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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 60

Inferior Gin Many Would Drink It Licensee Fined £10

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

There are some thirsty souls, apparently, who do not object to drinking gin, even if it is below standard quality…

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Broadcast Licenses Companies Claim £64,261

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Before the Commonwealth Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts a claim by "A" class broadcasting…

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£130 a Mile in License Fees? What 'Buses Pay; Motors v. Trains

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 5

For each mile of roadway over which it operates, the biggest 'bus organisation in Sydney pays £130…

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Preferred Gaol to Losing License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

"I WOULD, sooner do time than have my license taken away!" cried John Fitzgerald, a youth, yesterday at Manly Court…

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Licenses Granted

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Fairfield Council has granted the following applications for licenses: A. E. Eddison, T. R. Edwards, J. Morris (barbers); W. E. Short(fish…

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Piggery License

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

M. Sutton applied to Cabra-Vale Council for a license for a pigger at Canley Vale, enclosing references. The inspector reported against…

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Hotels Well-kept

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

At Liverpool Court this Thursday morning the licensing inspector reported that all hotels within the Liverpool district were well-conducted…

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Not Hotel Licensee

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

Owing to a clerical error in a report at a case at the Hornsby Court or Thursday. It was stated that Thomas McInery was an hotel licensee who…

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ROOM 66 Case Mother Slan for Insurance Crawn Allegation Strangling Story Body Found in Fire at Hotel London [?]

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

THAT Henry For had been guilty of the debts rate a[?] carefully planned number of his own mother. [?] had insured for a total of £[?]000 was the ass[?] of the Crown prescriber [?]…

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Fire Destroys Hotel. Balranald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

A fire this morning destroyed the Royal Hotel, Hatfield, owned by Mr. William Merrett, Ba[?]ranald. The back shed, containing stores, was partly saved…

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"Army" Has Not Bought Manly Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2

Rumors that the Hotel Pacific. Manly, had been sold to the Salvation Army were denied yesterday…

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Coogee Bay Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 22

List of guests staying at the above hotel: Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Miss Norton, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Asprey and child, Mr. and Mrs. Rogan and son, Mrs, Pyutt. Mr. J. Pyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Abrahams,…

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Choking Fumes Cylinder Bursts in City Hotel Two in Hospital Naked Man Rushes Into Street

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

TWO men bought for their lives against blinding cho[?]ing ammonia fu[?]nes when a 300lb cylinder burst in the engine-room of the Wentworth Hotel to-day. A third man missed being trapped by a couple of minutes. One of…

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Angora Rabbits. Demand for Withdrawal of Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 9

BATHURST.—At a meeting of the local P.P. Board the chairman (Mr. R. C. Webb) said that, in view of newspaper statements, in which the Minister for Agriculture had…

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Free Labor? for "Buck" Hotels Plan Mooted Early Decision Likely Maitland

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 12

The miners are endeavoring to make unbearable the lives of police quartered in the hotels. All tradespeople in Cessnock are…

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Dull Roar Ammonia Tube Explodes Wentworth Hotel Staff Driven Out

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 13

A muffled explosion in the basement of the Wentworth Hotel about 10.30 a.m. to-day startled the occupants of the…

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Hotel Disturbed Australia and P.e

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 12

THE management of the Australia Hotel, Ltd., having complained that certain operations, which were being carried on at the Prince Edward…

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Armed Man in City Hotel Shock for Woman

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

MRS. Ethel Trautwein, who lives at the North Star Hotel. Pitt and Liverpool streets, City, had a sensational experience yesterday, when she…

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Ammonia Explosion. In City Hotel. Two Men Overcome by Fumes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 11

Two men were overcome by the fumes, and the staff was forced to run into the street, when a pipe conveying ammonia exploded in the Wentworth Hotel, Church Hill,…

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Gun Point Burglar Checks Woman Quick Escape Found in Hotel Room

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 21

"If you squeal, I'll shoot." This was the way a thief spoke to Mrs. Ethel Trautwein, who is staying at the North Star Hotel, corner of…

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