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Hotels & licensing, 1940

509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 26

Usher's Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 6

Though alterations to the hotel interfered temporarily with business, the directors of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., report for the half-year ended February 29, the changes…

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Want New Hours in Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 5

Regulation of hotel hours according to climate was urged yesterday at the U.A.P. Convention by Mr. M. Perry…

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"Climatic" hotel hours unfair

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 March 1940 · page 6

Sly-grog shops sold 30 to 40 per cent. of all liquor sold in New South Wales, the president of the U.L.V.A. (Mr, Connolly) said yesterday…

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Floating Hotel for Noumea. New York, March 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1940 · page 11

Pan-American Airways has purchased the luxury power yacht Lyndonia (819 tons) to serve as a floating hotel at Noumea (New Caledonia) for passengers using the flying…

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Licensing Potato Growers. Bill Approved at Batlow. BATLOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 5

A representative meeting of potato growers here expressed approval of the bill now before the State Parliament providing for the licensing of growers in order to introduce some…

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"Schooner King" Fined. Publican's Claim. DRANK 8 Quarts at Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 10

"They call me the 'Schooner King' in Rozelle. I have drunk up to 20 schooners of beer in a few hours," said Mark David Deveridge, licensee of…

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Hotel Workers Strike

Daily News · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 5

Eight employees in the silver, room of the Hotel Australia last night went on strike. Alleging that the management had…

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Union Endorses Hotel Strike

Daily News · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 6

The Hotel Club and Restaurant Employees' Union at a meeting at the Trades Hall last night commended employees of the Hotel Australia for their…

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New Road Bar Opens Today at Lapstone Hotel Famous Mountain Hostelry Extends Service to Tourists

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 3

FIRST of its kind in Australia, the new Road Bar which will be officially opened to-day at the Lapstone Hotel on the Main Western Highway, will be doubtless…

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Knacker's License. Tion to Rescind Defeated

The Biz · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 3

notion, of which he had given by Aid. J. Henshaw, lo rescind [?]ld Council's previous motion. that Travers be refused a knacker's…

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Licensing Of Potato Growers

The Land · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2

A meeting of Ba[?]low potatogrowers approved the bill now before Parliament for the licensing of growers Mr. J. E. Dodds, secretary…

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To Make Meat Cheaper Shop Licensing Advocated

The Sun · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

Licensing of butchers' shops in Sydney and Newcastle would result in the public being able to buy cheaper meat, said Mr. J. B. Cramsie,…

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Licensee To Pay £103 Overtime

Daily News · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 8

George Katslotis, licencee of the Burdekin Hotel, Oxford Street, City, was ordered yesterday to pay overtime amounting to £10304 to two employees…

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See the Schooners Sink Going, Going—gone! Publican Who Can Quaff

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1940 · page 25

WHEN Old Sol warms up and declares a heat wave, anything is likely to happen. Even confirmed…

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Ganger Killed. Fall from Hotel Window. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 11

John Anthony Hughes, 48, fell out of the window of his upstairs bedroom at the Commercial Hotel, Scott Street, Newcastle, that night, and died in Newcastle Hospital to-day…

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Hold-up of Ship. A.I.F Flour. Warning to Union Applying Licensing Provisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 11

If the waterside workers persist in their refusal to load a ship in Sydney with flour for the A.I.F., the Minister for Industry, Mr. Hughes, will…

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Law Report. High Court of Australia. (Before the Chicf Justice, Sir John Latham. Mr. Justice Rich. Mr. Justice starke, Mr. Justice Dixon, Mr. Justice Evat and Mr. Justice McTiernan.) Sale of Hotel Licen[?] Neal v Ayers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 3

The High Court, by majority. [?] special leave to appeal to Alma Phy[?] Violette Neal from a majority decision o[?] the State Full Court, which had upheld a [?]eclsion of…

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Can't Get Hotel Accommodation in Parramatta Visitor's Criticism Publicans Say They Want a "Break"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 1

"It seems to me a disgraceful thing that people should arrive in Parramatta and can't get accommodation—can't even get an…

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Hotel Licensees' Rights. Ejection of Customers. Decision on Case Reserved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 8

Decision on a case involving the right of hotelkeepers to eject persons from hotels was reserved by Mr. Denton, S.M., yesterday, to enable him…

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Publican's Plight Can't Park in Front of His own Premises

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 1

Unable to park a vehicle in front of his own premises without the risk of bring bocked, Mr. Jack Cooper, licensee of the White…

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