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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

1,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 51

Renewal for City Publican

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

Police objection to the renewal of a hotel licence on the ground that the licensee had withheld beer from the public…

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Renewal for City Publican

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

Police objection to the renewal of a hotel licence on the ground that the licensee had withheld beer from the public…

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Licence Refused City Publican

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 2

An application for the renewal of the licence of the Bognor Hotel, Castlereagh Street, by former licensee, Victor George Mabey, was refused by Mr. Scobie, S.M., in the Licensing Court today…

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Airman Fined for S.p. Betting in Killara Hotel

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 7

FOR S.P. betting in the public bar of the Green Gate Hotel, Killara, on May 13, Arthur Hodges, airman, was fined £20 at North Sydney court…

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Publican Called "Avaricious"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 7

A hotelkeeper who withheld beer from his public and saloon bars, and sold it at an increased price in the lounge bar, was…

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Allegations Of Hotel Assault

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

Florrie Moore (50), single, residential - keeper, of Crown Street, East Sydney, who was charged at the Quarter Sessions…

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Allegations Of Hotel Assault

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

Florrie Moore (50), single residential - keeper, of Crown Street, East Sydney, who was charged at the Quarter Sessions…

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Allegations Of Hotel Assault

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

Florrie Moore (50), single, residential - keeper, of Crown Street, East Sydney, who was charged at the Quarter Sessions…

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Alleged Prices Breach Former Licensee Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 4

William John Zietsch, formerly licensee of the Australian Hotel, South Grafton, pleaded not guilty to three charges in the…

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Hotelkeeper "Avaricious" Beer in Lounge, Not in Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

An unreasonable proportion of beer was kept for sale in the lounge, indicating that the licensee was greedy, avaricious,…

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Licensee and Barmaid Fined

The Sun · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 3

Robert Theodore Hunt, licensee of the Sir John Young Hotel, George-street, city, was fined £50, and Lydia Cooper, barmaid,…

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Drink Bought for U.s. Airmen "Sold to Hotels"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 10

Cases of brandy and gin which a Sydney spirit merchant had bought for the U.S. Fifth Bomber Command, were sold to hotelkeepers at black-market prices, the Crown alleged…

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Licensee Fined for Receiving

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER MACKAY (48), licensee of the Bald Rock Hotel, Balmain, was fined £10 at Balmain Court today on a charge…

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Licensee Fined for Receiving

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER MACKAY (48), licensee of the. Bald Rock Hotel, Balmain, was fined £10: at Balmain Court today on a charge…

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Wine License Sought Police Oppose Orchardist's Application

The Biz · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 4

The Full [?] Bench—Mr. Scoble (chairman), Mr. [?] and Mr. We[?]— sat at Liverpool on Tuesday, to hear an applciation by William Charles Ireland,…

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Pigs and the Men Who Breed Them British Breeders Stress Need For Boar Licensing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

A RESOLUTION advocating the immediate adoption of measures for boar licensing was [?] passed a the…

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83 Women in Hotel Check-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 5

As a result of manpower cheeks on three King's Gross hotels yesterday, 83 women were instructed to report to the Women's…

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Man-power Men Raid Hotels Women Questioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 4

Man-power officers yesterday afternoon resumed their, raids on city hotels and instructed a number of women found in the…

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Reilly Sent for Trial: Hotel Case

Truth · Sunday 21 May 1944 · page 19

A struggle which he alleged he saw between James Andrew McCleay McQuade, the licensee, and Richard Reilly, 35, electrician, on the…

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Hotel Fight

Truth · Sunday 21 May 1944 · page 18

TWO men were injured during a disturbance in a room at Mac's Private Hotel, Pitt Street, City, late yesterday afternoon. Meet charming PATRICIA FIRMAN—and you'll agree she certainly has a warming smile—who is to appear in "The Wind…

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