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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 57

Broker To His Client Wentworth Hotel, Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 7

CLIENT: You thought the Wentworth Hotel market would not improve on 16, believing that neither the profit not the dividend would be…

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Man Dead in Hotel Bed

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 6

WOLLONGONG. Monday.--Robert Murray (60) was found dead in his bed in the basement of an hotel this morning. His throat was gashed…

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Man Dead in Hotel Bed

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-- Robert Murray (60) was found dead in his bed in the basement of an hotel this morning. His throat was gashed…

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Man Dead in Hotel Bed

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-- Robert Murray (60) was found dead in his bed in the basement of an hotel this morning. His throat was gashed…

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Man Dead in Hotel Bed

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-- Robert Murray (60) was found dead in his bed in the basement of an hotel this morning. His throat was gashed…

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Kicked Publican

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

Frank Aurousseau (30) entered the bar of the Railway Hotel: Lidcombe, about 7.45 p.m. on February 6 and demanded a drink…

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Evacuation in Groups Country Hotels Taken Over

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 11

Two hundred mothers and children, dependants of men serving with the 2/1st Pioneer Battalion, will leave Sydney on…

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Barmaids Had Good Tip In The Hotels

The Sun · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 3

Hundreds flocked into lounges of city hotels, where they were directed to safety areas. Some bars were closed down,…

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Man on Hotel Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday,--Harold Patrick Gillies, 45, returned soldier, of South Brisbane, was killed early on Monday night…

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Ex-Jockeys Team In City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 14

THERE are quite a few jockeys who have gone right off the path of their profession and turned their hand to…

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Ex-Jockeys Team In City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 14

THERE are quite a few jockeys who have gone right off the path of their profession and turned their hand to…

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Ex-Jockeys Team In City Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 14

THERE are quite a few jockeys who have gone right off the path of their profession and turned their hand to…

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Popular Residents Leave. Cabramatta's Publican and Family

The Biz · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

After successfully carrying on business at Cabramatta Hotel, Cabramatta, for the past thirteen years, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ingall have relinquished their business,…

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Robbed of £154 at Hotel Door

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 6

Miss Maude Violet Hardy, manageress of the Hyde Park Hotel, was robbed of £154 yesterday. She had made a parcel of £400 in…

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Witness Tells of Wife in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 12

"ON one occasion I saw Mrs. Lane drink two schooners of beer within a short space of time. On every other occasion I saw her…

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Witness Tells of Wife in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 12

"ON one occasion I saw Mrs. Lane drink two schooners of beer within a short space of time. On every other occasion I saw her…

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Windsor Hotel Debenture Extension

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 12

HOLDERS of debentures in Windsor Hotel, Ltd., are being asked to consider modification of their rights by agreeing to the…

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War Realities in North Hotel's Guests From Front Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 9

A certain North Australian hotel must have the most remarkable guest trade in Australia. It is a clearinp-house…

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Hotel Transfer. Tribute to Ex-Licensce

The Biz · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 6

At Liverpool Licensing Court on Monday, thue licence of the Hotel Cabramatta was transferred from Mr. Edwin Ingall to 'Mr. Nicholas [?] Dev[?]ry, formerly of…

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New Publican for Cabramatta

The Biz · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

Nick Devery, who will be remembered as one of the most popular publicans to conduct a hotel at Liverpool (the Golden [?]ce). [?]s now mine host of the Hotel…

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