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Hotels & licensing, 1940

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Apt Name for Publican's Dog

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1940 · page 25

Six O'clock, winner of last night's Harold Park Stake, is aptly named. He is owned by Mr. J. Brown, licensee of the Eastwood Hotel…

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Wauchope Fire. Hotel Destroyed. WAUCHOPE

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

About 3 o'clock yesterday morning fire destroyed the Star Hotel, owned by A G. Byrnes, and a billiards saloon, owned by L. Young…

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44 Hour Week in Tas. Hotels

Daily News · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--All hotel employees in Tasmania have been given a 44-hour week under an amendment of the Hotelkeepers…

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Fight in Hotel. Licensee and Barmen Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 15

Police were called to stop a wild fight in the lounge bar of the North Star Hotel, at the corner of Pitt and Liverpool Streets, city, yesterday…

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Publican Fined Insufficient Coloring in Drip Tray Beer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

At Parramatta Court on Monday, Charles Aaron, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Granville, was convicted on a charge of having used an insufficient…

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Beaten With Chairs In Hotel Lounge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

The 60-year-old licensee and two barmen were beaten with chairs by three men in a Pitt Street hotel yesterday afternoon. The licensee, John Austin McClurkin, and barmen, Les. Birch…

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Hotel Ban for Troops No Drinks While On Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 4

All hotels have been put out of bounds for 2nd A.I.F. soldiers during parade hours…

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Intent to Steal? Upstairs in the Hotel "Looking for My Wife"

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 7

EVIDENCE was given at Penrith Police Court of Thursday to the effect that two men who came to the Nepean Hotel, Emu Plains, on…

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Officers and Privates. Discrimination in England. Incidents in Hotels. From Odr Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 10

The commanding officers of some districts where troops are in training are exercising the discretion allowed them by the War Office to place certain hotels…

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Hotels "Out of Bounds." No Drinks for 2nd A.I.F. While on Duty

Liverpool News · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 1

All hotels have been put out of bounds for 2nd A.I.F. soldiers during parade hours. This regulation has been issued by commanding officers of the 18th…

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Officers and Privates Discrimination in England, Incidents in Hotels

Liverpool News · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 3

A London message says:— The commanding officers of some districts where troops are in training are exercising the discretion allowed them by…

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More Vehicles Licensed Here

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 8

The number of motor vehicles licensed in New South Wales increased by 5614 during 1939…

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Hotel Decides Beer Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

If a publican, when asked for a pint of beer, serves a "schooner" without explaining the circumstances, he is liable…

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Australia Hotel's Steady Interim

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 14

Interim dividend of 3[?] per cent. [?] be paid by Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., the half-year ended December 31. The same rate was paid last year, when…

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Publican's Record Wins Dismissal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 2

Patrick Vincent Armstrong, licensee of the Coach and Horses Hotel, Randwick, had never had a conviction in 14 years of trading…

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Hotel Brawl Sequel Member Of A.I.F. Fined £1

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 8

"There was an argument between two soldiers in the bar of the hotel. Blows were struck and a civilian came into it," said Sergeant Hall, of…

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Extend Hotel Trading Hours Brisbane, Jan. 20

Tribune · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 3

Extension of the legal trading hours for hotels in Brisbane is called for by the Brisbane branch of the Liquor Trades…

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"Will Lead to Riot" 2nd A.I.F. Resents Hotel Out-of-Bounds Order

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 3

Opinion in Liverpool believes that the placing of hotels' out-of-bounds to the 2nd. A.I.F. during parade hours, will lead to trouble…

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Sees Hotel As Obstacle to Bus Service B'town - Walgrove Military Camp

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1940 · page 11

Permission to run a bus service between Blacktown and the new military camp at Walgrove might not be granted because there is an…

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On the Land Licensing Potato Growers. Legislation Promised. Funds to Organise the Industry

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

"Potato growing should be a much bigger and a much better organised industry than it is in this State," said Mr. J. L. Shute, secretary of the…

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