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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 43

Prices Differ For Same Drinks Farce Develops As Few Hotels Enforce New Decrees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 September 1939 · page 7

Comparatively few city and suburban hotels enforced the new prices and measures for liquor yesterday. A farcical position was created…

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Liquor Licenses Granted. Journalists and Millions Clubs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 18

The Millions Club and the newlyformed Journalists' Club were yesterday granted the two vacant club licences in the metropolitan area by…

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Fire in Hotel. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 8

Damage estimated at £80 was caused by a fire in the lounge-room on the second floor of the Royal Hotel. The ceiling of the bar room, which was…

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Cronachettaa Del Texas Oswald Bonutto nuovo oste del Texas Hotel

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 20 September 1939 · page 7

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Oldest American Hospital Tercentenary. Hotel Dieu De Quebec. St. Louis. August 28

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 33

For the tercentenary of the Hotel Dieu de Quebec, first hospital founded in America, more than 500 Catholic hospitals prepared illuminated manuscrips of greeting…

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Smaller Beer Glasses Publicans' Side Of Argument

The Sun · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 20

Since smaller beer glasses were already in use in 75 per cent, of the hotels, it was pointless for the Premier (Mr. Mair) to suggest that their…

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Export Ban on Skins License System Adopted

Daily News · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Minister for Customs, Mr. Lawson, announced in the House of Representatives today that the Federal…

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Publican Will Lose Despite Smaller Glasses

Daily News · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 8

"Some Sydney hotels selling beer from another State have been using the smaller glasses for years," declared the U.L.V.A. president, Mr…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 6

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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Control of Exports. Licensing System in Force Monday. Marshalling Credit. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 15

From Monday morning the export of any goods whatever from the Commonwealth, except under licence from the Customs Department, will be…

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Commandeered by Government. 1,000 British Hotels. Housing of War Staffs. From Our Own Correspondent.' London, Sept 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 16

The Government has commandeered 1,000 hotels throughout Britain for war staffs. As a. result,,from 20,000 to 30,000 employees are now idle…

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To Keep Wealth in Australia Exports Licensing Rules

The Sun · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 5

Leading exporters agreed to-day that a little confusion would arise as a result of the announcement that, as from Monday, all exports from the Commonwealth must be licensed, but they expressed a general desire to co-operate…

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Millions of Pounds for Nazi Propaganda Europe Came To Her Senses, and Plan For International Revolution Was a Failure Scene is the Grand Hotel, Vienna; the time, June, 1934

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 16

DIETRICH, chief of the German Press department, gave a tea-party in honor of the group of international…

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Control of Exports. Licensing System Begins To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 10

The regulations promulgated by the Minist[?]r for Customs, Mr. Lawson, by which the export of any goods from the Commonwealth, except under licence from the Customs…

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Declare All Hotels Black

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 5

All hotels in Lithgow have been declared "black" by the local anti-profiteering committee. The committee's action follows an all-round increase of 1d…

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To Picket All Hotels

Daily News · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.--All Sydney beer has been declared "black" until prices are reduced. This decision was confirmed by the…

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Stole From Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Monday. -- Herbert George Wall, 24, laborer, Keiraville, was sentenced in Wollongong Court today to four months' jail on each of three charges…

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Weekend Picket Of Hotels 30 p.c. Decrease in Drinkers After Beer Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 7

Picketing of all Lithgow hotels is planned for this weekend by the local anti-profiteering committee, the president (Mr. A. Burke) said last night. This action is planned by the committee as a protest…

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Beer Strike at Lithgow. Threat to Picket Hotels. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 11

The beer strike at Lithgow is being carried out in a half-hearted manner, but an antiprofiteering committee now threatens to picket public houses before the end of the week…

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Hotel Thief Sentenced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 8

Herbert Wall, 24, charged with having stolen jewellery and money from rooms in Tattersail's Hotel, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment when he appeared at the…

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