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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 39

Hotel Robbed

The Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 15

BLACKHEATH, Wednesday. -- When A. P. Dryden, licensee of tho Ivanhoo Hotel, Leap-road, found that some time during yesterday 10 £1…

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Alleged Betting Hotel Licensee Charged Daughters Looked After Bar

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 4

The sequel to a case in which a man after being convicted and fined for having used a hotel for betting, was subsequently…

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'Squizzy' And The Grog Two Convicted of Theft at Hotel Crown Witness Described As Perjurer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 1

The disappearance of wine, gin and brandy from the hotel at Rooty Hill on the night of March 4 resulted in the trial of three men at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions this week. A feature of the defence was an allegation against another man…

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Won't Close Holroyd and Health Dept. Old Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 7

A recommendation by the Health Department that a closing order be issued on the owner of a building in Woodville-road was disregarded by Holroyd…

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Pension As Security. Hotelkeeper Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 7

Henry Charles Ford, licensee of the Tattersalls Hotel, Rozelle, was proceeded against at Balmain Police Court for having advanced 27/6 to a war pensioner on the security of a…

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Hotelkeepers' Meeting. New Organisation Opposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 10

A meeting of more than 600 people connected with the hotel business decided last night to appoint a deputation to wait upon the Minister for Justice and request that…

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Two Hours Licences Suspended Publicans Dilemma Albury

The Sun · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 19

An unusual order was made by Mr. W. S. Arnott, licensing magistrate, to-day, when Joseph Brady, owner and licensee of the Railway Hotel,…

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Grievances of Publicans Spirited Talk at Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 11

OVER 600 hotelkeepers crowded the King's Hall last night and discussed, with considerable spirit, a number of…

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"Flying Squad" Is Menaced Angry Hotel Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 1

Swift action by members of Inspector Russell's "flying squad" saved them from an ugly position yesterday, when they arrested the licensee and two men on…

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Fight at Hotel

The Biz · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 2

Two brothers fell out in the bar of Merrylands Hotel last week, and as a result one has a fractured skull. It appears that both were out of…

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SUSPENDED Hotel License Delay in Reconstruction

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

The license of the Wentworth Falls Hotel, which was destroyed by fire on 15th December, 1929, was suspended till 30th June next, by…

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Hotel Licences. Cancelled for Two Hours. ALBURY

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

The licensees of the Court House and Railway Hotels were ordered to close their premises between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. to-day by Mr. W. S. Arnott, licensing magistrate…

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In Blanket Lowered to Safety Hotel Fire Exciting Escapes Tweed Heads

The Sun · Saturday 13 June 1931 · page 1

Two guests at the Hotel Grande. Coolangatta, had exciting escapes when the hotel was destroyed by fire early this…

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Hotel Licensees Fined Magistrate's Comment on Betting Charge "Difficult to Get Convictions"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 1

Further evidence in the case in which Mrs. Ann Mario Cains, licensee of the Albion Hotel, Parramatta, was charged with allowing her premises to be used for betting, was heard on Friday last at Parramatta Police Court Mary Cains daughter of the licenses,…

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£30,000 Auburn's New Hotel Mayor As Builder

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 2

Built at a total cost of £30,000, Hotel Keighery, which was opened in Auburn recently, is claimed to be the most up-to-date in the State…

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Hotel Porter's £2,000 a Year Waiter who Bought Out Employer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 6

The big incomes of some hotel porters and waiters were referred to, at the resumed inquiry in London into objections to the proposed setting up of a trade…

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Australian Engineer. Suicide in Bloomsbury Hotel. LONDON, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 10

A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned at the inquest into the death of Charles Strong Galbraith, 55, a graduate of Melbourne University, who was found dead in…

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£10,000 DAMAGE. Hotel Burnt at Coolangatta. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 10

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the Hotel Grande at Coolangatta at an early hour this morning. The only two guests at the hotel, Mr. L…

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Canberra Hotels. System Attacked. Abolition of Privileges Urged. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 9

A sharp attack on the Canberra hotels, and the heavy losses being sustained by the Government, was made by Mr. Shakespeare, one of the elected members, at a meeting of the…

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Clever Coup. Hotelkeeper Robbed of £100

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 9

Three thieves carried out a cleverly-planned coup yesterday morning when they stole £100 from the Imperial Hotel in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, shortly before the bar was thrown…

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