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Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 39

"This Is An Outrage!" Police Handcuff Publican in Betting Raid Stories of S.P. ACTIVITIES

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 4

Police stories of starting price betting activities in two Parramatta hotels were related at the local Police Court this week. The cases attracted a "full house" on Monday and Wednesday. A publican stated that when his premises were raided he was dragged from…

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UNEMPLOYMENT. Second Hammond Hotel Opened. "No Need to Worry About Men in Domain."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 10

"You need shed no tears for the men in the Domain," said the Rev. B. B. S. Hammond yesterday, at the official opening by the Governor (Sir Phillp Game) of Hammond…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 10

The Royal Hotel at Wattle Flat was destroyed by fire early this morning. The inmates, including the licensee (Mr. J. Martin), the manageress (Miss Strickland), and a…

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Fire Destroys Hotel. Mungindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 10

A disastrous fire occurred on the Queensland side of the town between 3 and 3.30 this morning, destroying Tattersall's Hotel. The building was a comparatively new one…

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Country News Hotel Destroyed

The Sun · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 24

MOREE, Thursday.--Tattersall's Hotel at Mungindi, recently erected at a cost of £2000 has been destroyed by fire, the total damage…

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Reversed Decision S.m. Finds That He Was Wrong Hotel Ruling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 8

A remarkable incident occurred yesterday at Parramatta Court, when Mr. Nott, S.M., reversed a decision he had…

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Shelter for Destitute Second Hammond Hotel Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 7

ON a dismal, rainy night a few weeks ago, a modern good Samaritan wandered through the Domain where homeless…

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Must Pay 'Bus License Fees Trust Wins

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

Mr. Justice Harvey, in refusing this afternoon the application by the White Transit Co. for an injunction against the Metropolitan Transport…

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Gave £1000 Now in Need of Shelter Ex-publican Lidcombe Tent Town

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 7

Eighteen months ago the donor of £1000 to a country hospital, an ex-hotelkeeper is now on the list of those for whom the Unemployed Housing Fund is seeking shelter…

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Sold Wine Without Licenses

The Biz · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 5

William Hancock and George Hoy, were before Liverpool Court on Thursday, charged with selling wine without being holders of licenses…

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Killing Opossums Unemployed May Obtain Licenser From Local Police

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 3

THE N.S.W. Cabinet has agreed to a modified scheme for the licensed killing of opossums. Officers in charge of police stations, except those in the…

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Hotel Lessee. Body Found in Scrub. Debts of More Than £10,000. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 13

Human remains, which have been identified as those of Frank O'Halloran, 32, lessee of the Metropole Hotel, and secretary of Connor Quinlan Estates, and who had been…

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Quick Work Ex=publican, Plight Ready Response Mosman Woman's Aid

The Sun · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 5

There has been an immediate response to the appeal for accommodation by a destitute ex-publican and his wife, who, in their…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Paterson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 8

The Court House Hotel, at Paterson, of which Mr. T. Blunden was the licensee, was destroyed by a fire which broke out this afternoon shortly before 2 o'clock. Firemen from…

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HOTELKEEPERS. Financial Troubles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 7

Mr. Rupert Beale has addressed circulars to 2000 hotelkeepers, pointing out that no arrangements have been made for the payment of hotelkeepers' licence fees by instalments. The…

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Hotelmen to Fight 2000 Called to Big Protest Rally Move to Unite

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 8

More than 2000 hotelkeepers in N.S.W. have been circularised by Mr. Rupert Beale, who has convened a meeting to be…

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Where Football Is a Religion: The Maher Cup Country. Maher Cup Holds Pride of Place in N.S.W. Country Football Tumut Publican Started Something When He Donated Trophy Distance Means Nothing to Players or Officials

Referee · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 13

IT'S only an old, dented silver cup. One look at it and you would express the opinion that at a liberal estimate it is worth about 5/-. It is difficult to visualise even a Sydney schoolboy going into rhapsody over it as a football trophy. But if you can estimate what the Davis Cup means to tennis players…

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Hotelkeepers' Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 16

A special meeting of hotelkeepers is to be held at the Tudor Hotel to-night to discuss the payment of licence fees due on June 30 The meeting has been convened by Mr. Rupert…

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Hotel Destroyed. Gilgandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 12

The Eumungerie Hotel was destroyed by [?] at 10.30 p.m. on Monday. The cause of the outbreak is not known. The licensee was [?] H. Smith…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jury.) Sale of Hotel. Bourke v Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 8

John Leo Desmond Bourke, of the Imperial Hotel, City-road, Glebe, sought to recover from John Thomas Young, of the Bangalow Hotel, Bangalow, £117/14/3, for stock. Defendant…

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