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Hotels & licensing, 1944

1,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 51

Publican's False Taxation Return

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 2

WHEN Leslie Howard Ritchie, hotelkeeper, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandringham, pleaded guilty at the Central Summons Court today to…

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Loud Leichhardt Laughter at Clean Hotels Assurance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 5

A letter from the Sydney Town Clerk (Mr. Roy Hendy) stating that "strict attention" was always paid by city health officers to the manner in which liquor was served in hotels, was greeted with uproarious laughter at…

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Publican's False Taxation Return

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 2

WHEN Leslie Howard Ritchie, hotel-keeper, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandringham, pleaded guilty at the Central Summons Court today to…

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Loud Leichhardt Laughter at Clean Hotels Assurance

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 5

A letter from the Sydney Town Clerk (Mr. Roy Hendy) stating that "strict attention" was always paid by city health officers to the manner in which liquor was served . in hotels, was greeted with uproarious laughter at…

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Hotel Renewals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 5

Provision of £8,000 for deferred repairs and renewals by Hotel Metropole, Ltd., was now necessary because of the use made of the building, the…

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Further Rise in Hotel Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 12

During the year ended June 30 last 175,206 persons were accommodated at the Hotel Metropole. The chairman (Mr. O. W. Ewan)…

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Prisoners in Hotel for 4 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--The Germans kept 150 British civilians prisoner in a Paris hotel for four years…

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Foodless hotels blacklisted by N.R.M.A.

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 August 1944 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is compiling a black-list of country hotelkeepers who are making no effort to provide meals and accommodation for the public…

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Licensee-Actor Sued By Barmaid

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 3

Donald McNiven, licensee of the Hotel Victoria, George Street, City, and an actor in Minerva Theatre shows, was proceeded against in Central Summons Court today by a former barmaid at his hotel, Barbara…

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Licensee-Actor Sued By Barmaid

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 3

Donald McNiven, licensee of the Hotel Victoria, George Street, City, and an actor in Minerva Theatre shows, was proceeded against in Central Summons Court today by a former barmaid at his hotel, Barbara…

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Hotel After Hours Charges Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 August 1944 · page 4

"THEIR story is not improbable and not unreasonable," said Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the Licensing Court today, when he dismissed charges…

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Punched Hotel Door and Broke Glass

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 1

After he had been removed from the Royal Hotel, Auburn, on August 22, Luke Tallon (40) asked the manager to sell him a bottle of wine…

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How Black Market Gets Its Supplies Of Liquor Hotels Blamed By Police

The Sun · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

A police officer said today that there was no doubt many licensees were aiding black marketeers by supplying them with liquor. The president of the ULVA…

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Wheat Board Man Brands Licensed Receivers’ Rackets

Tribune · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 8

Licensed receivers—middlemen who batten on the wheat farmers and can wield influence even with Cabinet Ministers—were strongly attacked by Australian Wheat Board Member, J. Cavanagh, at the Wheatgrowers’ Union annual conference in Gunnedah…

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Ex-star Found Bashed in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 1

NEWYORK, Thursday. -- The former film actress, Louise Stanley, was found battered unconscious in a. room in the swanky Fifth Avenue…

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Ex-star Found Bashed in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- The former film actress, Louise Stanley, was found battered unconscious in a room in the swanky Fifth Avenue…

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Ex-star Found Bashed in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- The former film actress, Louise Stanley. was found battered unconscious in a room m the swanky Fifth Avenue…

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Ex-star Found Bashed in Hotel

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- The former film actress, Louise Stanley, was found' battered unconscious in a room in the swanky Fifth Avenua…

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Expiring Petrol Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 14

THE N.R.M.A. reports that the bulk of petrol licenses for business cars will have been filled up at the end of the August, and for private cars…

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Australia Hotel Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 12

Mr. H. M. Douglass has been appointed to the board of Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., in place of Mr. W. Douglass, who has resigned owing to ill-health…

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