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Hotels & licensing, 1940

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Details of Premier's Wheat Scheme Price Classifications and Farm Licensing Planned

The Land · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

THEN the conference of Commonwealth and State representatives meets next month to discuss wheat marketing, the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Mair) will submit a detailed plan of stabilisation based…

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Publican's Wife Slave to Drink

Truth · Sunday 8 September 1940 · page 21

A PATHETIC story of a young wife's surrender to the drink habit—a woman, by the way, who is the wife of a publican—was…

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Famous Airman's Family in Sydney. From Noumea to Sydney in a "Floating Hotel." Mrs. Harold Gatty's Trip in Luxury Yacht

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 4

With some of her luggage on the high seas on the way to New Zealand, some of it in Noumea, and the remainder in Sydney, Mrs. Harold Gatty, the wife of the New Zealand representative for Pan-American Airways, who arrived in Sydney…

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Luxury Yacht in Sydney. Noumea "Floating Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 10

The American luxury yacht Southern Seas which will be used as a floating hotel at Noumea for passengers flying across the Pacific Ocean by the Pan-American Airways…

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Spinster Can't Be Publican

The Sun · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 7

The High Court to-day by a majority of two judges to one, decided that a single woman was not entitled…

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The Oriental Hotel, Kings Cross, Sydney. First Stage of Extensive Remodelling Completed Architect: Dudley Ward. Builders: Howie Moffatt & Co. Pty. Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 2

We illustrate the first section in the remodelling of the Oriental Hotel, Kings Cross, which includes 4[?] new bedrooms, 30 of which have their own bathrooms. The section illustrated is situated at the rear; below accommodation for 50 cars has been incorporated. Ultimately, it is stated, the building which faces Kings Cross will extend from Victoria to Brougham Street, and the final scheme will contain…

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Spinster Loses Hotel Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 5

Anne Veronica Furlong, young hotel proprietress, refused last night to say whether she intended to marry to keep her hotel…

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Hotel Boy's Bed Beside Rajah London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 September 1940 · page 2

A Cockney kitchen-boy improvised a bed between a millionaire and an Indian maharajah in a West End hotel air-raid shelter last night. The Indian and his entourage…

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Boxer's New Role. Fred Henneberry as Hotel Licensee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 12

The [?], Fred Henneberry, will take over the Club Hotel at G[?] on September 23. This does not mean his re[?] from bo[?]…

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Power Kerosene Vehicle Owners Must Secure License

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 15

OWNERS of power kerosene-burning vehicles, other than tractors or road rollers, must obtain a license from the State Liquid Fuel Control…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 5

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted an application by John Lawrence Flynn, of the Queen's Hotel. Queen Street, Woollahra, for the conditional removal of his…

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Transfer of Publican's, Licence. Effect of High Court Ruling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 3

Following the recent High Court decision that a single woman cannot hold a publican's licence, an application to transfer the licence of the Oaks Hotel,…

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Hotel Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 7

Pionts of Hotel Sydney Ltd., for the half-year ended June 30 exceeded those of the first half of 1939, the directors report. Figures for the first two months…

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Better Half-Year For Hotel Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 17

Hotel Sydney, Ltd., reports that profits for the six months ended June 30 last were above those for the corresponding period last year…

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Licensing of U.S. EXPORTS. Many Lines Included. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 September 1940 · page 8

The export from the United States of a number of essential raw materials and articles of equipment is now subject to licence by the United States…

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Died in City Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 21 September 1940 · page 3

Detective-Sergeant Campbell, of Clarence-street police station is trying to locate the relatives of Mrs. Louise S. Murray, who was found…

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Evacuee Dead in City Hotel

Truth · Sunday 22 September 1940 · page 17

WORRIES induced by the war are believed responsible for the death yesterday of Louisa Murray, 46, an evacuee from Hong…

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Court Criticises Bar Licensees

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 5

DUBBO, Monday.--"There are very few licensees who want to get rid of a man when he has money to spend," said Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., at Dubbo…

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Aerial Torpedo in Central London Smashes Up Hotel London

The Sun · Wednesday 25 September 1940 · page 2

An aerial torpedo landed outside a restaurant in Central London last night and demolished an hotel opposite, and shattered a number of other buildings in the neighborhood…

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Strengthening in Shares of Sydney Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 25 September 1940 · page 17

Improved demand was noticed to-day for shares of leading Sydney hotels on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Australia Hotel rose 6d on a sale at 21s to regain its highest level this year…

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