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Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 43

Want Motor Repair Men Licensed

The Land · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 11

COMPLAINTS that incompetent motor mechanics often did further damage to cars when effecting repairs were made…

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Shooting in Hotel. Missing Man Mystery. Inquest Adjourned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 13

The inquest on Robert James Anderson, 22, who was found shot dead In the lavatory of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, city, on March 20, was…

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Beautiful Isa Miranda In Hotel Imperial

Daily News · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 7

ISA MIRANDA, a glamorous new star, described as "the world's most beautiful woman," shines in Hotel Imperial, a Paramount production, which begins at the Prince Edward on Saturday. Ray Milland is the male lead in the…

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Hotel Boycott in N.Z. Railwaymen's Support. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 August 1939 · page 18

The boycott of hotels in New Zealand, which has followed the increase in the price of beer, is extending. Employees of the Addington railway…

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Glum Greeting For Melbourne Visitors Brighter Hotels Needed

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 August 1939 · page 12

WITH organisation for Melbourne's first big spring carnival getting into full swing, Victorians are glumly realising that liquor licensing restrictions are…

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Tragedy Plus Comedy Intriguing New Star Appears In Unusual "Hotel Imperial"

The Sun · Sunday 20 August 1939 · page 14

THERE is a new slur in the American film world -- Isa Miranda and she's intriguing. At one stage of her picture --…

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World's Largest Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 2

THE article on hotel management in last week's Supplement reminded me of the world's largest hotel, the Hotel Stevens in Chicago, with 3,000 bedrooms. Compared with…

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"Hotel Imperial."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 5

Isa Miranda, a new Continental glamour actress, makes her debut and something of an exotic Impression in "Hotel Imperial." A lavish Paramount production, which uses the…

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Tin Discovery in Hotel Backyard Cairns

The Sun · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 3

Discovery of a rich patch of alluvial tin in the backyard of the Royal Hotel, Herberton, has been made by the proprietor, Mr. N. Barrett. He…

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Trail of Empty Hotel's N.Z. Beer Strike lntesifies

Daily News · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Sunday.--thousands of workers have gone teetotal as the result of the New Zealand beer strike which is spreading and…

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Hotel Thieves Not Thirsty

Daily News · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 1

Thieves who broke into the Letch hardt, Hotel, Balmain Road Le[?]chhardt yesterday, drank only a bottle of ginger ale…

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Soft Drink For Hotel Thieves

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 2

Thieves who broke into the Leichhardt Hotel in Balmain Road, Leichhardt, yesterday, were apparently teetotallers. Although surrounded by hundreds of…

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Hotels Declared "Black." Dearer N.Z. Beer Resented. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 12

The movement to boycott hotels because of the increased beer prices is extending Prices were raised aftei the Government had increased the beer duty from 1/3 to 1/9 a…

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Hotel Bills Not Paid. Gaol for Young Man. Bullet Invention Claim. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 11

The story of a young man's burst of luxurious living at New Zealand's leading hotels after his arrival from Melbourne was told in the Police Court…

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Lived at Hotels by Fraud Man on £1 a Week; Guaranteed Revue Girl's Board Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 1

A young man who stayed at the best New Zealand hotels for nothing was before the Police Court today. On one occasion he guaranteed board for a girl when his only…

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In the N.S.W. Sheep Country South-West Breeders of British Sheep Experience Strong Demand More Romneys for Walteela-parafield Pastures-n.z. Sheep for Junee— Alleynside's Champions—10,000 Sheep at Kimo-licensing-bongalong Rams for S.A. Clifton

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 12

BUILT in 1872,' Clifton homestead, Young, now occupied by Mr. J. P. Lincoln and his mother, is of pleasing architecture and substantial…

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Plaza Hotel. Claim by Former Employee Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 14

The Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. Prior yesterday rejected a claim by Arthur Peel for marly employed, as floor supervisor at the Flaza Hotel, Wynyard Station, against…

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10 Publicans Fined

Daily News · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 2

Ten city and suburban hotel licensees were fined at the Central Summons Court yesterday for having permitted oh their premises waste…

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"Uncles" Would-be Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 5

Most Sydney pawnbrokers want to become hotel-keepers. Mrs. L. Joseph, Darlinghurst pawnbroker, said yesterday this is the reason…

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Hotels Go For Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 5

Two hotels are to be demolished to [?]ake way for the new Royal Prince Alfred Hospital maternity block. The block, which will cost £280,000…

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