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Hotels & licensing, 1939

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

Invalid Rescued in Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- An invalid woman was saved from a fire which destroyed part of Mackillie's Hotel, Glenferrie and Malvern Roads, Malvern, this…

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Carlton Hotel Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 6

The decrease in the net profit of the Carlton Hotel, Ltd., could be attributed to increased cost of provisions stores, awards, taxation, and generally unfavourable conditions, said…

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Unionist Assaulted By Publicans BRISBANE, Dec. 21

Tribune · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 3

“In policing the Bar Attendants’ Award I have been assaulted by licensed victuallers, and there are hotels which I dare…

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Carlton Hotel's Reduced Profit

The Sun · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 12

The decrease of £3238 in the net profit of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., said the chairman, Mr. N. B. Rydge, at the annual meeting, could be…

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Finance Editor's Column Carlton Hotel Profits Fall To 5.41 p.c. On Total Capital

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 December 1939 · page 11

A DECLINE of £2382 in gross earnings of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended October 31,1939, was accompanied by an increase of £732 in expenses,…

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Even Perish in Hotel Inferno Trapped While Asleep Mother Hurls Baby To Safety BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 3

At least seven persons are known to have been burned to death, and it is believed that three others also lost their lives, when the Grand Hotel and the post office at Goomeri were destroyed by fire early…

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7 die in blazes: others leap from hotel windows

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 December 1939 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- At least seven people were burned to death at Goomeri, 171 miles from Brisbane, at 3.30 this morning. Fire gutted a wooden hotel, forcing most of 23…

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Tragic Fire. Nine Persons Killed. Trapped in Blazing Hotel. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 December 1939 · page 7

Nine persons were burned to death and a number of others were injured early on Saturday morning, when fire swept through the Grand Hotel at…

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Eight Burn To Death As Wooden Hotel Blazes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 December 1939 · page 3

REMAINS of a wooden hotel at Goomeri (Queensland), razed by fire at 3.30 on Saturday morning. At least eight persons, including the licensee (John Parker) and his wife, were burned to death. Goomeri has no fire brigade, and rescue was…

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Hotel Fire at Goomeri. May Have Been Ten Victims. Identifying Remains. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 December 1939 · page 5

Ten people are now believed to have perished in the blaze which destroyed the Grand Hotel, Goomeri, early on Saturday morning. The remains of at…

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May Buy Hotel For Soldiers' Club

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 2

The Returned Soldiers' League may purchase a hotel to establish an "Old and New Diggers' Club" in the city. The secretary of the R.S.L. (Mr. J…

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The Legal Eagle Drama in a Flat and in an Hotel Poisoned By Gas £500 Worth Of Jewellery Stolen

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 7

TO the layman, the law at times appears erratic. Injury has been done to someone, and so, he reasons, they are entitled to redress. The law…

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Protest at Wage Taxes Hotel Employees' Union Views

Daily News · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

The executive committee of the Hotel, club, Restaurant, Caterers, Tea Rooms and Boarding House Employees' Union severely criticised the…

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