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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 39

Fight in Hotel

The Propeller · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 6

Claude Holley, 22, and William Thomas Egan, were charged with behaving in a riotous manner in a hotel at Kogarah…

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Police Raid Hotel. Arrest Follows Long Chase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 11

A raid by police on a hotel in Ersklnevilleroad, Erskineville, yesterday afternoon, resulted in the licensee being charged with having permitted betting on the premises, and in two…

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For All to See! Pilot's License on View in 'Plane

Referee · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 24

AFTER April 14, you only have yourself to blame if you fly with a pilot who is not qualified. From that dale the public will…

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Unknown Wanderer Is Recognised a Londoner? Visitor at City Hotel Lost Links Memory Still Blank

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 9

The mysterious man who was found wandering in the scrub at La Perouse on Saturday suffering from loss of memory was…

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Child's Death Publican Discharged

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 7

After having found that Holly Ellinor Goold, aged 10, died from injuries accidentally received when a car struck her at the corner of…

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The World on Wheels Hotel Licenses Evils of Trafficing

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 13

The view taken by the N.R.M.A that the convenience of the traffic of the travelling public is often a secondary consideration—sometimes no consideration at all…

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Death of Young Girl Publican Is Discharged

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 1

A charge of mansi[?]ughtor for against Clarence Adelph[?] Thompson licenses of the Pottery Hotel. Surry Hills was withdrawn and Thompson discharged…

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Delivery of Liquor. Licensee's Appeal. Charge Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 6

Questions as to what constitutes delivery of liquor after hours were raised before Judge Curlewis in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday…

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Those Country Hotels

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 7

The view taken by the N.R.M.M. that the couvenience of the traffic of the travelling public is often a secondary consideration--sometime no consderation…

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Hotel Bill Doctor Charged Advice of S.m

The Sun · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 7

"Under the provisions of the Liquor Act, if you plead guilty to this charge, you are branded a rogue and a vagabond, and I will be compelled…

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A.r.c. Licenses

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 10

A.R.C. jockey's licenses were granted to the following: H. Mears, A. Cavanough, W. A. Simpson, Arch. Stanton, and J. Goldstone…

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New Boats for Aust. Trade P. & O. Liners Turbo-electric Drives Ocean Hotels

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 April 1931 · page 5

Already owners of the the two passenger steamers on the Australian run, the P. and O. Company are entering two…

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Man with Revolver Police Cordon Round City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1931 · page 1

THOUGH he had taken the precaution of running his hands over the clothes of two suspects whom he arrested outside the Mercantile Hotel. George Street…

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Speedster Fined Seventy Miles an Hour Job Saved His License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1931 · page 2

That he had ridden a motor-cycle at a speed of seventy miles an hour, with a lady riding pillion, was the evidence against Frederick Maine at the Parramatta Police…

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Alleged Shooting. Publican Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

At the Central Police Court yesterday Duncan Watt Paidey (57), hotelkeeper, was charged with having on March 22 maliciously shot at Elizabeth Emma Pardey, with intent…

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No Evidence in Shooting Case Hotelkeeper Discharged

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

Duncan Watt Pardey, 57, hotel keeper, was charged yesterday at Central Police Court with having maliciously shot at Elizabeth Emma…

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Cudgen Headland Hotel. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1931 · page 18

The early provision of an up-to-date hotel at Cudgen Headland will result from the Licensing Court's decision to sanction a transfer of the licence of the Grand Pacific Hotel…

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Policeman Is Fined on Hotel Premises at Unlawful Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1931 · page 8

LITHGOW, Friday.--Before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, P.M., in Lithgow Police Court, William Ferdinand Mabbott, licensee of the Grand Central Hotel,…

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Lost Case Domestic's Claim Hotel Scene

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 8

An allegation that she had been kept imprisoned in an hotel vestibule while the manager went for a policeman to search her bags was…

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Women and Racing No Licenses in England

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Bathurst, raises the interesting point as to what would have happened if a…

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