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Hotels & licensing, 1943

901 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 46

Wartime Cuts Hotel Profits

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--In spite of crowded lounges and booked up reservation lists, West End luxury hotels, which usually…

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Limitation Ban on Madras Hotel Parties

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 2

COLOMBO, Monday.--A new regulation stipulates that not more than 30 persons in any party can eat at Madras hotels, where rice forms…

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Wartime Cuts Hotel Profits

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--In spite of crowded lounges and booked up reservation lists, West End luxury hotels, which usually…

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Hotel in City Fined £100 Meal Overcharge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 7

A fine of £100 was imposed on the Hotel Metropole Ltd., Bent Street, city, by Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in a special…

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Hotel Fined £100 for Expensive Meal Imaginary Diners Added To 15'2 Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 5

A Sydney hotel hod charged him 152 for luncheon for two when the maximum fixed price was 8-, a prices investigator said in court last night…

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Hotel Fined £100 for Meal Breach

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 5

Action of a waitress in adding two "imaginary guests" to a meal docket brought a £100 fine for the Hotel Metropole Ltd., Bent Street, City, last night. MR. R. C. ATKINSON, SM.,…

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Hotel Fined £100 for Meal Breach

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 5

Action of a waitress in adding two "imaginary guests" to a meal docket brought a £100 fine for the Hotel Metropole Ltd., Bent Street, City, last night…

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Hotel Fined £100 For Meal Breach

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 4

Action of a waitress in adding two "imaginary guests" to a meal docket brought a £100 fine for the Hotel Metropole…

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Three £100 Fines For Hotel Meals

The Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 3

Usher's Hotel, Hotel Sydney, and Aaron's Exchange were each fined £100 by Mr. Atkinson, SM, at a special Federal Tribunal today for charging more than the fixed price…

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Hotels Fined £100 for Overcharging

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

Ushers Metropolitan Hotel Ltd., Castlereagh Street, City, the Hotel Sydney, Hay Street, City, and Aarons Hotel, Gresham Street, City, were each fined £100 at a special Commonwealth Court today for…

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Hotels Fined £100 for Overcharging

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

Ushers Metropolitan Hotel Ltd., Castlereagh Street, City, the Hotel Sydney, Hay Street, City, and Aarons Hotel, Gresham Street, City, were each fined £100 at a special Commonwealth Court today for…

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Soldier for Trial on Hotel Robbery Charge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 7

WHEN Miss Eva Margaret Wood, housekeeper at the King's Hotel, King and Pitt Street, City, returned to her room at 6.15 p.m. on October…

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Hotels Fined £100 for Overcharging

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

Ushers Metropolitan Hotel Ltd., Castlereagh Street, City, the Hotel Sydney, Hay Street, City, and Aarons Hotel, Gresham Street, City, were each fined £100 at a special Commonwealth Court today for…

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Hotels Fined £100 for Overcharging

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

Ushers Metropolitan Hotel Ltd., Castlereagh Street, City, and the Hotel Sydney, Hay Street, City, were each fined £100 at a special Commonwealth Court today for having overcharged for a meal…

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Three Hotels Fined £100 Each Over Meal Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 7

At a special Federal Tribunal yesterday, three city hotels were each fined £100, and a hotel manager was fined £20, by Mr…

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Three Sydney Hotels Fined £100 for Meal Overcharging

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 11

Three Sydney hotels were each fined £100 at a special Commonwealth Court yesterday for having charged more than the fixed price for meals…

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Hotel Besieged for Bottle Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 5

Crowds besieged the Hotel Manly, Manly, today when for the first time in months hundreds of dozens of bottled beer…

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Hotel Besieged for Bottle Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 November 1943 · page 5

Crowds besieged the Hotel Manly, Manly, today when for the first time in months hundreds of dozens of bottled beer…

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Publican Sent To Gaol For £2-10 Whisky

The Sun · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 3

For charging £2 10s for a bottle of Australian whisky Lionel Augustine Dempsey, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Pyrmont, was sentenced today to one month's hard labor…

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Publican Gaoled Forovercharging

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 3

At the Water Police Court today, Lionel Augustus Dempsey, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Harris and John Streets, Pyrrnont was sentenced by a special Federal Tribunal to a month's gaol for selling a bottle…

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