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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

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Publicans Hit—not the Breweries

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 18

PUBLIC protests are increasing against the beer price racket, by which MORE than the 9d a gallon increased tax is being passed on to the public. It is now recognised that the various beer strikes…

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Strict Licensing of U.S. Exports. Washington, Jan. 12. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 8

President Roosevelt has imposed strict export licence regulations on copper, brass, bronze, zinc, nickel, and potash, effective from February 3, because of the acceleration of the…

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Hotel Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 6

SIR,--For years I have wondered why New South Wales has such antiquated liquor laws. Many English and American…

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Short Measure Beer. Hotel Licensees Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 9

The licensees of two hotels were each fined £2/10/ at Paddington Police Court yesterday for selling beer by measure short of the quantity…

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Hotels at Darwin Under Ban Darwin

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 5

All hotels here have been placed on the black list by the North Australian Workers' Union and the…

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Canobolas Hotel, Orange

Construction · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 5

THE CANOBOLAS HOTEL, ORANGE, NEW SOUTH WALES. Architects: Scott, Green & Scott. Builder: Max Cooper…

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Australian Arms Hotel

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

It is a very modern and imposing building at the corner of High Street and Castlereagh Street North that has been erected to replace the old…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

The following transfers of hotel licences were approved by the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday.—Capito[?] Hotel, Campbell Street, city, from…

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Investor's Diary. Wentworth Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

Increases in the cost of foodstuffs and wages, combined with an almost complete suspension of the New Zealand tourist trade, were…

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Move To Ban Barmaids From Canberra Hotels CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

A bitter controversy has arisen in Canberra over whether barmaids should be employed at local hotels. Main opposition to the…

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Beer Boycott "Unfair." "Hotelkeepers on Basic Wage." President's Complaint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 9

Complaining of the injustice of the beer strike yesterday, the president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr. N. H. Connolly, said that at…

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£113,000 Loss When Fire Destroys Swiss Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--The famous Bear Hotel, Grindelwald (Switzerland), known to Australian winter sports enthusiasts, was destroyed by…

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Hotel Sold Short Beer by Mistake

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 5

A charge against Blanche Louisa Bullock, licensee of the York Hotel, King Street, City, of having sold a short measure of beer, was dismissed…

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Meningitis Closes Hotels, Betting Shops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Ail Whyalla hotels may be closed at 11 a.m. tomorrow because of a meningitis outbreak. Betting shops will be closed, and…

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Hotel Lounges and Bars Cleared. "Twenty Past Six" Rule

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 15

Because of police instructions, all lounges and bars of Sydney's leading hotels were cleared promptly last night at twenty minutes past six…

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All Hotels Shut to Strangers

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 3

HUNDREDS of theatregoers who attempted to enter city hotel lounges last night were politely turned…

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Closing of Hotels at 6 P.M. Law Enforced Rigidly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 9

Police on Saturday night rigidly enforced the law prohibiting the serving of liquor in hotels after 6 p.m. During the afternoon hotelkeepers were…

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Hours for Hotels; Poll Plan

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 4

The question of holding a referendum on hotel trading hours will be discussed by the Premier, Mr. Mair,…

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Police Watch Hotel Lounges

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1941 · page 4

Police are enforcing rigidly the law prohibiting the serving of liquor in hotels after 6 p.m., and special attention is being paid to the lounges…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1941 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the transfer of the publican's licence of the Callan Park Hotel, Darling and Red Lion Streets, Rozelle,…

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