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Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 60

Fell Down Hotel Steps

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 7

Falling down steps at the Surrey Hotel, King Street, yesterday. Edmond Reagon, 54, of Davies Road, Bankstown fractured his right leg…

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Heavier Fees Hotelkeepers Hit Had to Pay Up

The Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1930 · page 13

Hotelkeepers who purchased large stocks of imported liquor some months ago in anticipation of tariff increases were hit by heavier licence fees, which…

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Wealthy Guest Who Souvenired A Bath Mat "Taking" Ways at Sydney Hotels

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 3

CHICAGO hotel managers say they lose thousands of pounds' worth of goods a year, because souvenir-hunters have a habit of…

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Fewer Beer Drinkers Publicans Complain of Lost Trade

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 3

HERE is news that should make Rev. R. B. S. Hammond glad-- the complaint of Sydney hotel-keepers that beer and spirit drinkers are…

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Hotel Sydney Reduced Dividend Rate

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 14

Last April the directors of Hotel Sydney decided to discontinue payment of quarterly dividends. Interim declaration for the…

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Hotel Sydney Reduce Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 15

The half yearly dividend of Hotel Sydney, Ltd., for the period ended June 30, is at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. This is a reduction of 2 per cent. per annum, dividends…

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Trying It Out But He Had No License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 2

Yan Wah, a Chinese gardener, contemplated the purchase of an old Citroen car from at man at Castle Hill. He was testing the ear when Sergeant…

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In Their Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 11

New Zealand Rugby League players who are expected to give a spectacular exhibition in the N.Z. N.S.W. match on Saturday…

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Man Found Dead. Fire in Hotel Bedroom. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 12

Murdock Smith, 38, an employee of the Metropolitan Board of Works, was found severely burned and lying on the floor dead in the bedroom of an hotel in King-street…

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Leadville Hotel. Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 14

The chairman of the State Licensing Bench (Mr. Adrian), at the Gulgong Licensing Court, ordered the building of new premises for the Mr. Stewart Hotel at Leadville. The local…

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Railway Hotel. Fairfield

The Biz · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 8

In this issue Mr. Roy Sims, proprietor of the Railway Hotel, Pairfield, joins our list of regular advertisers, thus giving support and…

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Treats Guests Gently New York Giant Motor Hotel

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 5 July 1930 · page 19

Known as a "motor hotel," a 24-floor parking station has been opened in New York. WHEN a motorist wishes to park…

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To Suppress Betting in S.A. Hotels

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 5 July 1930 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Parliamentary draughtsmen are working on a bill to provide for the licensing of bookmakers in South Australia…

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Hotel Savoy More Capital Needed

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 5 July 1930 · page 14

Hotel Savoy, Ltd., needs more capital, and shareholders were recently asked if they would be prepared to subscribe to an issue of…

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Pilot's License at 60 LONDON

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 1

MR. GRIFFITH BREWER, now 60 years of age, a pioneer in aviation and a balloonist, who formerly represented the Wright Brothers as patent agent in…

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Fell in Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 7

Falling down a flight of stairs at a Pitt-st., hotel, to-day, Walter Gardiner, 62, of the Convalescent Home, Eastwood, suffered a fracture of the right leg. He…

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Claim Concerning Hotel. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 15

Before Mr. Justice Webb, in the Supreme Court, the hearing of a case was concluded in which Lewis Charles Christensen, labourer, of Olive-street, Paddington, Sydney, claimed…

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Bookmakers. to Be Licensed in South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 17

A bill for the legalisation of bookmakers has been drafted for the consideration of the Cabinet. The bill will permit the licensing of bookmakers to operate on metropolitan courses,…

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Betting in Hotels. Information Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 10

Before Mr. McMahon, S.M., at North Sydney Court yesterday, George Parker was charged under Section 42 of the Gaming and Betting Act with using the bar of the Railway…

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Motorists Are Shy N.S.W. Registrations and Licenses Drop

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 9 July 1930 · page 5

The economic pinch has been felt among Australian motorists. Adelaide reports that about 40,000 motor-drivers' licenses were not…

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