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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 43

Thieves at Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 7

Smashing a window at the rear of the building, thieves broke into Shankland's Hotel at Liverpool on Sunday night and stole tobacco and…

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£16,000 Darwin Hotel Court Agrees, But Foll To Decide DARWIN

The Sun · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 6

Start on the construction of a two-story concrete hotel costing £16,000 will be made immediately if the Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll,…

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Woolcott Forbes' Carpets Sold To Hotel, Alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 11

Carpets from John Woolcott Forbes' home are alleged to have been sold to the Australia Hotel for £600 by Albert Levitus. The allegation was made in Central Police Court…

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After-hour Signal System At Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 6

Evidence of a system of signals by barmen warning hotel-keepers in the area of Goulburn and Sussex Streets of the approach of police after hours was given yesterday in Quarter Sessions…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

The Biz · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 1

Frederick Hollingshead, licensee of the Crossroads Hotel, was charged with being the licensee of the premises on which John Richard Lumberg was found in the…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 4

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted in the Licensing Court yesterday:- Mansions House Hotel, city, from Sydney…

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License S.p. Bets Says Baddeley

The Sun · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 5

The Bookmakers Taxation Amendment Bill, which provides the machinery for collecting the increased betting turnover tax, passed its final…

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LICENSE S.P. MEN Labor Man's Plea To Parliament

Daily News · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 5

Starting price bookmakers should be licensed and taxed, Mr. Dunn (Lab., Mudgee) declared in Parliament yesterday…

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Hotel Hours As Election Issue Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 7

Hotelkeepers intend to campaign at the next elections for reasonable trading hours in New South Wales and Victoria. Mr. N. H. Connolly, of Sydney,…

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Liverpool Hotel Entered

Liverpool News · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 1

Thieves entered Shankland's Hotel at Liverpool on Sunday night and stole tobacco and liquor valued at £12. They smashed a window at the rear of…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 27 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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Broadcast Music in Hotels. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 7

The annual Federal Conference of the united Licensed Victuallers' Association of Australia decided to ask the Commonwealth Government to give effect to a…

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Bus Licenses Affected

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 9

BUDAPEST, Oct. 6th. Licenses for ’bus companies which expired in July have been extended till the end of the year. Applications for renewal must…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 3

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted in the Licensing Court yesterday. Northern Club Hotel, George Street, city, from Arthur Lee to John Leinasar…

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Robbery at Hotel. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 October 1939 · page 5

A man and two women were arrested at Parramatta to-day, when the western train arrived, and they were charged with having stolen from a hotel at Lithgow…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 5

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted by the Licensing Court yesterday:- Royal Oak Hotel, Balmain, from Raymond…

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The Great Southern New Modern Hotel

The Land · Friday 3 November 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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City Hotel Licence. Transfer Granted. "Man Not Dummy."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 12

The Full Bench of the Licensing Court, in a reserved judgment yesterday, granted the transfer of the licence of the Coronation Hotel, Park Street, city, from William Aloysius…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 November 1939 · page 6

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted in the Licensing Court yesterday:- Court House Hotel, Redfern, Frederick…

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The Soldiers Come to Town Liverpool Hotels Nearly Ran Dry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 1

Liverpool hotels nearly ran dry at the week-end. With their first soldiers' pay in their pockets, the second A.I.F. in…

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