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Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 57

Girls Taken From Company of Service Men a Hotels' Lounges Policed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 10

During the last few days the police have apprehended a number of girls under 18 in parks while two, aged 14 and…

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Fight in Hotel. Two Men Fined

The Biz · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 3

For fighting in the bar of the Golden Fleece Hotel, on August 1, Henry Wm. Fuller, 18, and William Walter Stevens, 19, were charged with offensive…

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Police Comb 100 Hotels: No Girl Drinkers Swift Submission To Under 21 Law; Watch Now On Dance Halls

The Sun · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 3

Special police squads combed lounges and bars of more than 100 Sydney hotels yesterday and did not find one girl under 21 drinking. This result, described as "most satisfactory," was announced…

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No Girls Drinking in Hotels, Report Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 3

Police inspection yesterday afternoon and last night failed to reveal any girls under 21 drinking in city hotels, said the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) today. HOTELKEEPERS were warned…

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Girl Drinkers Out of Hotels, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Police inspection yesterday afternoon and last night failed to reveal any girls under 21 drinking in city hotels, said the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) today. HOTELKEEPERS were warned…

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Girl Drinkers Out of Hotels, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Police inspection yesterday afternoon and last night failed to reveal any girls under 21 drinking in city hotels, said the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) today. HOTELKEEPERS were warned…

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Girl Drinkers Out of Hotels, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Police inspection yesterday afternoon and last night failed to reveal any girls under 21 drinking in city hotels, said the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) today. HOTELKEEPERS were warned…

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Girl Drinkers Out of Hotels, Say Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Police inspection yesterday afternoon and last night failed to reveal any girls under 21 drinking in city hotels, said the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Scott) today. HOTELKEEPERS were warned…

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Hotels Show Divergent Results

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 16

IT doesn't necessarily follow that Hotel Metropole's 25 per cent drop in profits is a reliable guide to other…

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No Liquor For Girls In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 5

Sydney hotels are vigorously policing regulations prohibiting the sale of liquor to girls under 21…

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No Liquor For Girls In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 5

Sydney hotels are vigorously policing regulations prohibiting the sale of liquor to girls under 21…

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No Liquor For Girls In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 5

Sydney hotels are vigorously policing regulations prohibiting the sale of liquor to girls under 21…

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No Liquor For Girls In Hotels

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 5

Sydney hotels are vigorously policing regulations prohibiting the sale of liquor to girls under 21…

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Senator On Taxation Charges "Sham" Alleged Over Hotel Partnerships

Truth · Sunday 16 August 1942 · page 16

WHILE they had to put in a number of large tables to hold hundreds of documents and wider legal tables to hold the huge briefs of four counsel, they didn't need to provide a chair in Perth Supreme Court for the chubby figure of Senator E. B. Johnston last…

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Won't Fight Hotel Hours Cut

The Sun · Sunday 16 August 1942 · page 3

ULVA will not oppose a Government plan to reduce trading hours by an hour by opening hotels…

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Hotels Toured by Police No Liquor Abuses Reported

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 9

More than 50 police inspected the leading Sydney hotels, cabarets, and dance halls on Saturday night to see whether the…

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Hotels Display the "Score"

The Sun · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 3

Miss Jean Bradford, in Adams' Marble Bar today shows a ULVA price list to two customers. Corporal "Coll" Davies and Sergeant Don Cooke. The ULVA has undertaken to have similar lists displayed in at hotels…

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Hotels Likely To Open At 11 a.m

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 1

It is likely that Cabinet will adopt a recommendation that hotel trading be cut another hour a day by fixing the opening time at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as at present…

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Hotels Likely To Open At 11 a.m

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 1

It is likely that Cabinet will adopt a recommendation that hotel trading be cut another hour a day by fixing the opening time at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as at present…

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Hotels Likely To Open At 11 a.m

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 1

It is likely that Cabinet will adopt a recommendation that hotel trading be cut another hour a day by fixing the opening time at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as at present…

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