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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 60

Mr. Stevens Heard Publicans

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 2

Mr. Stevens State Treasurer, and a prohibitionist, yesterday heard the views of the. U.L.V.A., members of which do not like the Government's…

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Canberra Hotel. Leased to Private Enterprise. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 14

For some time the Federal Government has been endeavouring to let by tender the Hotel Ainslie, the Hotel Wellington, and Canberra House, formerly the residence of Sir John…

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Hotel Ainslie Leased Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 1

The Government has decided to lease the Hotel Ainslie to F. M. Parer of Caulfield, Melbourne, for 10 years at £1352 per annum…

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F.C. Hotels Leased Private Enterprise Replaces Govt. Control

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 May 1930 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--A Melbourne licensee, Mr. F. M. Parer, has secured the lease of the Hotel Ainslie--on which the…

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Hotel Ban Lifted Cessnock

The Sun · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 16

Aberdare Extended, one of the largest miners' lodges in the South Maitland field, has lifted the "black" ban imposed on hotels some months ago…

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Struck Hand That Helped Him Hotel Burglar's Ingratitude Youth Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 1

Discovering a man in his room last night, Glen Mohr, 19, son of the licensee of the Occidental Hotel, Erskine Street,…

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Rising Above Things Earthly Mrs. Venour Nathan's Latest Hobby--A Pilot's License Soon--Daly Girls' Color Charm--Third Sister Marries

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 16

Slim and striking in tweed of huntsman's green, with a slick little toque to match, I saw Mrs. Venour Nathan, of Bowral, making her way towards the Australia. Mrs. Nathan, who, a few years ago, made dancing her…

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Banned Hotels. Embargo Removed at Cessnock Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 12

With the lifting of the "black" ban from Cessnock hotels by Aberdare Extended Miners Lodge, practically all Cessnock miners are now able to have a drink without the risk…

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"Books" Lose Licenses A.j.c.'s Move Employed Runners Report of Committee

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

At the A.J.C. committee meeting yesterday two saddling paddock bookmakers and a bookmakers' clerk attended, and their…

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Licensee Fined. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 16

At the local police court, J. T. Mellor, licensee of the Australian Hotel, was fined £5 and 8/ costs, in default one month's hard labour, for selling liquor after hours. A charge…

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Hotel Set on Fire

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 3

Toowoomba, Saturday. -- After inquiring into a fire which broke out in Mulholland's Hotel, Jandowae, on March 20, the magistrate found that…

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Objected to License

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 29

COWRA, Saturday.--Mr. Rex Norman, of Canowindra, an ex-interstate cricketer, and coaeh of the Canowindra Football Club, was granted a…

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Women As Air Mail Pilots? Eight Win Pilot's License

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 33

A decade ago everyone gaped at the spectacle of a woman driving a car. To-day there are nearly 50,000 licensed women drivers in…

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Hotel Fire. Signs of Incendiarism. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 12

What is believed to have been a deliberate attempt to set fire to the Herberton Hotel, Herberton, was frustrated by the prompt action of a commercial traveller in the hotel…

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Hotel Arson Cairns

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 11

Police are investigating the deliberate attempt to destroy the Herberton Hotel, Herberton, made during Sunday night…

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£100,000 More New Liquor License Fees Bill This Week

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 11

To make a final appeal for modification of the proposal to increase license fees from 5 to 6 per cent., representatives of the liquor trade made another…

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Sunday Drinks Hotel Must Obey the Law

Evening News · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 9

A SEQUEL to the Full Court decision that the sale of [?] by a club secretary to members on a Sunday, on club premises, was not breach of…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Interesting Questions Under Licensing Act. Ex parte Cranney, re Lindfield and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 8

Several important questions relating not merely to the conviction of a licensee, but to the power of a magistrate to proceed when forfeiture of licence might be involved, were…

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Fell From Hotel Roof During Drinking Bout

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 6

"There is not a particle of evidence to show that the deceased was not a law-abiding citizen. Like thousands of other men he at times imbibed…

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Fourteen Mannequins at the Hotel "Where Are Australians?" SHEFFIELD

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 2

Fourteen mannequins arrived at the Australians' hotel at the week-end for a fashion parade. "Where are the Australians?" was…

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