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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1942

1,131 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 57

Hotels Open After Six Period of Grace Still Allowed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 6

Despite the statement by the Minister of Justice, Mr. Downing. on Wednesday that the Liquor Act would be enforced…

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Hotel Employees Lose Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 11

BRISBANE, Friday.—Many city hotel employees received notice of dismissal to-night because of beer restrictions…

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Hotel Hours Cut in S.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Hotels in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, will close between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. from to-day and…

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No Beer, So Hotel Closes

The Sun · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

One of the first hotels to go dry as a result of beer rationing was Plasto's Ship Inn, Circular Quay, which closed its bars at 2 p.m. today. The licensee, Mr. Plasto…

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City Hotels Close Down

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

Notices pasted on the doors of Plasto's Ship Inn Hotel, Circular Quay, one of Sydney's largest hotels, at 1 p.m. today…

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City Hotels Close Down

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

Notices pasted on the doors of Plasto's Ship Inn Hotel, Circular Quay, one of Sydney's largest hotels, at 1 p.m. today…

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City Hotels Close Down

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

Notices pasted on the doors of Plasto's Ship Inn Hotel, Circular Quay, one of Sydney's largest hotels, at 1 p.m. today,…

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City Hotels Close Down

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 3

Notices pasted on the doors of Plasto's Ship Inn Hotel, Circular Quay, one of Sydney's largest hotels, at 1 p.m. today…

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Young Woman in Blitz on Hotel

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 8

SHE was young and pretty, with a refined and demure prettiness that suggested an environment of cultured society. Moreover, she had driven her own motor car, and she gave her address as Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill, an…

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Tooths and £53,000 Hotel Buy Court Battle Ends in Agreement

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 15

FOUR "girls" and a pub! A brewery and —Vivian Archibald Chandos Partridge, once a bank clerk, then a meteorite flashing in the insurance world, later small-time…

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Publican's Hat Off To Parson BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 7

Jim Ryan, who has been a hotel licensee in Brisbane for 42 years, wants to meet Rev. W. H. Wheller, president of the…

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Noisy Hotel Parties By Officers TOWNSVILLE

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 7

MARKED improvement in the behavior of troops at night in northern centres has been noted…

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Hundreds Beerless Hotels "Went Dry" In City

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 2

Hundreds went beerless yesterday afternoon when hotels in many parts of Sydney ran dry. Munitions workers grouped outside demanding beer when the Hampshire Hotel Camperdown…

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Hotels out of beer

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 5

Shortage of beer supplies yesterday caused several Sydney hotels to close their bars early in…

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Hotel As First-aid Post

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 7

One of Sydney's best equipped first-aid posts has been established in an unused Woollahra hotel. The post has enough provisions to feed 200 bomb…

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Hotels Close Doors Shortage of Beer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 7

Many city and some suburban hotels felt the first effect of the restriction of beer supplies, on Saturday, when the cancellation…

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No Change Yet in Hotel Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 6

No immediate alteration in New South Wales hotel hours is likely, it was learned yesterday. In Canberra it was stated that the…

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Staggering Hotel Hours

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 2

"Nothing definite has been suggested yet regarding the staggering of hotel hours. Press statements refer only…

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Girl's Death At Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 2

PERTH, Monday.--As a sequel to the death of a 15-year-old Fremantle girl, Lesley Essex, on Sunday morning, a visiting…

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Girl's Death At Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 2

PERTH, Monday.--As a sequel to the death of a 15-year-old Fremantle girl, Lesley Essex, on Sunday morning, a visiting…

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