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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 57

£80,000 Haul of Jewels Countess Robbed In Select Hotel

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Jewellery valued at £80,000 was stolen yesterday from Countess Beatty's private suite in the exclusive Dorchester Hotel in…

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Renewal Of Licence For Hotel Refused

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

Application for renewal of the licence of the Town Hall Hotel, at the corner of George and Park Streets, was refused to Arthur Victor Meehan, the present licensee, by the Chairman of the Licensing Board (Mr. Scobie, S.M.), today…

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£80,000 Haul of Jewels Countess Robbed In Select Hotel

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Jewellery valued at £80,000 was stolen yesterday from Countess Beatty's private suite in the exclusive Dorchester Hotel in…

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Hotel Gunman Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 4

People ran in all directions when a man came into the bar of the Shakespeare Hotel, King Street, Newtown, yesterday, with…

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Refuse Renewal Of Publican's Licence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 6

The Licensing Court yesterday refused to renew the licence of Arthur Victor Meehan, of the Town Hall Hotel. George and Park Streets, City, because…

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"Smith's" Gets Things Done Temporary Bars for Ejected Publicans

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 3

THAT "Smith's" gets things done was shown again last week. NSW Premier, Mr. McKell, made a…

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Drive against hotels that 'water' liquor

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 June 1942 · page 6

Health Minister Kelly plans to stop watering of spirits, particularly bulk rum, in hotels. This follows the Licensing Court's refusal on…

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17 Fines for City Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 4

In the Industrial Magistrate's Court today, the Australia Hotel Company, Ltd., was fined £2 on each of 17 charges of failing to…

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Workers Resent Hotels Closing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 5

Walsh Bay war and wharf workers were unable to buy beer at Miller's Point yesterday. The Palisade Hotel stopped service…

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Stew Breakfast for Staff at Hotel Australia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 7

Yellowish fat was floating on the surface of stewed meat and gravy served as breakfast to 16 housemaids and a liftman at the…

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Stew Breakfast for Staff at Hotel Australia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 7

Yellowish fat was floating on the surface of stewed meat and gravy served as breakfast to 16 housemaids and a liftman at the…

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Stew Breakfast for Staff at Hotel Australia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 7

Yellowish fat was floating on the surface of stewed meat and gravy served as breakfast to 16 housemaids and a liftman at the…

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Stew Breakfast for Staff at Hotel Australia

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 7

Yellowish fat was floating on the surface of stewed meat and gravy served as breakfast to 16 housemaids and a liftman at the…

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Staggering of Hotel Hours

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 5

MOST people in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland oppose the closing of hotels for two or three hours in the afternoon. The idea is favored, however, in South Australia (where it is…

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Hotel Gossips Worrying Army

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A "disturbing" amount of secret information is bandied about in hotels, an Army spokesman said…

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Tourist Hotels to Close End to Snow Sport at Kosciusko

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 4

Two State Government-owned tourist hotels—the Hotel Kosciusko and Charlotte Pass Chalet —will close on Tuesday for the…

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Hotels Get More Beer Ration Plan Changed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 5

Two amendments have already been made to the Commonwealth Governments plan, announced on March 8 to restriot…

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Stop Press Extended Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 16

State Government has now drafted regulation under National Security Regulations for extension of liquor hours for war workers…

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Free French Entertained at Too "H" Hotel

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 1

Free French sailors are here [?] entertained [?] one of the Toc "H" service clubs…

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Sir F. Stewart On Beer, Plus Levity and License

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 2

"The Daily Mirror is to be commended for its action in articulating public indignation at the manner in which the…

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