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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

778 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 39

Hotels "Black" at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 10

Beer drinkers began a strike for lower prices to-day. Hotel bars are deserted, but in clubs, where pre-budget prices prevailed, business was brisk…

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Lure of Hotels Resisted Broken Hill

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 5

Broken Hill workers have shown no sign of weakening in the second day of their beer boycott, despite the lure…

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Beer Strike at Broken Hill. Hotel Staff Dismissals. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 12

In an official announcement made after its meeting this afternoon, the Broken Hill U.L.V.A. announced "that, owing to unforeseen circumstances, it…

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The Century Hotel—george and Liverpool Streets, Sydney. Architects: Rudder & Grout. Builders: A. W. Edwards Pty. Ltd. the Lounge

Construction · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Miss Jean Broome, Sculptor, Diploma student of the late Raynor Hoff, on the staff of Art Plasto Pty. Ltd., designed and modelled the low relief panel in this lounge. It depicts a drinking scene in a forest in the reign of King Arthur, during a respite from hunting. The fibrous plaster ceilings, a special feature of which was the unique treatment of the canopies, which were elliptical in design and…

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The Civic Hotel. Pitt and Goulburn Streets, Sydney

Construction · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 15

Architects: R. A. Prevost & Associates. Structural Engineer: R. E. McMillan. Builders: William Hughes & Co. Pty. Ltd. The corrugated ceiling, ultra-modern in treatment, introduces the creative in architectural effects. It was carried out by Art Plasto Pty. Ltd…

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Hotel Licensees Fined. Short Measure "Pints."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 11

The licensees of three hotels in the eastern suburbs were fined at Paddington Police Court yesterday for supplying beer short of the quantity ordered…

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Beer Strike Hits Hotels Broken Hill

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

Owing to the beer strike and the consequent dismissal of hotel employees. people staying at hotels will have to go out for their meals after…

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Hotel, Laundry Chairman Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 7

Mr. Joseph Reuben Gardiner, 62, chairman of Plaza Hotel, Ltd., and Numestic Laundries, Ltd., died yesterday in a Randwick private hospital…

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Wheatmen Want Appeal Board To Deal With Anomalies Under Licensing Scheme

The Land · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

THE executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association carried a resolution at its meeting last week asking that an appeal board, with majority grower representation, be set up to deal with anomalies which might arise in connection with the licensing…

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Wheat Acreage Cut Not Expected Formers' Position Under Licensing Plan Explained

The Land · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

IT is understood that there is no intention, under the wheat stabilisation scheme, to restrict the operations of wheatgrowers on registered wheat farms during the coming season…

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Shortweight in Beer Inspectors Visit E. Suburbs Hotels

Truth · Sunday 9 February 1941 · page 20

BEER, or the lack of it, cost three Eastern Suburbs publicans £l per ounce at Paddington Court last week, where Inspectors Joyce and Westbury, of the Weights and Measures Department, continued their campaign against licensees who exploit the public by…

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One Hotel to Another London

Truth · Sunday 9 February 1941 · page 14

EMPLOYEES at the Hotel pierre, in New York, are giving a great benefit night on February 15 for the employees of the Savoy Hotel. London,…

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Jews Kept Out of Prague Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 4

NEW YORK, January 24.--The Jewish population of Prague has been Prohibited by the Nazi authorities from approaching hotels in which foreigners…

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Licensing Court Busy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 5

There were so many cases for hearing in the Licensing Court yesterday that the three Licensing Magistrates, Messrs. Laidlaw, Wells, and Geike, had to sit in…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Keith Kelly Kennedy to John Alfred Allan, Four-in-hand…

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Munro's Jockey License Revoked

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 11

Arising out of a report by the stipendiary stewards in the Cryon betting case, the committee of the Australian Jockey Club revoked the…

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Licensing Court Vacancies. Chairman and Member to Retire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 11

State Cabinet has decided not to renew the appointment of Mr. Laidlaw as Chairman of the Licensing Court. Mr. Laidlaw, who is due to retire next…

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Old Hotel Buildings Burnt Down. Mungindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 7

Fire destroyed the old Queensland Hotel buildings about 2.30 this morning. Nothing was saved. The buildings, which were let to several tenants, were…

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Failed to Label Bottled Beer. Publicans Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

Herbert L. Robinson, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, Goulburn Street, city, was charged under the Excise Act with having failed to…

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Licensing of Imports. Conservation of £12,000,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 9

The chief aim of the Customs import licensing regulations, the first set of which was promulgated on December 1, 193[?], is to conserve resources in non-sterling exchange…

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