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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 60

Fined for Fighting "Only Picked Him Up" Row Outside Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 1

Riotous behaviour was the charge to which Joseph Patrick Shannon pleaded not guilty at the Parramatta Police Court on Friday…

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Mystery Murder in Big Hotel

Evening News · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 9

KENNEDY. of the CID [?] to the Hotel [?] the [?] he was met by a vey [?] and shown into a…

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Robbery at Newtown Hotel

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

DURING the absence of the licensee and his family, thieves broke into the Prince of Wales Hotel, King Street,…

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Starting Price Men Their Control Licenses Not to Be Easy to Get Illicit Chances Remain

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

As it is tolerably certain that S.P. betting shops, under the Government's new revenue schemes, will be licensed and…

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Hard Work for Small Haul Cracksmen Missed Hotel's Week-end Takings

Daily Pictorial · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 2

Safebreakers who worked strenuously yesterday to chop open a safe at the Prince of Wales Hotel, King Street, Newtown, for a paltry haul…

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A.r.c. Licenses

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

APPLICATIONS for trainers' and jockeys' licenses for the half-year ended June 30, 1931, must be lodged with the A.R.C. on or before…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 6

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the following hotel transfers:—James Arthur Watts to Edmund John Smith, Bristol Arms Hotel, Harris and Quay streets, Sydney; Ada…

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Scream of Terror Mystery of Hotel Suite

The Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

A scream of terror rang through the hotel corridor. Ten seconds later a door was torn open and out tottered a white-faced maid-servant,…

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Trainers, Jockeys, and Clerks' Licenses

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 21

Applications for A.R.C. jockeys' and trainers' licenses for the half-year ending June 31 must be lodged before 3 p.m. on Thursday…

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Licensed S.P. Shops

Evening News · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 2

There is a widespread opinion that if S.P. betting is licensed, the attendances at race meetings will be seriously affected. Sportsmen vision the S.P. shop…

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When Parson and Publican Met Unsatisfactory Ending to Melbourne Game

Referee · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 22

TWO many times champions met in the last stages of the Victorian veterans' singlehanded event when I was in Melbourne last week, and a…

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Pilot's Notebook Licensed Betting Shops Undesirable Revenue Would Not Compensate For Injury Done

Referee · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

AS a medium for raising revenue the Labor Government's financial experts have not yet got far beyond the racecourse. Their outlook is limited. Racing is a big business in this State, but if it can stand the…

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Terror Of Bushranging Days Revived In Queensland Bandit Holds Police Off with Gun Escape on Stolen Pony, Then Hotel Raid Sensational Scenes at Rockhampton Rockhampton

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 1

A SPECTACULAR raid, reminiscent of the halcyon days of the bushrangers, was staged in the heart of Rockhampton yesterday by an armed bandit. Wanted in connection with a number of robberies…

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Driven Off Gunman Beats Constables Daring Bandit Stole Horse Before Hotel Hold-up Rockhampton

The Sun · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 15

After driving off at revolver-point two police constables who attempted to arrest him yesterday, an armed bandit held up a rider and took his horse, and then tried to hold up and rob the Grosvenor Hotel…

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U.S. Police License Bootleggers Great Falls (Mont.), Wed

The Sun · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 1

Ray Gaunt, chief of police, with all his officers and 20 bootleggers, were fined £200 each today for violation of the liquor laws…

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New Pilots Licensed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 5

Two pupil pilots of the Aero Club, Messrs. Mario Coucoulio, secretary to the Greek Consulate, and S. Curran, Merrylands, yesterday passed the tests of the Civil Aviation…

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Took Horse Then Tried to Rob Hotel Daring Bandit at Rockhampton Police Defied Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

AFTER defying the police, armed bandit bailed up a horse man, took his horse, and subsequently attempted to hold up and…

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Embargo on Poultry License to Import From the Other States

Daily Pictorial · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 15

Prompt action has followed the notification that an outbreak of Newcastle disease in fowls in Victoria. Accordingly, the introduction of…

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Pigery License Held Up

The Biz · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 1

The Dept. of Public Health wrote Cabra-Vale Council that at had been decided to refuse the application of Messrs. Dalley and Borg for a piggery…

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No License

The Biz · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 5

William Jenkins was fined £1, costs 5/6 at Liverpool Court this Thursday on a charge of riding a motor cycle without being the holder Of a license…

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