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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

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The Carrington—Finest Hotel in Katoomba—Offers Welcome that Will Be, Long Remembered

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 13

WITH its keen, crisp air, Katoomba is the ideal resort for "health or pleasure at any time of the year. A holiday at Katoomba is always enjoyable, whether it be taken in summer, winter, autumn or spring…

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State House. Agents to Be Licensed. £500 Bonds Required

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 9

Under a bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, real estate and stock and station agents will be licensed…

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Licensing Courts. Extent of Powers. Decision of Full Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 9

In a case arising from a visit by the police to the Palms Club, Rushcutter Bay, when it was alleged that liquor had been supplied to a constable by a…

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MEMORANDUM On the Question of Refugees from Nazi Oppression Submitted to M’s. P. State License Restrictions

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 29 November 1940 · page 11

After a period of great uncertainty on this question, it was announced in the daily Press on September 5th., on the authority of the Rt, Hon. the Minister…

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U.S. Men Fly for Britain New York Hotel Rooms As "Information Centres"

The World's News · Saturday 30 November 1940 · page 13

In various hotel rooms in New York, a Canadian who is an old trans-Atlantic pilot and an American who is one of the most distinguished of contemporary artists, are running a new sort of information service that is an important factor in the British…

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"No More Schooners," Hotelkeepers Declare

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 December 1940 · page 4

Proprietors of Junee's six hotels decided yesterday to sell no more schooners of beer. This followed a protest from a committee of industrial and…

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Wheat Stabilisation Plan Farms To Be Registered, Growers Licensed Checks on Over-production

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 10

STABILISATION of the wheat industry is to be achieved by a small board, whose liaison with the Australian Wheat Board will be maintained by Mr. Clive McPherson. He will be chairman of both boards…

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Children's Hotel is Apt Name for Norland

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 22

THERE are any number of reasons why children may be separated from their parents and somewhere to house them…

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Seaside Hotel Happy Holidays for Children

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 24

AT the Children's Seaside Hotel, Narrabeen, are provided the most perfect holiday conditions that can be found for children. Every…

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Letters. Licensing Court's Powers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 December 1940 · page 3

Sir,—In Tuesday's "Herald" it is reported that Mr. Laidlaw (chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench) had made representations to the Minister of…

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Present Whealgrowers Will Be Licensed

The Land · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 2

REPLYING to a question in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) said that any…

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Court Sits At Trautwein Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 4

The Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. Keaney) will go to Belfield's Hotel, George Street, City, at 10.30 a.m. today, to…

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Hotel Asks Labor Help

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 December 1940 · page 5

The manager of the Royal Hotel, Riverstone (Mr. W. S. Dowse) appealed yesterday to the Trades and Labor Council…

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Excise on Beer Higher Profits For Publicans

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 December 1940 · page 3

PROFESSOR COPLAND, Federal Prices Commissioner, has been unfair to beer drinkers. He has allowed hotelkeepers to raise…

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Hammond Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1940 · page 17

The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, will dine one night during the week before[?] Christmas with the 200 unemployed single men at present staying at the Hotel…

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Tea at Tokio's Imperial Entrance to Famous Hotel Spiced with Gossip of East and West

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 18

It's only 4.30 p.m., so of course you won't get any liquor. No liquor in any Japanese hotel until 5 p.m. It's the New Order. It's wise to hurry at 5 p.m., too. Because beer, like most other…

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Reduced Beer Mug Size Refused to Hotelkeepers Dubbo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 4

The Prices Commissioner has refused on application by Dubbo hotelkeepers for permission to reduce the size of beer mugs from 9oz. to 8oz to make up for the increased…

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"Pettifogging Officials" The Police And The Publicans In The "Good Old Days"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 20

If in Parramatta to-day there is any hotelkeeper who considers that police supervision over licensed premises goes beyond the bounds of reason, let him be consoled by the fact that years ago he would have had much more to…

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Miners to Ban Hotels. Protest Over New Beer Prices. CESSNOCK

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 7

At a conference of representatives of miners' lodges to-night, it was decided to (recommend that all unionists cease to enter hotels after Thursday…

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New Bill How Agents will be Licensed

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 3

AN explanation of the Auctioneer, Stock and Station and Real mate Agents' Bill was given by the assistant general secretary of the Graziers'…

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