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Hotels & licensing, 1944

1,004 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 51

Publican Fined For Closing Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 5

"A hotelkeeper was fined £5 at the Licensing Court yesterday for having failed to keep his hotel bars open between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m…

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Hotels' Bottled Beer Racket Customs Officials Search Cellars For Hidden Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 5

Customs officials found Huge stocks of bottled beer when they visited some hotels yesterday. At one hotel they found dozens of bottles of…

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Raids Made on 100 More Hotels Beer. Racketeering Check Customs Men Swoop Again

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

FLYING squads of Customs officers again swooped on hotels today in continuation of the most extensive liquor check-up yet made…

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Raids On 100 More Hotels

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

Driving further afield in an effort to embrace the whole of the Metropolitan area in the most intensive liquor check up yet, flying squads of Customs officers swooped again on…

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Raids On 100 More Hotels

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

Driving further afield in an effort to embrace the whole of the Metropolitan area, in the most intensive liquor check up yet, flying squads of Customs officers swooped again on…

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Raids Made on 100 More Hotels Beer Racketeering Check Customs Men Swoop Again

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

FLYING squads of Customs officers again swooped on hotels today in continuation of the most extensive liquor check-up yet made…

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Raids Made on lOO More Hotels Beer Racketeering Check Customs Men Swoop Again

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

FLYING squads of Customs officers again swooped on hotels today in continuation of the most extensive liquor check-up yet made…

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Raids Made on 100 More Hotels Beer Racketeering Check Customs Men Swoop Again

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 December 1944 · page 2

FLYING squads of Customs officers again swooped on hotels today in continuation of the most extensive liquor check-up yet made…

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Hotels Sell Bottled Beer As Customs Raids Go on

The Sun · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 3

All hotels in Sydney had practically sold out of bottled beer, said a Customs Department spokesman today. He said that raids would continue, and that officals, who left Sydney early today by car, were now visiting Newcastle hotels. Hotels in Manly, Balmain and Redfern…

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Licensee, Barmaid Had Forgotten Price of Beer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 5

Neither the barmaid nor the licensee of a hotel visited by Customs officers yesterday knew the proper price of bottled beer. Customs officers entered a…

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More Raids Today on Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 2

It was announced today that prosecutions will be launched against a number of publicans following visits…

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More Raids Today on Hotels

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 2

It was announced today that prosecutions will be launched against a number of publicans following visits…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 5

Two transfers of hotel licences were granted by Mr. Wells, L.M., in the Metropolitan Licensing Court. They were:—Arthur John Garlick,…

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Customs Check 100 More Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 5

About 20 Customs officers, working in twos and threes, visited another 100 hotels yesterday, extending their range to the outer suburbs in the campaign to ensure that bottled beer reaches the public instead…

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Bogus Customs Men "Raid" Hotels Bona-fide Campaign Extends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 4

A Customs Department spokesman said yesterday that men had been announcing themselves to publicans as Customs officers and inviting others in the bar to order bottles of beer…

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Hotel Provides Free Xmas Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 5

Beer was flowing freely at the Arena Hotel, Riley St., Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, and the customers did not even…

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Hotel Provides Free Xmas Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 5

Beer was flowing freely at the Arena Hotel, Riley St., Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, and the customers did not even…

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Publican Granted Bail

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 15

NELSON BUCHANAN GRINDAL, licensee of the Observer Hotel, George St. North, who is under committal for trial on a charge of…

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Hotel Provides Free Xmas Beer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 December 1944 · page 5

Beer was flowing freely at the Arena Hotel, Riley St., Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, and the customers did not even…

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Hotels Withheld Bottled Beer, Says K C.--6 Charged

The Sun · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 3

"These are prosecutions against hotel licensees for refusing to sell bottled beer on demand" said Mr Dovey, KC (for the Crown) when six hotelkeepers were charged at the Special Federal Court today. The present beer shortage…

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