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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 39

Hotel Manager Suicides in Bathroom

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 7

James Frederick Carpenter (32), manager of the Castlemaine Hotel, Hay Street, City, was found dead yesterday morning by his wife in a…

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Hotel Licensees Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 8

At the Paddington Court on Thursday, T. J. Hill, of the Imperial Hotel, Oxford-street, Paddington, was fined £5, with £3/11/ costs, for having sold to T. McHenry, of the Pure Foods…

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"ROBBERY" Copyright Music License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

"It's nothing hut highway robbery," declared Alderman Crockford, when the Australasian Performing Right Association notified Auburn Council last week that its…

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L E I C H H a R D T Hotel Raided Constable Set on "Two-up" at RANDWlCK

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

WHEN a police party raided an hotel in Balmaln Street, Letchhardt, on Saturday, in search of S.P. bettors, one of the officers was…

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Fugitive Perforates Policeman's Pants Hotel Licensee Shot at Katoomba Hunted Man Fires at Constable Gun Duel in the Street Arrest Made

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

A sensational shooting affray, in which Patrick John Slavin, [?] licen[?] of the Family Hotel, Park Street, Katoomba, was…

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Man Amok with a Pistol Katoomba Publican Shot in the Arm Constable's Door Key Deflected a Second Bullet Grim Struggle in Hotel Suspect Surprised and Held in Billiard Saloon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

A small door-key in his trousers pocket saved Constable Sadler from a gunman's bullet at Katoomba early last night, when he was searching for a man who shot Joseph Slevin, an hotel proprietor, through the right arm…

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Publican Shot. Affray at Katoomba. Chase Through Thorns. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 9

After having been ejected from the Family Hotel at the corner of Park and Mata streets, Katoomba, to-night, a young man, who was drunk, fired at and wounded the licensee…

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Hard to Get Publican's Evidence Judge Impatient

The Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 11

While John Edward Schofield, licensee of the Concord West Hotel, was giving evidence at the Quarter Sessions to-day, in a case in which…

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Waterside Workers. Issue of Licenses

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 4

It was announced in the Senate last Wednesday that since the Federal Labor Government's announcement of its policy in regard to waterside employment there…

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"Smithy's" Brother Licensed As Pilot

The Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 11

The name of Mr. Erie Kingsford-Smith, Fox Valley-road, Wahroonga, brother of Air-Commodore Kingsford-Smith,…

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Good Work for the Homeless Hammond's Hotels Many Types

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 4

HAMMOND'S hote have not got swell lounges; there are no electric bells for the guests to press and summon an obsequious waiter with a…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. W. S. Arnott, L.M., granted an applicaiton for the transfer of the Rushcutter Bay Hotel. 131 New South Head-road…

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Australian Marble ? for Canadian Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 29

The Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) said to-day that the Canadian Trade Commissioner had directed attention to the fact…

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Good Joke ! "Bullets in the Fire" Stir at Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 17

Cross-examined by Mr. Miller (counsel for the plaintiffs) in a suit concerning the Hotel Goulburn, a leading southern hotel, which was…

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Imported "Nips" May Be Dearer Hotelkeepers' Plan to Meet Primage Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 1

To consider whether prices of imported liquors should be increased owing to the new primage duty which extends up to 10 per cent., the United Licensed…

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Q.T.C. Doesn't Want Outside Books New Licensing Method

Arrow · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 5

APPARENTLY the Q.T.C. doesn't want the interstate or country bookmaker who comes to Brisbane only for the two or three meetings…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson.) a Goulburn Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 6

In the pending suit of John Mitchell, Christiana Mitchell, and Baron Leslie Mitchell, graziers and investors, of Goulburn, against Alfred Brook Cooper and the City Mutual Life…

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Waved Revolver Struggle in Hotel Armed Man at Large

The Sun · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 7

A sensation was caused this afternoon, in the bar of the Carrington Hotel, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, when a man, supposed to be…

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3-Gun Man Threats in Hotel Bar

The Sun · Sunday 19 July 1931 · page 2

Detectives and police in a wireless patrol are making an exhaustive search for a man, apparently demented, who twice brandished automatic pistols in the bar of the Carrington Hotel, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon…

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Lennon's Hotel. Bid of £60,000 Too Low. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 12

Lennon's Hotel, at the corner of Adelaide and George streets, city, was offered for sale yesterday as a going concern, on a walk in walk out basis, with valuable freehold, licence,…

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