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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1944

1,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 51

Actor-publican on Assault Charge

Truth · Sunday 3 September 1944 · page 9

SHIELDED behind the magisterial bench, pretty Mrs…

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Famous Old Botany Hotel to Be Sold

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 September 1944 · page 4

The old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel at Botany, scene of Sydney's first zoo and later a well-known sporting centre, will be sold by auction on September 15. It is part of the estate of…

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Another Protest About Publicans

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 5

Health inspectors usually were too well-known to hotel-keepers, who were on the alert when official visits were made,…

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Another Protest About Publicans

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 5

Health inspectors usually were too well-known to hotel-keepers, who were on the alert when official visits were made…

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"Shocking Happenings in Hotels" Letters of Protest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 8

Health inspectors usually were too well known to hotel-keepers, who were on the alert when official visits were made, the…

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City Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 4

Slight damage was done to fittings in the kitchen and dining-room of Adams (Tattersall's) Hotel, in Pitt Street last night, when a fire occured…

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Many Sleep At Hotels On Border

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 5

Albury hotels are packed out with people who stay overnight to avoid travelling long…

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Beer Flows All Day in Hay Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1944 · page 9

HAY, Wednesday.--At last B have found a town where hotelkeepers keep their bars open call day, drunks are unknown, and tradespeople are honest and polite…

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Hotel Bar Not Defined

The Sun · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

Stating that the NSW Liquor Act contained no definition of a bar, Mr. Wells, SM, in the Licensing Court today, dismissed…

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Hotel Safe Carried Off

The Sun · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 3

A safe bolted to the office floor, was stolen from the Family Hotel. Built, last night. It contained £250, Including…

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Servery in Hotel Not Bar,says S.m

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 2

"THE word 'bar' is not defined in the N.S.W. Liquor Act, and I cannot find that this servery is a bar." said Mr. Wells. S.M., at the…

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Servery in Hotel Not Bar, Says S.m

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 September 1944 · page 2

"THE word 'bar' is not defined in A the N.S.W. Liquor Act, and I cannot find that this servery is a bar." said Mr. Wells. S.M.. at the…

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Hotels May Be Ashed To Close On Armistice Day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 7

Hotels and club bars may be asked to close on the day the European armistice is announced, a Government official said last night. The official said every effort…

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Publican's Wife Punched Thief

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 2

A man who seized a jug filled with 2s pieces from a bar counter in the Parramatta Hotel and attempted to escape…

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Theft From Hotel Anzac House Function

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1944 · page 1

After a function at Furlong's Hotel, Auburn, on September 6, in aid of Anzac House, certain articles were missing…

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Hotel Pledge for Armistice

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 4

President of New South Wales U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. Connolly) said today that the association had assured the Federal…

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Hotel Pledge for Armistice

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 4

President of New South Wales U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. Connolly) said today that the association had assured the Federal…

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Hotel Pledge for Armistice

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 4

President of New South Wales U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. Connolly) said today that the association had assured the Federal…

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Hotel Pledge for Armistice

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 September 1944 · page 4

President of New South Wales U.L.V.A. (Mr. N. Connolly) said today that the association had assured the Federal…

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Sir Joseph Banks Hotel—Site of First Sydney Zoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 September 1944 · page 7

THE announcement that the "historic property, formerly the old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel" at Botany, was auctioned…

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