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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 43

Bed Afire Hotel Maid's Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 11

When her bed caught fire, a maid at the Hotel Guildford had a narrow escape from being burnt on Friday night…

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New "Hammond Hotel." 100 Men Still Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 17

Canon R. B. S, Hammond announced last night that he had secured the use of the building known as the "Rosebank Eventide Home," Glebe Point, for the…

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Wild Night Out Orgy In Hotel At Bathurst BATHURST

Daily News · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 6

Sergeant Thomas told Mr. Bromhead, S.M., in the Bathurst Police Court yesterday that when he entered the Hotel Bathurst at 3 a.m. on May…

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New Hammond Hotel Quarters

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 7

Three hundred men in Canon Hammond's Hostel in Buckland Street, City, will be transferred to new quarters at Glebe Point…

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"Hotel Hammond"

Daily News · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 5

Unemployed men who have been housed in Canon Hammond's hostel in Buckland Street, city, will not enjoy the comforts of this establishment much longer. The building is required for other purposes. Picture shows a section of the sleeping…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 9 June 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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Why I Publish "Smith's Weekly" Licensing Leaves Dirty Victuals Still Dirty

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 12

NOW the Government of N.S.W. may play upon bakers the Great Licensing Joke, which has been played upon a dozen other trades in all…

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Publican Drops Dead

Daily News · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 1

Joseph Charles McGuire, 50, licensee of the Tattersall's Hotel. Tamworth collapsed and died on Manly Wharf last night…

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Fall From Hotel Roof. Widow's Death. Was to Have Faced Charge. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 12

An hour before her name was called to answer a charge of theft from a shop in the police court to-day, Mrs. Bridget Brenda Clark, 68, widow, an old-age…

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Woman Fell From Hotel To Death BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 1

An hour before her name was called in the Police Court today, an aged woman fell 100ft. from a city building and…

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Must Be Licensed Refreshment Rooms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 4

Under a new Act, all refreshment rooms in towns, villages and urban areas must be licensed. Blacktown Council received this…

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Robbery in Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 3

Secreting themselves in the boiler room of the Town Hall Hotel, King-street, Newtown, before closing time yesterday, thieves emerged from their…

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To Remodel Hotel After Sixty Years

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

After standing for over 60 years, the Fig Tree Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Hunter's Hill, is to be completely remodelled…

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Hotel Imperial King's Cross House Offers Many Attractions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 7

THE Hotel imperial is centrally, situated within the city area at King's Cross. A fine, modern building, a affords the country visitor…

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Pfahlert's a Sydney Hotel Amply Suitable for Country People

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 7

FOR eighty-two years P[?] Hotel has been providing accommodation for visitors to the city of Sydney. P[?] Hotel is in a pleasant setting…

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Grand Central City Hotel with Reputation for Good Service

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 7

ONLY a minute from Sydney's General Post office, and four minutes from Wynyard Station, the Hotel Grant Central, at the top of…

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Better Boars Plan for Inspection and Licensing

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 5

LICENSING of boars has lately been advanced as a means of raising the standard of British pigs. Writing in the "Farmer and…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 16 June 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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Licensing Cafes

The St George Call · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The Hurstville health inspector (Mr. Doig). reported at the last meeting that the proclamation of a new Ordinance in Government Gazette dated 19th May,…

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Carlton Hotel Licensee Fined

The Sun · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 2

The licensee of the Carlton Hotel, Castlereagh- street, Joseph Stuart Parnell Young, was fined £5 by Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., in the Licensing Court…

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