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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 39

Held Up Big Hotel Scheme Building Hitch

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 25

Plans for a costly up-to-date hotel, in George-street, over the Wynyard Square underground station. have been held up by the City…

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Jockeys Licensed

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 10

G. Campbell and E. Keeble were this afternoon granted Jockeys' licences by the A.R.C…

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Less Trade Hotel Sydney Now Working at Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 12

HEAVY decline in gross earnings of Hotel Sydney Ltd., which was not offset by a corresponding reduction in…

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Cripple Who Stabbed a Publican

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1931 · page 4

A cripple since the age of six, Alfred Harold O'Rourke, 44, was sentenced at Sydney Sessions to-day to 12 months' gaol on a charge of malicious…

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Sundries Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 4

The quarterly [?] court win be held at the Penrith Court House on 20th April. Penrith Co-op. Society…

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Boarding House Licenses Draft Regulations Ready Council's Plans

Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 3

THE licensing of all boarding houses and houses let for lodging purposes in the Metropolitan area, is provided for in…

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"Chez Lui" Chevalier's Hotel Suite "Gate=crashing" Housemaid Maurice's Wife and Her Priceless Sable

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 3

Bent on discovering something of Maurice Chevalier's private life the writer of this article obtained a post as chambermaid at the hotel where he was staying in London. It was an adventure which lasted barely twenty-four hours, and…

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New Rules City Boarding Houses Licensing Scheme

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 3

The compulsory licensing and strict regulation of boarding and lodging houses within the city is proposed by the City Council…

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Hotel Closing "Farce"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1931 · page 7

Apropos the closing of East Sydney hotels for Saturday's by-election, Mr. H. L. Askey, hotel proprietor, said yesterday that it was a farce to…

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Melbourne Hotels Call

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 3

The board of Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., has decided to make a call of 2/6 a share on the 20,000 contributing £1 ordinary shares. When the call is paid…

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Boardinghouse Licensing Shelved

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 3

The City Council health committee severely criticised to-day the proposed regulations for the licensing of boarding houses, and it was decided to defer…

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Transfers of Publicans' Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 8

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses. Imperial Hotel, City Road and…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 6

Applications for transfers of publicans' licences were granted by the Licensing Court as follow:—Vincent Arnold Coates, Westminster Hotel, George-street West, to Joseph Parks;…

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Savoy Hotel Shares Terms of Settlement In Equity

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 6

An application for the rectification of the share register of the Hotel Savoy Ltd. In respect of 2000 £1 preference shares. and 1500 ordinary £1 6harr&. was made by Paynter and Dlx-on, Ltd.. to Mr. Justice Harvey In thr Equity Court this afternoon…

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BOARDING-HOUSES. Proposal to License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 8

The by-laws for boarding-houses will not be considered by the City Council until the end of the year. The health and by-laws committee had…

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Hotel Savoy Share Rectification a Settlement

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 2

A settlement was agreed upon in an application to the Chief Judge in Equity to-day by Paynter and Dixon, Ltd., for rectification of the share…

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Woman Says She Was Threatened by Hotel Boarder Would Not Lend Money Acid on Face Mrs. Lockett's Agony Woolpack Sensations

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 1

That Samuel Newlands, 34, insurance agent, had, three days before his death, threatened her, was stated in evidence by Mrs. Lockett to-day when the inquiry into Newland's death, at the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta,…

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Verdict of Suicide. Woolpack Hotel Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 10

The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark), at the conclusion of his inquiry yesterday into the death of Samuel Newlands. 34, an insurance agent, which…

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Cheaper Mugs Beer War Is on in Lithgow Many Publicans Enlist Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 1

A be[?] war has been declared in Lithgow. Local publicans have armed for the fray with a heavy barrage of out prices. The first to take the…

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Acid on Her Face Suicide's Act? Landlady of Woolpack Hotel Startling Story

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1931 · page 5

BEFORE returning a verdict that Samuel Newlands, 34, had committed suicide by poisoning himself in the Woolpack…

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