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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1943

901 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 46

No Hotel Hostel

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 4

One of the worst aspects in the scandalous delay in providing a hostel for the troops was that the brewery interests, which…

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Many City Hotels Shut

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1943 · page 5

TWO of every three city hotels were closed yesterday -- Sydney's fourth Austerity Saturday…

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Shot In Hotel Injures Woman

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 3

Wilfred Edward Michael Sutton, 28, hotelkeeper, and Ada Sutton, 54, were charged in the Central Police Court today with…

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Hotelkeeper Bound Over

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 2

Raymond Tasker, licensee of the Macquarie Hotel, Cowpel Wharf-road, East Sydney, was bound over by Mr. Wells, SM, in…

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Famous Hotel a Rest Centre for Miners

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Scotland's famous golfing hotel, Glenagles, will open next Monday as a rehabilitation centre, with latest methods and…

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Publican Freed on £50 Bond

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

MR. WELLS, S.M., at the water Police Court today, ordered Raymond Tasker, licensee of the Macquarie Hotel, Cowper Wharf Road…

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Publican Freed on £50 Bond

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

MR. WELLS, S.M., at the Water Police Court today, ordered Raymond Tasker, licensee of the Macquarie Hotel. Cowper Wharf Road,…

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Publican Freed on £50 Bond

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

MR. WELLS, S.M., at the Water Police Court today, ordered Raymond Tasker, licensee of the Macquarie Hotel. Cowper Wharf Road…

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Publican Freed on £50 Bond

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 8

MR. WELLS, S.M., at the Water Police Court today, ordered Raymond Tasker, licensee of the Macquarie Hotel, Cowper Wharf Road…

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Charge Against Hotel Licensee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 7

A reserved decision was given by Mr. Wells. S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday in the case in which Raymond Tasker, licensee of the…

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Hotel Sydney Misses Out

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 13

MAIN losers over Government's refusal to impress Hotel Sydney for a soldiers' hostel were shareholders in the company. Had the Federal Government accented the offer of a sub-lease on terms suggested it might easily have been possible to have…

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Rambler's hotelook

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 7

PRIZE of 5s to Lieut. Robert McPherson (9), 61 Cecile-street, Parkes…

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Hotelkeeper's Wife Watches Thieves Roll Out The Barrel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 5

An hotelkeeper's wife at 3 a.m. yesterday, from her bedroom window, saw a man roll a beer keg along the street. The woman, Mrs. Unita McKinnon, wife of the licensee of…

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City Hotel Game Brings "Pennies From Heaven"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 5

Patrons in a bar of the Hotel Australia yesterday received "pennies from heaven" as the result of a friendly game between Australian and Allied soldiers and airmen. IDEA of the game was to toss coins…

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Hotelkeeper on Charge of Theft

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 January 1943 · page 3

NEW CASTLE, Wednesday. -- Seven dozen pairs of women's stockings, 11 pairs of women's shoes, five pairs of men's shoes, a radio, two travelling…

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Girls' Identity Card Ruse to Obtain Drink in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 5

Since the passing of the new liquor law, forbidding girls under 21 to enter a hotel lounge or bar, a new market has sprung up. MANY young girls are paying as…

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Girls' Identity Card Ruse to Obtain Drink in Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 5

Since the passing of the new liquor law, forbidding girls under 21 to enter a hotel lounge or bar, a new market has sprung up. MANY young girls are paying as…

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Allied Officers and Girls in Hotel Brawl

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1943 · page 17

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A night porter at one of Melbourne's fairly exclusive Collins Street hotels had a desperate encounter with a…

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Hotel Porter's Story Of Attack MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1943 · page 3

Detectives, assisted by military police, are investigating a report that an Allied officer attacked and drew a knife on a…

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Short-staffed hotels stop serving dinner

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 January 1943 · page 6

Dinner service in some hotels has been stopped and may soon be discontinued in others because of staff shortages…

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