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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 26

Loudspeakers For Hotel Guests

Daily News · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 8

A loud-speaker system is being installed at the Hotel Cecil, Cronulla, as part of the extensive alterations and additions now in progress…

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Injured in Hotel Disturbance

Daily News · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 2

John Turton, 47, a returned soldier, of Kangaroo St., Manly, was badly injured at the week-end in a disturbance in the bar of a Manly…

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Building. Tallest Hotel in Sydney. Oriental, King's Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 3

The Oriental Holel, King's Cross, is being reconstructed to a design that will eventually bring its height to 150 feet and make it one of the largest…

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Spinsters Barred Licences For Hotels

The Sun · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 7

The Full Court to-day held that an unmarried woman, under the N.S.W. Liquor Act, cannot obtain the transfer to…

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Spinster Denied Hotel Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 June 1940 · page 9

The Full court yesterday upheld the Chief Licensing Inspector in his contention that a spinster could not obtain an hotel licence by transfer…

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£103 Tote Win For Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 20

Mr. Ron Murray, country publican, held the only ticket on the Kentucky-Asnazu double at Ascot yesterday, and…

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Publican Alleges Woman Poured Water On Him

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 7

A publican alleged in the District Court yesterday that, when a woman poured water on him, he "suffered shock and pain of mind, and damage to clothing, and was otherwise greatly damnified."…

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Fire at Cronulla Hotel. Brigade Does Its Duty

The Observer · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 1

Cronulla Fire Brigade had its most successful fire this year when at 1 a.m. last Friday morning, a fire broke out at the Cronulla…

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You won't see this in Queensland hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 15

BEFORE preparing for Cabinet his report on liquor laws, the Minister of Justice (Mr. Treatt) went to Queensland to…

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Publicans Warned About Clocks

Daily News · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 2

Hotelkeepers have been warned of the risk of having a new type of advertising clock on their premises. On these clocks there are twelve…

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"Will Signed In Hotel Bar"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 8

A will, alleged to be a forgery, was genuine, and had been Signed on the bar counter of the Australia Hotel, according…

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A. S. May Licensed, Drainer, Plumber and Gasfitter

Liverpool News · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 3

With each succeeding year it becomes evident in every direction that increased attention is being paid to the sanitary arrangements of our public institutions…

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£30,000 Will Dispute Signing Document In Hotel Bar

The Sun · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 6

Evidence that he addressed Thomas Leafe, estate agent, as "Daddy Tom," and that Leafe called him "Digger," was given by Harold…

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Tells of Will in Hotel

Daily News · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 5

Harold Weston Brooks, a returned soldier, claimed in the Probate Court yesterday that the late Thomas Leafe,…

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Hotel Sydney Reduces Interim Dividend

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 10

Hotel Sydney, Ltd., has declared an Interim dividend of 2 per cent. Last year an Interim of 2 12 per cent, was paid, but the final dividend was…

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Decree Against Hotel Manager

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1940 · page 7

Mrs. Kathleen Priscilla Pearce. 32, attractive, fashionably-dressed wife of Leslie Gordon Stanley Pearce, manager of Betty's Hotel, was granted a…

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Assaulted Publican

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 June 1940 · page 8

For having assaulted Howard Patrick Johnson, license of the Robin Hood Inn, at Blacktown, on May 25. Stanley Cook was fined £5 with…

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Licensing Potato Growers. Application Forms Ready

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1940 · page 7

Following his recent announcement regarding the parsing of the Potato Growers Licensing Act, the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Reid, announces that forms…

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Carlton Hotel's Interim Dividend

The Sun · Wednesday 26 June 1940 · page 17

The directors of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., have declared interim half-yearly dividend of 2½ per cent, on ordinary shares…

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Potato Growing. Requirements Under the Licensing Act

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 38

Under the provisions of the Potato Growers' Licensing Act, which it is proposed to bring into operation on 1st July, it will be illegal after the expiration of a…

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