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Hotels & licensing, 1940

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Another Knacker's License Refused at Cabra-vale

The Biz · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 6

The application of S. Gee for a knacker's license at Bonnyrigg came before Cabra-Vale Council on Monday night. The applicant forwarded details of the…

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Publican Fined; Short Measure

The Sun · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 5

For having sold beer short of the quantity purchased James Normoyle, licensee of the Hotel Canberra, Oxford-street. Paddington, was fined…

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Hotelkeeper May Talk This Week

Truth · Sunday 3 November 1940 · page 26

WARBY, public accountant and secretary of Tattersall's Hotel, Penrith, Propty. Ltd., and other hotels conducted by the…

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Brisbane petition for return of old hotel closing hour

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 November 1940 · page 8

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- One hundred thousand signatures are being sought to a petition demanding the return of late hotel closing in Brisbane…

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Detective Cited. Divorce Suit Evidence. Raid at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1940 · page 6

Evidence of a raid an a city private hotel was given yesterday in the divorce suit brought by Thomas Walter James Caesar…

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New Brighton Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 November 1940 · page 15

KIAMA is an ideal place for a holiday, and the fact that splendid accomodation is provided at the New Brighton Hotel makes this South Coast resort…

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Publican's Licence Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 November 1940 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the transfer of the publican's licence of the Victory Hotel, King Street, Newtown, from Thomas…

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Hotels' "Jews Unwanted" Notice Brings Reproof London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 3

Certain English hotels are advertising that they do not cater for Jews, according to Mr. Noel Baker, M.P. In the House of Commons today he asked the Minister for…

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Fire Menaces Hotel. Constable's Race to Warn Occupants. BULLI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 11

When a bushfire was within 30 yards of the Panorama Hotel at Bulli Pass early to-day, Constable Walton arrived from Bulli, and roused the…

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Letters. Hotels and Tourists. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 4

Sir,—To the average visitor to Sydney. and especially to the much-travelled globe-trotter, the first four outstanding features are the glorious harbour, the…

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Time Bomb Outside Their London Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 12

Cumberland Hotel, at Marble Arch, London, which is a favorite resort of Australian travellers, was threatened recently when a giant time bomb dropped outside the front hall…

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Hotels and Tourists. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 4

Sir,—In his letter under the above heading your correspondent "Globe-Trotter" directs attention to the difficulty of obtaining accommodation at many…

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Fine Save by Brigade. Fire Near Hotel Cecil

The Observer · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 2

The local brigade made a fine save last Monday when a cottage caught fire opposite the Hotel Cecil. With a strong wind blowing a…

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Many Trapped in Hotel Ruins

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 November 1940 · page 13

The Coventry raid was on a scale comparable with the heaviest night attack on London, states an Air Ministry communique…

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Charges Against "The Lady in Grey" Homicide Chiefs Version of Raid on Hotel Bedroom Stories Of King's Cross Depravity

Truth · Sunday 17 November 1940 · page 19

SOBERLY dressed in a grey worsted suit, with a tie in keeping. Thomas Waiter McRae entered the witness box to say…

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Hotelkeeper Lays Charges BUNDABERG

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 November 1940 · page 5

Police frightened people from coming into his hotel after hours, but allowed other hotels to trade as usual, said…

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Publican's Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 November 1940 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved the transfer of the publican's licence of the Crown Hotel. Regent Street, Sydney, from Thomas Leo…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 November 1940 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved the transfer of the following publicans licences: Fitzroy Hotel, Dowling and Cathedral. Streets, Sydney,…

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Agents to be Licensed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 10

A DILL introduced in the N.S.W, Legislative Assembly yesterday provides for Hoensing of real estate and stock and illation agents. Such agents, as well as…

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Hotel Gearin Special Welcome for Country People

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 16

MR. ARTHUR McNIVEN has made the Hotel Gearla one of the most popular hostelries on the Blue Mountains. The hotel is opposite Katoomba…

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