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Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 57

S.a. Hotels Open Later

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday.-- To comply with the recent requests of the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) for the curtailment of hotel trading by one…

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Licensee Fined for Watering Rum

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

SADIE MABEL KIRBY, licensee of the Mercantile Hotel, George Street North, was fined £10 with 14s 6d costs, by Mr. Sutherland, S.M. at…

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Licensee Fined for Watering Rum

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

SADIE MABEL KIRBY, licensee of the Mercantile Hotel, George Street North, was fined £10 with 14s 6d costs, by Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at…

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Licensee Fined for Watering Rum

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

SADIE MABEL KIRBY, licensee of the Mercantile Hotel. George Street North, was fined £10 with 14s 6d costs, by Mr. Sutherland, S.M., at…

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Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 4

It wat expected that costs would increase said the chairman of Hotel Metropole, Ltd., Mr. O. W. Ewan, at the annual meeting yesterday. Most of the company's clientele…

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Hotels Close On War Anniversary

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- On September 3--the third anniversary of the outbreak of war -- all hotels and wine…

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Travel Restrictions And Hotel Metropole

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 12

SUSPENSION of the Royal Easter Show and the Introduction of travel restrictions were expected to result in decreased business for the Hotel Metropole, as most…

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Publicans Fear Nationalisation Plans After- Hours Trading To Cease U.L.V.A. May Adopt Policing of Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 14

THERE will be no more after- hours selling of liquor in Sydney if instructions issued fro metropolitan hotelkeepers at a special meeting of the U.L.V.A. yesterday are obeyed…

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Publicans Fear Nationalisation Plans After- Hours Trading To Cease U.L.V.A. May Adopt Policing of Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 14

THERE will be no more after- hours selling of liquor in Sydney if instructions issued to metropolitan hotelkeepers at a special meeting of the U.L.V.A. yesterday are obeyed…

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Publicans Fear Nationalisation Plans After- Hours Trading To Cease U.L.V.A. May Adopt Policing of Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 14

THERE will be no more after- hours selling of liquor in Sydney if instructions issued to metropolitan hotelkeepers at a special meeting of the U.L.V.A. yesterday are obeyed…

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Publicans Fear Nationalisation Plans After- Hours Trading To Cease U.L.V.A. May Adopt Policing of Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 14

THERE will be no more after- hours selling of liquor in Sydney if instructions issued to metropolitan hotelkeepers at a. special meeting of U.L.V.A. yesterday are obeyed…

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Can't Drink In The Park After Hotels Close

The Sun · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 3

Any person drinking in a park or street between 6 pm and 11 am will be liable to prosecution under the new liquor regulations. Hotel trading hours in the metropolitan…

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Liquor Laws Stricter Hotel Hours 11 a.m. to 6 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 4

From next Monday, hotels will open at 11 a.m., instead of 10 a.m., in the metropolitan, Parramatta, Ryde, and Liverpool…

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Austerity Meals In Hotels Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Lavish meals at high prices will soon be unobtainable at hotels and cafes, it was reported tonight…

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Hotels Open 11 a.m. Women's Bar Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 5

From next Monday hotels in New South Wales will open at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m…

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Stampede In Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 3

A terrific explosion, which was heard in the Police Station 200 yards away, caused a stampede…

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Happy Lot of Hotel Racketeers Direct Encouragement By Paltry Fines

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 3

Fines in other capital cities are along the lines of those imposed in Sydney and elsewhere in this State…

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Explosion Rocks Bankstown Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 3

Windows were shattered, tiles we ire Sifted from the floor, and air-vents were blown out when a plug of gelignite exploded in a toilet room at the Hotel Bankstown, corner of North Terrace and Chapel Road,…

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Explosion Rocks Bankstown Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 3

Windows were shattered, files were lifted from the floor, send air-vents were blown out when a plug of gelignite exploded in a toilet room at the Hotel Bankstown, corner of North Terrace and Chapel Road,…

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Explosion Rocks Bankstown Hotel

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 3

Windows were shattered tiles were lifted from the floor, and air-vents were blown out when a plug of gelignite exploded in a toilet room at the Hotel Bankstown, corner of North Terrace and Chapel Road,…

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