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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 39

Licensing of S.P. Books Amending Act Being Framed Heavy Charges

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

IN racing circles it was hoped that the Lang Government had abandoned the proposed amendment to the Gamine and…

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In the City. Usher's Hotel Pays 5 P.C. Satisfactory Business Is Reported

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 3

Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., is maintaining its rate of dividend on ordinary shares at 5 per cent, per annum. The board reports that, having…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge (Mr. Justice Harvey.) Examination Summons. Re Hotel Savoy, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 5

In our issue of Tuesday last, under the heading "Law Report," we published extracts from an affidavit filed in connection with an application before the Chief Judge in Equity…

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No License. Two Men Fined

The St George Call · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

At the Kogarah Police Court last Tuesday, Harold Young, of S Algernon Street, Oatley, was fined £5 for having made beer without a license…

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Licensed Electrician

The Biz · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. T. R. Rankins, of Ware-st., Fairfield, notifies in this issue that, [?] electrician, he is…

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Thugs' Savage Attack on Licensee Sensational Chase In Perth Hid in Telephone Bureau Perth

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 1

A GANG of thugs hid in the telephone booths of the New Imperial Hotel, Wellington-st., Perth, last night…

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Hotel Robbery Three Men Charged At Perth PERTH

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 3

Robert Skipper, 25, George Bardsley, 30, and Frederick William Hill, 28, were reminded at the Police Court, to-day, on a charge of robbery under…

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WALLABIES Licenses to Destroy may be Obtained

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 11

"Maize-grower" asks how to poison wallabies that are troubling his corn patch. Answer.—Wallables are protected generally, but if there is an open season in your district…

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Usher's Hotel Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 15

In declaring an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, directors consider that, in view of the existing circumstances, the business of the company for the first half…

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Armed Thieves. Attack Hotelkeeper. ABOUT £200 Stolen. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 14

A sensation was caused in Perth about 9.15 to-night, when the licensee, Samuel James Daykin, of the new Imperial Hotel in Wellington-street, was assaulted by four or five men…

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Usher's Hotel Dividend

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 5

At a board meeting of Usher's Metropolitan Ltd. the following resolution was passed:--"That in view of existing…

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Pfahlert's Hotel Extends Renovation Scheme on Contract

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1931 · page 5

THE Master Builders' Association has received a letter from the proprietors of Pfahlert's Hotel, stating that the company has secured a 10…

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"Said His Kisses Thrilled Her" Blushing Witness' Story Newcastle Publican Accused of Misconduct With Clocelly Wife "Caught Her in Her Kim,"says Husband

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1931 · page 15

THE young lady in the Divorce Court witness-box last week shifted uneasily in her chair, blushed a little and glanced appealingly at the judge. "I DON'T like repeating it," she said. BUT she had to talk, and she did—told a story that a married woman once confessed to her that…

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Had No License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 1

Riding a motor cycle in John-street, Lidcombe, Alfred Walter Turner collided with a bicycle. Last Wednesday, at the Parramatta…

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Pony Licenses

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1931 · page 4

The A.R C has granted jockeys' licenses to F. Slattery and C. Keys. [?] Herbert has received permission to side in races…

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Company News Hotel Sydney Profits Shrink Materially

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 5

Accounts at Hotel Sydney, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1930, show net profit of £4671, compared with £14,623 for 1929. Profit [?] in the first half…

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Ginger Murdoch, Publican

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 12

GINGER MURDOCH was on his feet for the first time in his forty-odd years. The waterholes were full along all the rivers running down out of Western Queensland, there was grass on the…

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Dry and Wet East Sydney Joke Closing of Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 7

East Sydney, an electorate that encroaches into the city, will be a dry area on Saturday, polling day. You will not be able to get a drink on…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Hotel Sydney Profits "Disappointing" Loan Year for Hotel Sydney

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 5

From an announcement made in January last by the directors of Hotel Sydney, Ltd., that profit earned by the company during 1930 would…

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Robbery at Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1931 · page 9

A cash register containing £22 in sliver and copper was stolen last night from the North Sydney Hotel, Miller-street, North Sydney…

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