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Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 38

Hotel Reform

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

Sir,—Much has been published about reform in our liquor laws, and Mr. Mckell his, according to his own statement, sent inspectors to country districts and will…

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Jockey, Trainer Re-licensed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 6

The jockey R. Parsons had his licence restored by the A.J.C. committee yesterday. The trainer A. R. Morrisby, who…

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Hotel Darwin Loss!

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 6

A loss of £ 1,376 shown by Hotel Darwin. Ltd., for 1944. follows a loss Of £2.345 for 1943. Most of the loss represents provision for interest on the…

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Minister denies hotels ordered to close Victory Day

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 5

When victory has been won in Europe, New South Wales hotels will close for 48 hours, although no Government order has been issued for them to do so. Justice Minister Downing…

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Inspector warns on hotel meals

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 8

Hotelkeepers found refusing to supply meals and accommodation to legitimate travellers would be prosecuted…

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TODAY: Australia Wanted to run their own hotels Today's Sydney Office

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 19

Sick to death of the daily 6 p.m. "guzzle," residents of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area were demanding their own…

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Demand To Open Hotels On V-Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 10

Public demands were made in Sydney for the opening of hotels on V- Day…

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Hotels Must Give Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 5

Metropolitan hotelkeepers who did not recognise their responsibilities in providing meals and accommodation for the public…

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Hotel Darwin, Ltd

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 13

Following a loss of £2345 for 1943, Hotel Darwin Ltd. recorded a -loss of £1376 for 1944, most of this representing provision for interest on the…

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Licensees On 'Carpet'

The Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 5

Hotelkeepers who have broken the law during the past year will have to explain their conduct to the Metropolitan…

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Hotel Accommodation Licensee Fined for Refusal Military Occupation and Staff Difficulties

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 1

WHILST recognising that the defendant had difficulties to contend with owing to army occupation of premises, Mr. G. Berry,…

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£1200 Robbery From N.Z. Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--About £1200 in cash and cheques was stolen last night from the main safe in the office of the Royal…

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Army Guns in Murders, Weapons Sold in Hotels

The Sun · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 3

service revolvers had been used in nine murders in NSW in the past two years, a high police officer said today, when urging harsher penalties for persons found with illegal firearms…

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Court Told Publican Is 16 Doz.-Bottle Man

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 5

A King St. publican, according to evidence given at the Special Federal Court today, told a Customs, Officer on December 28 that he could drink 16 dozen bottles of beer himself and that it would not take him…

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No Blackmarket Beer In Community Hotels

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 11

RECENT agitation by the citizens of Leeton, on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, for a community-owned hotel was inspired by the success of similar ventures in Renmark, Berri and Barmera, fruit-growing centres on the Murray River in South Australia. Each of these towns has an hotel controlled by a trust, elected by public…

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Wharf boycott plan to force Saturday opening on hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 April 1945 · page 10

Waterfront workers may boycott certain Balmain hotels to force them to open during trading hours on Saturdays. The boycott also aims to stop…

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Will Hove to Explain Conduct. Hotel Licensees' Obligations

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

Metropolitan hotelkeepers who did not recognise their responsibilities in providing meals and accommodation to…

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Drink Upright, Say Hotel Men

The Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. -- Popular preference is for vertical drinking at a bar rather than "flat out" drinking at…

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Two Men Shot Dead in Hotel Bar After Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 1

Two men were shot dead in the bar of the Sunbeam Hotel, Albion Street, Surry Hills, shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday. Police were told that a soldier was knocked down in a fight. As he lay on the floor three shots were fired, killing both men almost instantly…

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Publicans' Big Day

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 10

THE liquor law is still flouted by the fact that we never get "dry" middies on Saturday mornings. On inquiring I was told by the publican…

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