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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 43

Theft From Cecil Hotel. Fine Imposed

The Observer · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 1

Victor Cecil Norris, 23, labourer, appeared before Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at the Kogarah Police Court on Tuesday on a charge of stealing a bottle of Blue…

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"Shouting" Custom in Hotels. "Cause of Excess Drinking."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 20

The custom of "treating" or "shouting" was responsible for much of the excess drinking in Australia, said the Rev. T. C. Hammond, at the convention of the Women's…

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Dearer Drinks in Canberra Boycott Of Hotels Suggested CANBERRA

The Sun · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 3

Canberra resents the increased price of liquor which the A.C.T. branch of the U.L.V.A. brought into operation this month. In some…

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Gaol Threat To Hotelkeepers Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 8

Publicans who persisted in contravening the licensing laws would go to gaol for at least a month, a magistrate stated in a Wellington court…

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Profiteering By Hotels Alleged Inquiry Sought Into Increased Prices in Canberra Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 5

Allegations of blatant profiteering by Canberra hotels have been made to the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland). Sharp increases in prices just…

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Hotel Safe Stolen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 10

A steel safe containing about £60 was stolen from the Regent Hotel, Anzac Parade, Kensington, between Saturday night and yesterday morning. The licensce of the hotel…

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Fun Of "Hotel For Women" Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern -- Embassy

The Sun · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 12

The New York pictured in 20th Century-Fox's "Hotel For Women" is an elegant one, populated largely by young women with an enviable…

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Mystery Theft at Hotel

Daily News · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 1

Police are mystified by the theft of a small safe containing £60 from the Regent Hotel, Anzac Parade, Kingsford. early yesterday--the…

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Brandy Nips To Cost Less "Black" Hotels Threat at Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 7

All Australian brandies are to be immediately reduced 1d or 2d a nip. This was decided yesterday by the Price-Fixing Committee of the Wine and Spirit Merchants Association after…

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Wentworth Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 10

The chairman, Sir Norman Nock at the annual meeting of Wenlworth Hotel, Ltd., yesterday sald that although the fire last year had affected business for about six months…

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Usher's Hotel. Profit Halved, Dividend Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 10

Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., shows a net profit of £8,300 for the year ended August, 31, or slightly more than half that of the previous year…

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U.L.V.A. Expels Defiant Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--The licensee of the Hotel Goulburn (Mr. H. J. Townsend) has been expelled from the southern branch of the U.L.V.A…

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Usher's Hotel Divs. Reduced To 7 p.c

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 11

Lower profits and a reduction in dividends are disclosed by Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended August 31, 1939…

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Lithgow Beer "Strike." Hotelkeepers' Concession Rejected by Committee. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 11

After a conference of 10 local hotelkeepers and officials of the U.L.V.A. today it was decided to sell beer in all bais in U.L.V.A. glasses at 9d and 6d…

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Charge Against Hotelkeeper. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 5

At the Goulburn Police Court, Francis Taylor Guthrie, licensee of the Aloestun Hotel, was fined for having refuse to supply a bona fide traveller with accommodation…

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Licensing Sergeant

The Sun · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 5

Sergeant J. C. Morris, for several years the officer in charge of the police at the Darlinghurst Criminal Courts, has been appointed licensing…

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LETTERS Hotel Dealings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 6

Sir: Congratulations on your fight against smaller beer glasses and brewery domination of hotels. Another sidelight on their dealings with…

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Licensed N.S.W. Receiving Agents

The Land · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 2

COL. G. HOLBORROW, chairman of the State Wheat Committee, announced yesterday that the following firms had been licensed by the…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 8

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 for Women"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 19

DISAPPOINTING, but with one or two amusing moments. Few people here will…

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