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Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 57

Publicans Prefer Nips

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 7

WITH a doctor's certificate, I visited four hotels seeking a flask of brandy for an aged sick lady. Each had brandy on display, but refused to sell. They prefer to sell nips, showing a 200-300 per cent profit rather…

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Publicans Prefer Nips

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 7

WITH a doctor's certificate, I visited four hotels seeking flask of brandy for an aged sick lady. Each had brandy on display, but refused to sell. They prefer to sell nips, showing a 200-300 per cent, profit rather…

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Publicans Prefer Nips

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 7

WITH a doctor's certificate, I visited four hotels seeking a flash of brandy for an aged sick lady. Each had brandy on display, but refused to sell. They prefer to sell nips, showing a 200-300 per cent, profit rather…

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New Meat Shops to Be Licensed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Under an order issued to-day by the Minister for War Organisattion of Industry, all butchers'…

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Mrs. Thompson Seen in Hotel with U.S. SOLDIER Witness Unable To Identify Companion In Midnight Scene MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 3

Mrs. Pauline Thompson and an American soldier were drinking together in an hotel after midnight on May 8, a woman witness stated today at the court martial of Private Edward Leonski, US soldier, on three charges of murder…

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Police Investigating Three Fires in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 3

THE police arson squad is investigating three fires which occurred at the Cutty Sark Hotel, corner of Phillip and Albert Streets, city, this…

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Police Investigating Three Fires in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 3

THE police arson squad is investigating three fires which occurred at the Cutty Sark Hotel, corner of Phillip and Albert Streets, city, this…

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"Fire Bug" at Work Starts 12 Fires in Four Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 5

A "fire bug" tried to burn down four city hotels during the peak hour yesterday afternoon. He started 12 fires in rooms on…

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Firebug Starts 14 Hotel Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

A firebug started 14 fires in four city hotels yesterday afternoon. The hotels are the Durban Club,…

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Young Man Believed To Have Caused Hotel Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 3

A dark-faced young man, wearing a grey suit, is suspected to have started fires at four hotels in the city yesterday afternoon. SHORTLY after an outbreak at the Durban Club Hotel, Elizabeth…

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Young Man Believed To Have Caused Hotel Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 3

A dark-faced young man, wearing a grey suit, is suspected to have starred fires at four hotels in the city yesterday afternoon. SHORTLY after an outbreak at the Durban Club Hotel, Elizabeth…

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Soldier Gets Hotel Licence

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 7

When Mr. Scobie, S.M., granted the transfer of the licence of the Old Dunbar Hotel, Paddington, to Robert McKerlie, A.I.F., this morning, he defined…

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Soldier Gets Hotel Licence

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 7

When Mr. Scobie, S.M., granted the transfer of the licence of the Old Dunbar Hotel, Paddington, to Robert McKerlie,…

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Soldier Gels Hotel Licence

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 7

When Mr. Scobie, S.M., granted the transfer of the licence of the Old Dunbar Hotel, Paddington, to Robert McKerlie,…

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Soldier Gets Hotel Licence

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 7

When Mr. Scobie, S.M., granted the transfer of the licence of the Old Dunbar Hotel, Paddington, to Robert McKerlie,…

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Soldier Granted Hotel Licence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 12

The chairman of the Licensing Court, Mr. Scobie, S.M., yesterday granted the transfer of the licence orf the "Old Dunbar" Hotel, Paddington,…

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"Commandeer a Hotel" Soldiers' Club Plea to Mr. Curtin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 7

A request that he should commandeer a hotel in Sydney as a soldiers' club is to be made to the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin,…

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Licensed Hitch-Hiking To Conserve Rubber

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 9

CHICAGO. --A plan to advance the nation's conservation programme by putting hitchhiking on a sound and legal basis for the war period is offered by a magazine editor who has been giving a lot of thought to the empty back-seat problem…

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Bought Goods In Hotel As "Surprise For Wife"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 10

A young man who said he had bought goods in a hotel "as a surprise for his wife," was acquitted at the Quarter Sessions today on a charge of receiving stolen goods. HE was John Herbert Thomas…

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Publicans Disqualified

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 2

ALICK McNAIR, licensee of the Queensland Hotel, Kent and Erskine Streets, Sydney, was today disqualified from holding any licence…

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