford, C. M. Jones, B. E. Whiteman and Miss Joan Saunders--have been "cautioned" in the official journal of the Lawn…

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I.R.A. Blamed For Hotel Fires LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1939 · page 20

Three hotel fires in Lancashire, one in Yorkshire, and one at Eastbourne are believed to have been started by members of the I.R.A…

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