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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 60

Fell 30 Feet From Window of Hotel Man From W.a

The Sun · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 13

Slipping from the windowsill of his room on the second floor of the Great Southern Hotel, George-street, city, this…

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Woman Ends Life in Hotel Blaze Worried by Failure of Business Short Harself Another Victim of Depression Fired Curtains

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 1

Depressed and warned into a state of desperation owing to lack of business, the manageress of the Lapstone Hill Hotel, Miss…

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Deadly Detonator Mystery Explosion in Room of Hotel

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 15

BERRY, Tuesday.--An inquiry was held at Nowra to-day into the death of William John McGregor, which occurred last Friday following…

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Set Hotel Afire, Then Suicided Lapstone Manageress Ends Her Worries

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 15 October 1930 · page 4

After firing a number of rooms in the Lapstone Hotel early yesterday morning, the manageress, Miss, Vera Irene Fernandez (40) shot…

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Fell From Hotel Window Man Critically Hurt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 1

Harry Newman 54, farmer of Western Australia suffered a fractured skill and ribs when he fell soft form the window of his room on the second…

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Transport Trust. Licensing of Buses. Compulsory Insurance. Third-party Risks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 11

The Transport Trust decided yesterday that the licensees of existing motor omnibuses should be required to take out licences under the Act…

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Fracas at Hotel. Man Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 12

A young man, who was Immediately placed on the danger list upon his admission to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, was injured in a fracas outside the Landsdowne Hotel,…

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All Hotels Must Close on Polling Day

Daily Pictorial · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 5

All hotels in the State will be closed on election day, the Minister for Justice, Mr. Lee, announced yesterday…

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Sensation at City Hotel Police Save the Situation

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 9

SPECIAL police had to be rushed to the Hotel Ushtralia yesterday to cope with what at first seemed to be a riot. Hundreds of laughing and…

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Remarkable Handwriting Key to Character Lapstone Tragedy Hotel Manageress Was Unusual Woman

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 10

"IT is one of the most unusual and characteristic specimens have seen for many years. Thus remarked Mr. Kemmis, of the…

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Was Asleep in Car Publican's Son Denied That He Drove Fishing Party

Truth · Sunday 19 October 1930 · page 20

ADMITTING that he was drunk and was asleep in his car, but denying that he had driven it whilst in that condition, John Benedict Williams,…

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Police Raid Roof Garden of Randwick Hotel "Scotchmen's Hill" Denizens Were Caught and Could Not Escape

Truth · Sunday 19 October 1930 · page 21

ONE of the most sensational betting raids in the history of New South Wales was brought off yesterday afternoon when over 200 men were arrested at Mr. "Dick" Wootton's Doncaster Hotel at the corner of Doncaster Avenue and Anzac Parade,…

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Federal & State Labor Involved In Plots Against Australia 200 Arrested in Raid on Hotel Roof Charges of Betting Police in Tennis Garb

The Sun · Sunday 19 October 1930 · page 2

Four floors above the street, on the wide flat roof of the Hotel Doncaster at Kensington, more than 200 men were…

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300 Are Taken in Sydney's Biggest Starting Price Raid Hotel Roof as Rendezvous For Crowd of Bettors? Plain-clothes Men Surprise Seven Alleged "S.P." Bookies Among Hundreds Arrested

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 19 October 1930 · page 2

Australia's largest police raid, in which nearly 300 arrests were made, was carried out yesterday afternoon on the roof of the Hotel Doncaster, at Kensington…

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Betting Raid. 220 Men Arrested. on Hotel Roof

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 11

One of the most sensational and carefully-planned raids for many years took place at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, when 220 youths and men who were entrapped on…

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But He Got No Compensation Tied Houses Did Moonbi Wine Licensee

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 1

The Bavin Government has done some peculiar things in the administrative sense, but surely nothing worse from the moral…

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230 Rounded Up in S.P. RAID Police Cause Sensation at Hotel Doncaster

Daily Pictorial · Monday 20 October 1930 · page 7

Sydney's largest raid ended on Saturday in the arrest of over 200 alleged illegal bettors on the roof of the Hotel Doncaster,…

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Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted by the Licensing Court yesterday:-- Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 5

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licenses:—Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany-road and Waratah-street, Botany, from P B McCauley to S. A. Young:…

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Hotel Licensee Fined. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 14

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday Mr. Carr Boyd, the magistrate, fined Ernest Robert West, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Grafton, for having permitted drunkenness on…

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