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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 26

Ourimbah Hotel Licence. Transfer to The Entrance Opposed. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 7

The Licensing Court, after a four days' hearing, reserved its decision on the application by Tooth and Co. for the transfer of the licence of the Royal Exchange Hotel from…

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Miners Resent Threat of Free Labor Recruiting in Hotels; Men Offered £10- £15 a Week

Daily News · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 2

IN a joint statement issued last night, the chairman and secretary of the Combined Mining Unions' Committee, Messrs. C. Nelson and W. Orr respectively, said that the mineworkers always had been and were still prepared to take part in a conference…

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Drink Prices Up in Some Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 7

Prices of imported drinks have already risen in some fashionable city hotels which are not members of the U.L.V.A. A Daily Telegraph reporter…

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Replacing Capital Hotel Sydney Scheme

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 18

Arrangements have been completed by the directors of Hotel Sydney Ltd., to provide funds to replace the…

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Brander Fights For Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 14

Jack Brander, who hopes to buy an hotel from his fight earnings, will have his first major contest tonight…

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Party at Lapstone Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 6

Mr. Jim Nolan, of "Forty-three", Sutherland-street, Parramatta, was assisted by Miss Dorothy Purdue in entertaining a party of young people at…

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Hotel Sydney. Capital Replacement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 10

The directors of the Hotel Sydney, Ltd., have made a new arrangement in regard to the sinking fund, which is to replace the capital of the company…

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Hotels Open at Noon To-morrow

Daily News · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 6

Hotels in Sydney to-morrow. Anzac Day, will be closed until noon. Butchers' shops in the County of Cumberland will be closed all day…

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Capital Replacement Scheme For Hotel Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 10

Hotel Sydney, Ltd., has taken two Capital Redemption or Sinking Fund policies, each of £67,500, one in the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society,…

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A Hotel School to Be Built at Lido Di Roma

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 1

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Historic Court Decision Single Woman Gets Hotel Licence

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 3

In granting the transfer of the publican's licence for the Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay, to Miss Anne Veronica Furlong, the chairman of the…

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The Oaks Hotel Licence. Transfer to Single Woman. First Case in N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 17

Miss Anne Veronica Furlong, to whom the licence of the Oaks Hotel, Military Road, Neutral Bay, was transferred by the Chief Licensing Magistrate, Mr. J…

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Drunkenness on Anzac Day. Housewives' Attack. "Hotels Should Be Closed."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 16

"On Anzac Day, I was in town between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., and never have I seen such an exhibition of drunkenness. It was a disgusting sight—soldiers…

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Import Licensing. Plans to Minimise Inconvenience. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 14

The Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator McLeay, will confer with Customs officials in Sydney at the week-end in an effort to devise plans to minimise the inconvenience…

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Political merry-go-round Leaves Own Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1940 · page 8

AS Minister for Interior, Senator Foil is proprietor of Hotel Canberra, leading hostelry of the capital. It is leased by a firm of Sydney brewers and managed by Mr. Charles Beaton, father of the League international,…

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Hotels UNCIVILISED

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1940 · page 11

A man of varied and strong opinions is W. J. Brown, secretary' of the English Civil Service Clerical Association…

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Hotel Fire at Coff's Harbour. Upper Floor Burnt Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 11

The upper floor of the Fitzroy Hotel, Coff's Harbour, was severely damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. The fire broke out soon after 2 p.m., and,…

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Ourimbah Hotel Licence. Removal to The Entrance Not Approved. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 10

The full Licensing Court yesterday refused the application by the licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel at Ourimbah and Tooth and Co. for the transfer of the licence to The…

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For Better Hotel Service

The Sun · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

In an effort to improve the standard of service in Australian hotels, Mr. Roland Hill, Australasian representative of leading American hotels, has collected full particulars of hotel training courses from eight American…

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Hotel Floor Swept by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOR, Sunday.--The top floor of the Fitzroy Hotel was gutted by fire last night. The fire started in an attic and…

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