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Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 43

Ridicules Our Hotel Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

Sydney's hotel trading hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. were "ridiculous," a visitor from Kalgoorlie said yesterday. She is Miss Alice Cummins, a…

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Brisbane Marine Board Certificates and Licenses

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

The Brisbane Marine Board recently granted a pilot's license for the port of Hinchinbrook to Captain H. G. Murday, the acting harbour-master at…

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Murder Charge Body Found At Hotel

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

Timothy Ryan, 44, laborer, appeared in Redfern police court today on a charge of having on…

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Evict Six Couples Hotel Run By Government CANBERRA

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

Commonwealth public servants are roused by the decision of the authorities to evict six married couples from the Hotel Kurrajong, the only…

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Charge Of Murder Sequel to Death in Hotel

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

FOLLOWING a 32-hour investigation by 15 police, a man was charged last night with the murder of Eric…

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High Officials Ejected. Canberra Hotel. Make Room for Juniors. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 22

The problem of the housing shortage in Canberra was further emphasised to-day when six highly paid Federal officials and their wives received letters…

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Hotel Evictions In Canberra Rouse Ire CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1939 · page 2

Contending that the edict of the authorities that they should vacate their rooms at Hotel Kurrajong, the only remaining…

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Canberra Officials Protest. Request to Leave Hotel. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 11

Some of the Federal officials and their wives who have been asked by the Government to leave the Hotel Kurrajong to m ake room for junior public…

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Must Leave Hotel For M.P.'s

Daily News · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Six married couples living at the Government-controlled Hotel Kurrajong have received eviction notices…

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Licensed Club for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

A Teachers' Club, with a liquor licence, is to be formed in the Teachers' Federation building in Phillip Street…

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Woman Robbed in Street. Bag Containing Hotel Takings. Men Escape in Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 12

When Mrs. Phyllis Elson, wife of the licensee of the Lord Nelson Hotel, Argyle Street, Miller's Point, was waiting for a tram at the corner of Argyle…

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Bookmaker in Hotel Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

Henry Gordon, 65, who, according to the police, was acting as a bookmaker in the bar of the Coogee Bay Hotel, was fined £20 by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the Central Police Court…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

The licensing magistrate (Mr. Laidlaw) yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licences:—Welcome Hotel, Rozelle, from Ivy Lucy Johnson to Thomas Joseph…

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Publican Fined Thought He Was Within the Law

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 10

Even a publican's privileges in regard to liquor are limited. This was demonstrated recently to John Cooper, licensee of the White Horse Hotel…

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Outside Hotel Licence to Sell Fish

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 3

Ald. Jones told Holroyd Council last week that, in his opinion, fish bought from hawkers' baskets was superior to that purchased from shops, and which…

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In the Hotel

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 16

I AM stying for a little while in an hotel, and in the dining-room there's a honeymoon couple at the next table. I always bless the head waiter who…

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Advertising Man Boycotted. Unions' Resentment of Election Publicity. No Service in N.Z. Hotels. Christchurch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 11

Apparently because unions consider that some of the publicity which his firm propared for the National Party at the last election was offensive to the Labour Party. M…

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Plan to License Breeders of Rams

The Land · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 7

AS one means of raising the general quality of fat lambs for export, the Australian Meat Board has decided to recommend…

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Licensing Magistrate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 12

The appointment of Mr. V. H. Wells as a Licensing Magistrate from March 6, 1939, was approved by the Executive Council yesterday…

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Had Dirty Hotel; Fined £20

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 3

Walter Ross Weeks, licensee of the Plaza Hotel, George-street, was fined £20 in the Central Summons…

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