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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 60

Five Fined Caught in Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 1

As the result of their having been found on licensed premises—the Cross Roads Hotel—without lawful excuse during prohibited hours, Edward…

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Bookmaker's Slips Raid on Hotel

The Sun · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 7

An admission that he was acting as a bookmaker on the roof of the Hotel Doncaster at Kensington on October 18 was made by Roy Johns…

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Doncaster Hotel Raid. Nine Defendants Found Guilty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 11

The hearing of the charges ailsing out of the police raid on the Doncastei Hotel Kensington on October 18 last when 221 men were arrested was concluded at the Central…

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£210 Haul Perth Publican Held Up "We Are Desperate" Fremantle

The Sun · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 8

Two masked bandits last night held up Roy Fiveash, licensee of the Norwood Hotel, in Lord-street, Perth, with a revolver…

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Publican Must Pay Domestic

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 8

Mona Roach, of Hewitt Street, Dulwich Hill, was the complainant in a case before the Chiefs Industrial Magistrate, Mr. Prior, yesterday, in a case…

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Fines Total £240 Hotel Doncaster Raid

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 8

The nine men charged. as a result of a police raid on the Hotel Doncaster, Kensington. on October 18, were each convicted by. Mr. Fletcher…

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At "The Settling" Doncaster Raid. -- Licensee and Bettors Fined

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 7

THE last echo of the big police raid on the Doncaster Hotel, Kensington, on October 18, was heard at the Central Police Court yesterday,…

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Armed Men Rob Hotelkeeper. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 13

Two armed and masked men entered the Norwood Hotel, in Lord-street, Perth, last light and bailed up the licensee, Roy Flveash, and robbed him of £200…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 9

The Licensing Court has granted the following hotel transfers:—Tooth and Co., Ltd. (owners in possession to the exclusion of the licensee, James William Sweeney), to Denis…

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Met Him in Hotel Stole Her Bag Jury Said He Did So Under Provocation

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 6

A JURY returning verdict at Darlinghurst. Sessions yesterday, found an accused guilty of common assault against a young married…

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Police Molested in Hotel "Crowd Kicking and Punching at Us" Footballer Arrested on Betting Charge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 4

The disturbance arising from the arrest of a man on a charge of street betting at Lidcombe had its sequel at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday. Police described how they were molested by a hostile crowd in the Lidcombe Hotel. One constable, it was stated, was knocked down and kicked…

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Publican Is Among Gang Charged Big Sum Involved Say Police City Firm's Loss

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 1

After over a month's work, detectives last night arrested seven men on charges of stealing from a well-known Clarence Street firm…

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Hotel Accident

Evening News · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 8

Falling eight feet from a ladder at a Kent-st hotel to-day. Dennis M'Grath 53. suffered a fracture of the skull He was taken by the Central Ambulance to…

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"Pony" Men Licensed by A.J.C. 20 Trainers--18 Jockeys

Daily Pictorial · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 20

Twenty trainers and 18 jockeys, who have crossed from the "ponies," were licensed yesterday by the committee of the A.J.C. as from and…

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Bit Him Attack on Sergeant Severe Injuries Struggle Outside Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 16 November 1930 · page 2

A maniacal attack was made on Sergeant Wiblin, of the Bankstown police, outside an hotel in Chapel road, Bankstown…

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War on Dirty Shops Licenses Suggested By S.M.

Evening News · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 8

LEGISLATION to provide that suppliers of food be licensed, and that the license bf forfeited after a first conviction for dirty premises, was suggested by…

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Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 8

The Licensing Court granted the following applications for the removal of publican licenses yesterday:-- Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Windmill…

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Australian Luxuries and Sir Otto "Judged Us by the Big Hotels" Ms.P. Stirred Canberra

Evening News · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 7

SIR OTTO NIEMEYER'S opinion that Australian city life is much too [?], caused a good deal of comment in…

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Licensing of S.p. Shops Objections Are Raised

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 4

Although the matter has not been considered either by the State Cabinet of the Parliamentary Labor Party, the suggestion to ilcense…

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West Indians Sample S.C.G. Big Profit Bootleggers in N.S.W. Hard to Catch Hotels Buy Illicit Rum

The Sun · Wednesday 19 November 1930 · page 13

America has not a monopoly of the bootlegging business. New South Wales has it, and, it is believed, to such an extent that…

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