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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1930

1,199 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 60

A Detonator Discovery in Hotel Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 14

Following the discovery of gelignite and a[?]inunition in the bush at Cessnock during the weekend, it was reported to the Kurri police yesterday…

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Had Gun License But Carried a Toy O'brien's Pistol But Is It a Toy?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

When [?]e was chased through the Domain by 8000 angry men and women on Sunday Mr. J. O'Brien, one-time secretary of the timber blacklegs,…

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Hotel on Fire Brigade's Good Save Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

A band of hastily-summoned volunteers under Constable Cook saved the Royal! Hotel, Wallerawang, from destruction by fire with probable loss of…

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Lost License Through Sardines

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

Arrested on a charge of riding a motor cycle while he was under the influence of liquor, Frank Arthur Kenne[?]ly blamed sardines as the cause of…

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Carpenter's Car Went "All Over the Road" Fined £15: License Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 18

"His car was swerving all over the road," said Constable Newman at Paddington Court yesterday against John Ridge way (31), carpenter,…

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2,036,000 Motor Licenses

The World's News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

REMARKABLE figures appear in the annual report on the administration of the British Road Fund (for the 12 months ended March 31 last)…

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"Black" Hotels. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 16

It is believed that the Hotel Employees' Onion will take same action against the indiscriminate declaring "black" of northern hotels. To declare "black" hotels which have police…

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Fire in Hotel. Petrol Iron Bursts Into Flames. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 19

When a fire broke out at the Royal Hotel, Wallerawang, a little girl was saved from suffocation, and the outbreak got under control only after a struggle by a band of…

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Bandsmen Raise Hotel Roofs-- --Prize Turkey for John Brown

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 22

CURVING OUTWARD along its bold lines--striking view of the Harbor Bridge from Lavender Bay. In the foreground are the Milson's Point railway terminus and ferry wharf. TESTING of the largest travelling overhead cranes in Australasia was carried out at the Bunnerong Power House, where two were recently installed. Built in England, they can lift a dead weight of 125 tons. The picture at left shows an engineer…

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Hotel Australia Resents Night Workers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

The plaintiffs in the suit of the Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., against Hunts (Australia) Ltd., applied to Mr. Acting-Justice Maxwell in Equity…

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No Police, So Man Thrashed Thief All-in Fight in Young Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

Hearing the bell on his cash register ring at night, Mr. J. W. Minahan, licensee of the Milvale Hotel, near Young, investigated…

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"Squeal, I'll Shoot!" Hotel Thief Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 9

Police searched the city yesterday for an armed burglar, who was disturbed by a woman in a city hotel on Monday evening…

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License Foe Bulli Pa[?]s £20,000 For New Building

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 12

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. -- A provisional license was granted to-day by the Licensing Board to W. M. Meyers for the Panorama House, on Bulli…

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"Crossed Fish" Sardines, Maitre d'Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

Skin a number of "Crossed Fish" sardines, cut off their tails, arrange them on hot buttered toast on a dish, and heat them in the oven. Put one teacupful of white…

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Churches' Council. Seeks Wireless License. for B Class Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 8

There are at present 25 New South Wales applications for B class wireless station licenses under consideration by the special sub-committee appointed by Federal Cabinet…

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DETONATORS. In Kurri Kurri Hotel. Occupied by Police. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 12

Police are inquiring into the discovery of three detonators under a floor mat in a hotel at Kurri Kurri. The mat was at the entrance to one of the…

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Melbourne's Best Hotel Values

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 24

Consistent with refinement, Carlyon's Hotel (opposite station, Spencer Street, no taxi fares), undoubtedly offers Melbourne's best values; single…

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City Hotel Thefts

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 13

Three lodgers at the Hotel Sydney were victims of a thief yesterday. They were Messrs. C. H. Holmes, S. E. Horan, and Balmain, and they lost between…

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A.J.C. COMMITTEE J. Coutts Granted Jockey's License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 24

J. M. Coutts, who concluded his apprenticeship last week, was yesterday granted a jockey's license by the A.J.C. committee. E. C. McMenamin also received a jockey's…

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LICENSES Medical Examination Not Considered Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 12

Tho N.S.W. Police Department has informed tho National Roads and Motorists' Association that a medical examination for applicants for drivers' Licenses…

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