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Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 60

Melbourne's Best Hotel Values

Evening News · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 8

Consistent with refinement Carlyon's Hotel (Opposite station, Spencer Street, no taxi fares) undoubtedly offers Melbourne's best values.Single rooms from…

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Electricians' Licensing Examination

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 17

Candidates for licenses under the Electrical Contractors' and Electricians' Licensing Act will be examined in Sydney and certain country centres on or about Tuesday, November…

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Solicitor's Death. Found Hanged in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 17

Harry Osborne Marshall, aged 64 years, a solicitor, was found hanged in a room at Usher's Hotel, Castlereagh-street, city, yesterday…

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Hanged Himself in Hotel Solicitor Was Lonely

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 5

Harry Osborne Marshall, 64, solicitor, was found dead in a room at Usher's Hotel, city, yesterday. Marshall had tied a piece of…

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Merrylands Minister License to Preach

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 3

Rev. A. Alexander, Presbyterian minister at Merrylands, received his license to preach on Thursday. The ceremony took place in the…

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Britain Must Make Next Move At Empire Tariff Preference Parley Wife Shooting Alleged Woman in Serious Condition Hotel Scene Bathurst

Evening News · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 8

THE sequel to the Bathurst South shooting last night was heard at the local court to-day, when Abraham Lazarus, 54…

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Hotel Explosion Kills Man Gelignite in Bedroom At 4 a.m. NOWRA [?]

Evening News · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 7

[?] to-day, James M Gre[?] a [?] aged [?] than 50 years suffered [?] from…

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£500 Bail Hotelkeeper Remanded Bathurst

The Sun · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 3

Abraham Lazarus, 54, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Bathurst South, again appeared before the Bathurst Police Court this morning on a charge of…

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Country News Did He Fall on Detonator? Man Dies in Explosion in Nowra Hotel

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 15

NOWRA, Friday.--A terrific explosion shook the Empire Hotel at Nowra at 3.30 this morning, and a room occupied by James McGregor…

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Resumes Riding To-day W. Duncan at Last Gets License

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Victoria's leading jockey, W. Duncan, was today granted a license by the V.R.C. He will ride at Caulfield to-morrow,…

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"Very Desperate" Drunken Man Breaks Hotel Window

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

"The defendant was very desperate. I tried to get close to him but he was going on like a wild man." John Anderson, licenses of the…

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Cricket Challenge Council and Hotel Club

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

A challenge to the aldermen to play a game of cricket at Canley Vale with the Hotel Lidcombe Social and Cricket Club was road at Lidcombe Council last…

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The State's Weakness Against Gunmen Menace How Loose Laws Help Underworld License Farce Interstate Action Needed Customs Vigil

Evening News · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 5

THE fact that Sydney is in the relentless grip of the worst type of hold-up men demands the immediate…

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Treated as "Heathens and Publicans" LONDON

The Sun · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 1

"I ask all Christian people, all church people especially, to treat these men and that woman as heathens and publicans. If they enter, the church service will stop until they go," said the Rev. E.A. Merryweather, Vicar of Pelton, Durham, in…

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Dramatic Suicide at Lapstone Hotel Manageress Caught Red Handed at Incendiarism Promptly Shot Herself Dead

Evening News · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 1

AFTER setting fire to the Lapstone Hotel, near Penrith, shortly after midnight, the manageress, Bedore Fernandez, shot herself dead in the pretence of a police officer. THERE were no guests at the hotel…

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No Wild Rush for Cup Booking in Melbourne Hotels Effect of Slump Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 3

ON present appearances, those who propose to come to Melbourne from other States for the Spring racing carnival and particularly for the…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licences:—Grosvenor Hotel, Harris-street, city, from A. P. Dryden to R. W. Perry; Lalla…

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Lapston Hotel Manageress Shot Dead; Fires in Bedrooms Midnight Scare Flames in Ten Rooms Sudden Mania Woman with Bullet in Breast

The Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 7

A determined attempt to burn down the Lapstone Hill Hotel in the early hours of this morning was followed by apparent suicide of the manageress. Miss Bedore Fernandez, aged 40…

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INCENDIARISM Followed by Suicide. at Lapstone Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 13

There were sensational happenings at the Lapstone Hotel, Glenbrook, during yesterday morning, on the eve of an important meeting of shareholders, called…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and juries.) Sale of Hotel Lease. Ryan v Freebairn and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 10

Alan Michael Ryan sued John L. Freebairn, William Freebairn, and the wife of the last-named, claiming damages of £2000, arising out of the sale by the defendants to the plaintiff…

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