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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 26

Potatoes and Prices Plan to License Growers

The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 20

"There is an inborn suspicion in the public mind that neither the public nor the producer are getting a fair deal in regard to potato prices…

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Conspiracy Charges. Meeting in Hotel. Solicitor's Story

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 7

Robert Horley Taylor, a solicitor, said in evidence in the Central Police Court yesterday that, at one time, he thought half Sydney would be…

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Hotel Darwin Acquires New Leases

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 16

Directors of Hotel Darwin, Ltd., have arranged for the purchase of the leases, stock, and plant of the Don and Victoria Hotels at Darwin…

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"U-boat Hotel" Guests Cling to Their Nazi Beliefs Naval Officers and Airmen in English Prisons for the Duration

The World's News · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 4

How German U-boat officers are treated in a British prison camp, and how they are taking their confinement, is described here by a noted British author who was the first correspondent permitted to visit this camp. He is a staff writer for the London "Daily Herald."…

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Painting in Oils From a Sydney Hotel Collection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 13

One of the many pictures by Australian p[?]ters in the possession of the Australia Hotel, Sydney. Bearing the title "Hawkesbury River." it is a typical example of the landcape work of Gladstone Eyre (1863-1933), best known before the turn of the cent painter. (See accompanying article.)…

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Some Art Treasures in Sydney's Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 13

It is hardly customary to visit a hotel in search of art, yet many of Sydney's hostelries, the modest ones equally with the palatial ones, are the proud possessors of paintings which may well reward an expedition of discovery…

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Hotel at Ourimbah. Application for Removal Opposed. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 5

An application is to be made by Mr. E. P. Collins, licensce of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Gurimbah, to the Gosford Licensing Court on Tuesday for the transfer of the licence to…

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Hotel Chains Its Tankards to Roof

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 8

LONDON, March 30.--Tankards in the oldest saloon of Salisbury, the Haunch of Venison, opened in 1310, are chained to the ceiling…

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Publican on Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

William Griffiths, hotel-keeper, was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of murder by the City…

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Customer Ejected. From Hotel. Licensee Wins Case. Rights Under English Law

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 9

A reserved decision on a case involving the right of hotelkeepers to eject persons from hotels was given by Mr. Denton, S.M., at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday…

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Residents Object To Hotel Transfer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 2

GOSFORD, Tuesday.--In holiday periods, men had waited for an hour and a half to be served with beer at the Entrance Hotel, Tuggerah Lakes,…

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Transfer of Hotel Licence. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 4

Mr. C. H. Graname, a former governor of the East Maitland Gaol, said in the Licensing Court to-day that the Royal Exchange Hotel at Ourimbah was so crowded that "dungarees…

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Licensing Potato Growers; First Step In Organisation

The Land · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

THE aim of the Potato Growers' Licensing Bill was to afford potato growers an opportunity to organise themselves arid to handle…

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Man Found Shot in Hotel Bedroom. Recent Arrival from America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 9

[?] Henry Wood, 18, a hairdresser, was found shot dead in a bedroom at the Hotel Australia yesterday Wood, who lived with his wife and son,…

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Stir In Hotel Australia Man Shot Dead

Daily News · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 1

Henry George Woods, 48, a city hairdresser, was found shot dead in a room in the Hotel Australia last night…

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Shot Dead In Australia Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

Henry George Wood, 48, was found dead yesterday on a bed in a room at the Australia Hotel, city. A pea-rifle was gripped between his…

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Magistrate Awards Hotel Booby Prize

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 8

GOSFORD, Thursday.--"The Royal Exchange Hotel, Ourimbah gets the booby prize as the worst hotel in New South Wales," said Mr. Laidlaw,…

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Hotel Cecil Alterations. Interview With Architect

The Observer · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 3

The report of B Riding representatives on their interview with the Architect for Tooth & Co. with regard to alterations to the…

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Publican and Man Who Was Barred

Truth · Sunday 21 April 1940 · page 30

AN important decision touching on the rights of a citizen to enter licensed premises and to insist upon…

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For Women Ball at Canberra Hotel. War Funds Will Benefit. £6,000 From Fair. (From Our Special Representative.) CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 4

IT was "fun and games" it the fair at Government House on Saturday, when the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, and Lady Gowrie opened the…

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