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Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 57

Trick Glasses Again In Some Hotels

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1942 · page 18

GOVERNMENT inspectors have found short-measure methods and illegal deceptive glasses in widespread use in Sydney and…

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Says Wife Left Hotel

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 4

Norman James Smirl, licensee of Albert View Hotel, Redfern- street, Redfern, and holder of an AJC bookmaker's licence,…

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Recapture of German Asked for Drink in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—"I am a German prisoner. Can you give me a drink?" said Walter Fischbeck, 22, one of the…

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"Agreement" on Late Beer Hotelkeeper's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday.—Walter Henry Burt Whitmarsh, licensee of the Farmers' Arms Hotel, South Bathurst, said in the…

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Hotel Hours Confusion Mair Calls for Govt. Statement

The Sun · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

An official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the Government or the police are telling the truth about after-hours sale of drink was…

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Hours Puzzle for Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.--An hotel licensee said in Bathurst Court today that he had been given to understand 6 o'clock closing did not apply to…

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Cabinet May Review Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

AS a result of "misunderstanding" over the serving of war workers in hotels after hours, the State Cabinet is likely to reconsider the question of "staggering" hotel hours in N.S.W. ALTHOUGH the Premier (Mr…

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Humbug in Hotel Law

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

Between them the Premier (Mr. McKell) and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) have full war-time power to blow away the smoke-screen which surrounds the sale of loquor outside prescribed hours to soldiers and munition workers…

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Demand For Hotel Hours Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

HOLDING of an official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the police or members of the Government were telling the truth about alleged arrangements for the sale of liquor after hours to soldiers and certain factory workers was demanded today by Mr. E. L. Sanders, M.L.A. (U.A.P., Willoughby)…

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Humbug in Hotel Law

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

Between them the Premier (Mr. McKell) and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) have full war-time power to blow away the smoke-screen which surrounds the sale of liquor outside prescribed hours to soldiers and munition workers…

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Demand For Hotel Hours Inqiury

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

HOLDING of an official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the police or members of the Government were telling the truth about alleged arrangements for the sale of liquor after hours to soldiers and certain factory workers was demanded by Mr. E. L. Sanders. M.L.A. (U.A.P., Willoughby)…

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Humbug in Hotel Law

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

Between them the Premier (Mr. McKell) and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) have full war-time power to blow away the smoke-screen which surrounds the sale of liquor outside prescribed hours to soldiers and munition workers…

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Humbug in Hotel Law

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

Between them the Premier (Mr. McKell) and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) have full war-time power to blow away the smoke-screen which surrounds the sale of liquor outside prescribed hours to soldiers and munition workers…

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Demand For Hotel Hours Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

HOLDING of an official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the police or members of the Government were telling the truth about alleged arrangements for the sale of liquor after hours to soldiers and certain factory workers was demanded today by Mr. E. L. Sanders, M.L.A. (U.A.P., Willoughby)…

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Demand For Hotel Hours Inquiry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

HOLDING of an official inquiry to determine whether hotelkeepers, the police or members of the Government were telling the truth about alleged arrangements for the sale of liquor after hours to soldiers and certain factory workers was demanded today by Mr. E. L. Sanders, M.L.A. (U.A.P., Willoughby)…

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Humbug in Hotel Law

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

Between them the Premier (Mr. McKell) and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Downing) have full war-time power to blow away the smoke-screen which surrounds the sale of liquor outside prescribed hours to soldiers and munition workers…

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Hotel Trading Hours Mr. Mair Attacks Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 6

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Mair, yesterday attacked the State Government for its failure to clarify the confusion…

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Publican's Wife Denies Husband's Allegations

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

Badly injured in a car accident last year, Mrs. Gladys Ida Smirl, of Ashfield, went to Bowral to recuperate. She denied in…

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Hotels Have A New Dodge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

Several Sydney hotelkeepers have adopted a new dodge to overcome the ruling that schooners of beer must be sold…

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M.l.a. Claims Liquor Interests Backed Govt.'s Election Funds Probe Demanded Into Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 4

Alleging that liquor interest's had poured thousands of pounds into the Labor Party funds to secure the return of the McKell Government at the last elections, Mr. Sanders, M.L.A., today repeated his demand for an inquiry to decide…

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