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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1945

741 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 38

Licensee's Near Miss

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON. Saturday. -- When a flying bomb crashed in Southern England recently it destroyed a hotel, blowing the leg off the licensee's…

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Mallee Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 6

Mallee Hotels Ltd., Victoria, earned net profit of £2,519 for 1944, compared with £2,378 for 1943. Dividend is again 5 per cent., requiring…

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Hotel Abuses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

For years the public in New South Wales has been made to suffer because the sale of beer ranks far higher than the provision of meals…

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Italian Prisoners in Hotels Lismore R.S.L. Complains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 3

LISMORE, Friday.—Italian prisoners of war employed at local farms had been seen drinking in local hotels,…

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Women's Rights In Hotels

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 16

PERTH, Saturday.—George Russell Thompson, once Australian heavyweight boxing champion and now licensee of the Newmarket Hotel, Fremantle, was fined £10 at the Fremantle Court this week for refusing to serve drink to a woman. THE Magistrate (Mr. Read)…

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Hotels or beer-shops?

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 4

MEMBERS of the State Parliament are reported as being perturbed by growing resentment among their constituents of conditions in the liquor trade…

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N.r.m.a. Seeks Evidence on Bad Hotel Services

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 9

Evidence for prosecution of hotel licensees who do not provide adequate board and lodging is sought by the National Roads and Motorists' Association. The N.R.M.A. yesterday…

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"Intended to Break Into Hotel" Early Morning Arrest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 1

Patrolling Church Street, Parramatta, at 3 a.m. on February 10, Sgt. Wells, Sergeant Wilson, and Constable Scorer saw a man come out of the…

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Bottled Beer for Guests Says Hotel Manly Manager

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

The bar manager of the Hotel Manly told Customs officers that he had sold no bottled beer from the bottle department since 1943, according to evidence in the Special Federal Court today. Frederick Deaton pleaded not…

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Investigation Into Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

A clean-up of country hotels which opened their bars only for about an hour a day was demanded in the Legislative…

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Investigation Into Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

A clean-up of country hotels which opened their bars only for about an hour a day was demanded in the Legislative…

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Investigation Into Hotels

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

A clean-up of country hotels which opened their bars only for about an hour a day was demanded in the Legislative…

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U.n.r.r.a. Conference Begins Work at Lapstone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 3

DR. TSIANG TING-FU, chairman of the U.N.R.R.A Far East Council, addressing the council's committee at the opening of the U.N.R.R.A. Conference at Lapstone Hotel yesterday. Seated at table, from left: Dr. M. L. Tuan (China), Dr. B. Eliacheff (France), Sir Raghunath Paranjpye (India), Mr. P. A. Kerstens (Netherlands), Mr. J. Dedman (Australia), Dr. H. V. Evatt (Australia), Mr. E. G…

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Cosmopolitan Party At Lapstone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

LAPSTONE, Friday.--Most cosmopolitan cocktail party ever held in Australia was given by U.N.R.R.A. Far East Council chairman (Dr. Tsiang Ting-fu) on Lapstone Hotel lawn today…

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Hotel reform "urgent"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 6

Immediate and drastic liquor reforms should be introduced by the Government, Mr. A. Landa, M.L.A. (Lab., Bondi),…

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Publican Fined For Liquor Deal

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

A publican who supplied liquor for an unregistered club was fined £20 at the Licensing Court…

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50-50 Longer Hotel Hours Opposed Letterettes in Fifty Words Guzzling

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 13

I hope we never see the hotels opened longer than now. I see Mr. Landa and Senator Keane are trying to bring this…

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Musicians Buy Hotel For Home

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

Unable to buy or rent a suitable home in Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. Lauri Kennedy, well-known musicians, have purchased…

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Publican Loses Driving Licence

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

Pleading guilty in the Paddington Court today to a charge of driving a motor car while under the influence of liquor,…

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More Potato Meals Likely in Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A request to hotels and boarding houses to serve more potatoes will probably be made this week by food control officials. Housewives will also be asked…

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