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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1940

509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 26

Somersault Over City Hotel Govt. Action Is Imperative Minutes On City Business Months On This Case

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 24

EVENTS at last week's meeting of the City Council make it absolutely imperative that the Government shall intervene in the proposed sale of the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel MARY ANDERSON, Warner Bros. sta[?], was[?] too happy to pose Cor this picture before taking a plunge in waters of a Hollywood pool…

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Cooper-munro in Verbal Holts Stir in Lounge of Melbourne Hotel Over Gold Salute Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 5

ALAN COOPER managed to get into the wars again in Melbourne during his visit for the Autumn Carnival. He was told in forcible language by Australia's leading horseman, Darby Munro, that…

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£10,000 Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1940 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- The Tewantin Hotel, a large two-story building at Tewantin, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Damage is…

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Hotel Management Taught in Victoria... Opportunities for Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 14

IN the eyes of would-be travellers from the East and from the United States Australia is daily growing in importance. With Europe cut off from holiday tours, travellers are…

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The New Albury Hotel, Albury, N.S.W. Erected at a Cost of £40,000. Architect: William H. Merrit. Builders: t Snider Construction Co

Construction · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 6

Claimed to be the most modern hotel outside the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, the new Albury Hotel in Kiewa Street, Albury, was recently opened. It was built for the Richmond N. S. Brewing Company Pty, Ltd…

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Hotel Man's £5 A Week Allowance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 9

Evidence that the manager of Petty's Hotel, Sydney, was allowed £5 a week for entertainment was given yesterday…

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Potato Growers Licensing Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 11

The Legislative Assembly lost night gave leave to the Minister for Agricultrue. Mr. Reid, to introduce a bill which ptovides that persons who wish to cultivate more than one icre of…

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Effect of War on Hotels 'Fear Complex' And Lower Dividends

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 17

Expressing to shareholders of the Hotel Sydney regret that dividends had had to be reduced, the chairman (Sir Arthur Rickard), at the annual…

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State House. Potato Growers. Attack on Licensing Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 13

The bill to provide for the licensing of potato growers was attacked by Labour Members in the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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Explosion and Fire. Hotel Destroyed at Blackheath. BLACKHEATH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 11

After a loud explosion, Are broke out to-night in the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, and destroyed the greater part of the hotel…

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Hotel Sydney Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 8

At the annual meeting of Hotel Sydney, Ltd, yesterday, the chairman, Sir Arthur Rickard, said that results in the first half of the year had been satisfactory. In the…

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Explosion an Accident Hotel Fire At Blackheath BLACKHEATH

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

Detectives are satisfied that the explosion which occurred last night during a fire which almost destroyed the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, was…

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Attacks Potato Licensing

Daily News · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

Parliament should take control of the price-fixing and importation of potatoes, Mr. Dunn (Labor,…

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Stop Press Phone: M2406, Newcastle 472 Hotel on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 1

Fire broke out in the old Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, late last night. It was stated that there was little hope of saving the building. The fire was…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Roper.) Injunction Against Hotelkeeper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Schweppes Ltd. was plaintiff in a passingoff suit against Jack L. Sims, licensee of the Toronto Hotel. A motion by plaintiff for interim injunction…

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Darwin Hotels. New Licence Refused. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 19

The Northern Territory Licensing Court to-day refused an application for a new hotel in Darwin. The applicant for the licence, Mr. James Cousins,…

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Hotel Sale. After Hours Trade. Full Court Judgment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 19

The Full Court of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed with costs an appeal by Alma Phyllis Violette Neal from a decision by Judge…

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Man Refused Hotel Licence. Naturalised German. Disturbances Feared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 19

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday refused an application by Max Gornik, 41, a German by birth who became a naturalised British…

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Dave Brown, Publican

Daily News · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Dave Brown, international footballer, is to become a publican. Brown is to take over the Albury Hotel, at the corner of Victoria and…

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Ex-German Refused City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 5

A German native was yesterday refused the licence of a city hotel, which is patronised by soldiers…

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