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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1939

853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 43

Fire Threatens Hotel. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 11

A fire which at one time threatened to spread to valuable business premises occurred early this morning at the rear of the Victoria Hotel, Wagga. The flames destroyed the…

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Supreme Court. Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Pitt and jury.) Sale of Hotel. Brett v Ryan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 10

John F. Brett brought an action against Patrick John Ryan to recover damages for breach of warranty and false representations. Brett claimed that he was induced to buy the…

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ONLY 14 OF 185 Hotels 'Passed' Beer Slops Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

Only 14 of the 185 hotels inspected by the City Health Department for the disposal of beer drips…

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"Drip Beer" Maximum Fine Imposed. Inspectors Visit to Merrylands Hotels Cellar

The Broadcaster · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

Mr. Rardwick, S.M., at the Parramatta Police Court on 21st inst., in imposing a maximum penalty of £20, with 8/- Court costs and £3 3/- professional costs. upon…

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Hotels and Housing Schemes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 8

There is a proper place for all things, and public sentiment will support Mr. Moverly, a member of the Housing Improvement Board, when he deplores…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

The Licensing Magistrate Mr. Laidlaw, yesday granted the following transfers of hotel licences:—Burdekin Hotel. Oxford Street, from Roy Presnell to George Katsiotis, Shelbourne…

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Law Over Hotel Licences

The Sun · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 10

There is no power to deal immediately with hotel licensees who are convicted of having sold drip beer…

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State Parliament Cancel Licences Of Publicans Parlt. Asked to Punish Sellers of Drip Beer

Daily News · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

CANCELLATION of licences of publicans who sell beer slops wm urged in Parliament yesterday by Mr. Chaffey (U.A.P., Tamworth). Referring to the "filthy and disgusting practices…

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Plaza Hotel Case Evidence Gas Employees' Picnic

Daily News · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

Mr. J. R. Gardiner, of the Plaza Hotel, Wynyard Station, denied last night having settled an overtime claim privately with an employee for only about Hundreds of competitors took part in races and novelty events at the Gas Employees' picnic yesterday. Mr. C. Sutton, although handicapped by…

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Hotel Tragedy; Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 7

The inquest into the death of Eric Carlson, 51, Swedish seaman, will be held on March 7. The police prosecutor. (Sergeant…

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"Drip Beer" M: Vimtjm Fine Imposed. Inspector's Visit to Merrylands Hotel's Cellar

The Biz · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 6

Mr. Rardwick, S.M., at the Parramatta Police Court on 21st inst.. in imposing a maximum penalty of £20. with 8- Court costs and £3 3- professional costs, upon…

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Overtime Claims. Hotel Plaza Cases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 16

In the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mrs. Mona Corbett claimed £80/3/10 for 885 hours overtime from Joseph Reuben Gardiner, of the Plaza Hotel…

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21 Die in Ghastly Hotel Fire Beg Aid At Windows HALIFAX (Nova Scotia)

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 1

Scene of a wartime explosion which cost 3000 lives, Halifax again suffered a ghastly tragedy this morning when 21 people were burned to death in one of the few hotels which escaped…

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Hotel Claims Decision Soon On Overtime

Daily News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 12

The Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior, yesterday declined to hear addresses by counsel in a double overtime claim against Joseph Re[?]ben Gardiner,…

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Big Death Roll in Hotel Fire. Damage Totals £200,000. New York, March 3 (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 12

Twenty-one guests were trapped and burned to death, 20 others are missing, and 30 were injured in the hotel fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, early yesterday morning. Seventy…

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Dwindling Buffalo Herds. "Indiscriminate Hunting." Shooters to Be Licensed. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 17

In an effort to check the depletion of the herds of buffaloes in the Northern Territory, the Commonwealth Government on the advice of the Administrator, Mr. C. L. A. Abbott,…

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Hotel Company's Promise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 11

Mr. G. M. Foster, managing director of Modem (Non-licensed) Hotels, Ltd., whose plans for the erection of a non-liecnsed hotel on a site in Hunter Street, opposite…

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Hotels and Housing Schemes. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 5

Sir,—In your leading aitlcle this morning, March 2, on the above subject, you strike a hopeful note in the sentence: "Under these circumstances, it may be hoped that some…

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New Zealand Trade. Licensing and Australia. the Orange-potato War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 8

Import restrictions in one form or another were an imperative-need for New Zealand at the end of last year. This is revealed by the year-end figures of external trade. Exports totalled £58,376,000 and imports £55,422,000; the inadequacy of the balance of £2,954,000 is revealed…

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Hotel Fire Deaths May Total Thirty Halifax (Nova Scotia)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 3

THIRTY lives are believed to have been lost in a fire which destroyed the ancient £250,000 Queen Hotel. Six bodies have been recovered from the smouldering ruins…

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