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Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 43

Guests Escape in Night Attire. Victorian Hotel Fire. MELROURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 3

Guests at the Upper Yarra Hotel, at Walsh's Creek, via Warburton, escaped in the[?] night at[?]ire when fire destroyed the main building and one of the wings, and partially destroyed…

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Mass Exit Is Made by 300 BEDS Hotel Hammond Moves

The Sun · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 11

As dawn broke, cold and grey, over Sydney to-day, 300 poorly-clad men took up their beds and walked in one of the greatest mass "shiftings' 'of the city's history. Even as they walked, the bricks of…

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Licensee Fined. Police Visit to Carlton Hotel Lounge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 6

Joseph Stewart Parnell Young, licensee of the Carlton Hotel, Castlereagh Street, was fined £5 by Mr. Laidlaw at the Licensing Court yesterday, after evidence had been given…

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Rode Horse Into Hotel: Fined £1 MOREE

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Stewart Nivison, the gentleman jockey from Walcha, who caused a sensation by riding a horse into a hotel here on May 26 during the picnic race…

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Hotel Ditties As War Cure

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 3

If there were more singing there would be fewer wars, Mr. Richard Crooks, the tenor, believes. He told of his antidote for political…

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Transfer of Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 8

The Licensing Court has approved of the following transfers of hotelkeepers' licences:— Arthur George Pratt to Edgar Irwin Blanksby, Foster's Hotel, sydney; Thomas Walter…

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Horseman Fined: Hotel Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 7

MOREE, Tuesday. -- Stewart Vivian, grazier, of Walcha, well-known amateur jockey, was today fined £1 for riding a horse on the footpath outside the…

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Mystery of Hotel Murder. No Evidence to Support Suspicions. Two Possible Motives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 13

Police investigating the murder of Robert James Anderson, 22[?] of West[?] Road, Rozelle, who was found shot through the heart in the lavatory of the Cosmopolitan Hotel on March…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 23 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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Hotel at Wynyard Station Licence Is In Balance

The Sun · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 3

The question of the cancellation of the publican's licence would have to be seriously considered, said the chairman of the Licensing Bench (Mr. Laidlaw, S.M.), to-day, in reserving until July 7 the decision of the Bench…

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Hit Barmaid in Face Crown St. Hotel Incident

Daily News · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

"Who is your 'pommy' friend?" Erie George Smith, 28, asked blonde barmaid Beryl Jean Gray in' a Crown Street hotel on June 17…

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Motor Vehicles. More Registrations. Increase in Licensed Drivers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 19

The number of motor vehicles regis[?]ered in New South Wales at the end of May was 326,955, an increase of 17,198, or 5[?]6, per cent. on the total for…

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Plaza Hotel. Objections to Licence. Decisions Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 19

The Licensing Court yesterday reserved its decision in an application for cancellation of the license of the Plaza Hotel, at Wynyard station, and…

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Money Under Stones Old Coins Found In Hotel Rums

Daily News · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 6

BATHURST, Friday.--Money is literally being found under stones at Bathurst in the ruins of the old Sawmills Hotel, which is being…

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Reserves Verdict on Plaza Hotel

Daily News · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 5

Failure to maintain accommodation was charged against the Plaza Hotel, George Street, at the Licensing Court yesterday…

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Legal Action in Hotel Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 4

As negotiations with the Railway Department for the signing of a lease have broken down, Joseph Reuben Gardiner, lessee of the Plaza Hotel, Wynyard, will…

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Licensing Ram Breeders. British Breeds. Too Many Inferior Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 7

The need for action being taken to prevent the distribution of inferior rams, particularly at country sales, was emphasised by several speakers at the…

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Licence Is Refused Plaza Hotel Case Decision Bench On Differences With Railways

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 3

Finding that the licensee of the Plaza Hotel at the George-street entrance to Wynyard Station had not kept to the minimum standard of accommodation required by the Liquor Act,…

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Plaza Hotel Licence. Renewal Refused Appeal to be Lodged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 13

The Licensing Court yesterday refused to renew the licence of the Plaza Hotel at Wynyard Railway Station, because of the failure of the…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Nicholas.) Lease of George Street Hotel Degan v Lee and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 5

Judgment was given in the suit 01 Messrs. Fiancis Xavier Degan and F. X. Degan, widower and son respectively of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Degan, against Mr. Arthur Lee,…

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