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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1943

901 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 46

Fight for Knife in Hotel Lounge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 7

ACCORDING to police evidence at Kogarah Court today. John Black Gillies (44), laborer, had to be thrown to the floor in a local hotel lounge…

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Fight for Knife in Hotel Lounge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 2

ACCORDING to police evidence at Kogarah Court today John Black Gillies (44), laborer, had to be thrown to the floor in a local hotel lounge…

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Licensing of Imports Further Changes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 9

Further' changes have been made in the licensing of imports from sterling and non-sterling areas…

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Licensee Fined for Adulterated Whisky

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

FRANCIS A. DALY, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Lidcombe, was fined £3, with 8s costs, and £3, with 10s costs, at Burwood Court today…

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Licensee Fined for Adulterated Whisky

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

FRANCIS A. DALY, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Lidcombe, was fined £3, with 8s costs, and £3, with 10s costs, at Burwood Court today…

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Publicans Over-charged But Escaped Conviction

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 7

ROCKHAMPTON, Friday.--Prices regulations prosecutions against 14 hotelkeepers were dismissed yesterday by Mr. Noyes, S.M., who found…

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Publicans Over-charged But Escaped Conviction

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 3

ROCKHAMPTON, Friday.--Prices regulations prosecutions against 14 hotelkeepers. were dismissed yesterday bv Mr. Noyes. S.M., who found,…

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Police Allege Immorality in City Hotel Story Of American Sailors, Nude Girls

Truth · Sunday 4 July 1943 · page 24

"WHEN police visited the Macquarie Hotel, Wentworth Avenue, at 2.15 a.m. on April 9 last, they saw some amazing sights, according to evidence given in the Licensing Court last week when the licensee, at…

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Stop Press Hotel Licensee Fined

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 12

"From the evidence it must have been apparent that the place was little better than a brothel," said Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Licensing…

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Licensing of Imports Further Changes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 July 1943 · page 2

Further changes have been made in the licensing of imports from sterling and non-sterling areas…

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No Hotel Bookings Yet Made for Melbourne Cup

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In former years Melbourne's leading hotels had by this time received many bookings for the Melbourne Cup in No…

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The “Green Gate” Hotel, Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. Architect: Cyril Ruwald. Builders: Max Cooper & Sons Pty. Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 7

Specially made bricks have been employed in the external walls to this attractive new hotel that has just been completed. These are sandstocks, much smaller than the standard type, of brilliant colours and laid in Flemish bond. In the detail of the various cornices, balustrading, arches, etc., nearly a…

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The “Green Gate” Hotel, Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. Architect: Cyril Ruwald. Builders: Max Cooper & Sons Pty. Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 6

Above.—This delightful photograph is one corner of the “Green Gate” Hotel. It is difficult to imagine more perfect detail in regard to brick work, stone work, wrought iron and roof tiling, all of which blend to produce a delightful example of architecture. This building is a credit to the Architect, Builders…

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The “Green Gate” Hotel Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. An Outstanding Architectural Achievement

Construction · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 3

The “Green Gate Hotel” is situated on the corner of Green Gate Road and Pacific Highway, Killara, Sydney. The original Green Gate Inn dates back to the…

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The “Green Gate” Hotel, Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. Architect: Cyril Ruwald. Builders: Max Cooper & Sons Pty. Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 3

The upper view shows the main elevation looking from the corner of Pacific Highway and Green Gate Road, and indicates the manner in which the curved facade of the public bar has been incorporated between the two main wings. (See also page 6 and 7.)…

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The “Green Gate” Hotel, Killara, Sydney, N.S.W. Architect: Cyril Ruwald. Builders: Max Cooper & Sons Pty. Ltd

Construction · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 3

The striking and original plan in which the curve and the circle is exploited to the full…

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Raiders Put Jinx On High Jinks Police Story of Hotel Goings-on

Truth · Sunday 11 July 1943 · page 18

REFERRED to only by initials at an earlier hearing, the names of women V found by police in the Macquarie Hotel, Wentworth Avenue, at 2.15 a.m. on April 9, were revealed at the Water Police Court last week, when the case against the former licensee of the hotel, Francis Eric Riddett, proceeded…

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Dramas of the Courts... Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 July 1943 · page 19

A woman who removes her coat and dress in an hotel room in masculine company at 2 a.m. isn't necessarily a…

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Licensee's Holiday

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 2

At the Penrith Licensing Court on Thursday, Mr R. W. S. Kelly, L.M., on the bench, an application for the transfer of the licence of Hotel…

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Sad Case of Starvation Victim Of Luxury Hotel

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 4

A CORONIAL inquiry was held in Sydney on December 4, 1943, into the cause of death of a man about town, who took his meals daily at a leading hotel. Doctor's evidence was that…

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