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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 39

Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Hotel Metropole Less Profit More Tax, Less Profit

The Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 3

"As satisfactory as could have been expected," is how the board of the Hotel Metropole, Ltd., sums up in its annual report the results disclosed…

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State Parliament Actions of Transport Bd. Queried Kinsella Makes Grave Charge Bus Licenses

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 5

A grave indictment of the methods of the Transport Trust was made by Mr. Kinsella (Lab.), in the Assembly…

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"Had Your Chance" Roberts Sent to Gaol Theft From Star Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 14

Stanley Roberts, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Robert…

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License Restored Will Not Drink

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 6

Louis Fox, a commercial traveller, who was disqualified in December last from holding a motor driver's license for twelve months, as a result of driving while under…

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Manly Hotels Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 11

Directors of Manly Hotels Ltd. are advising shareholders that the trading results of the company for the half-year ended June 30 do not permit of the payment of an interim…

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Room-mate and £100 Gone From Lithgow Hotel Hthgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 6

To retire to bed with ten £10 notes in his possession with a stranger in the same room, and to find money and man missing next morning, was…

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Hotel Metropole Pays 2½ p.c. Taxation Absorbs 51 p.c. Of Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 10

Federal and State taxation absorbed £8136, which was equal to 51.1 per cent. of the trading profit of Hotel Metropole, Ltd., during the year…

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Shot Dead Hotel Manageress in Bed Shock for Husband

The Sun · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 7

While sleeping beside his wife about 7 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Herbert Bloome (manager of the Hotel Ritz at Katoomba)…

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Hotel-keeper Fined

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 6

S. Solomon, licences of Grosvenor Hotel, Waterloo, was yesterday, proceeded against under the Pure Foods Act. Defendant, who was charged with…

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No License for H. GRAY Bronze Eagle Stays at Home Dr. Ring's Visit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 2

BRONZE EAGLE, regarded as one of the most brilliant two-year-olds ever seen on the New Zealand turf, and a…

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Publican Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 6

At Redfern Police Court, S. Solomon, licensee of the Grosvenor Hotel, Waterloo, was fined 30/, with £3/5/ costs, for having sold Hennessy's brandy that was not of the…

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Motors and Motoring Motor Licenses Curious Anomaly in Federal Capital District

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 9

A curious case, of particular interest to those motorists in the Federal Capital Territory and surrounding districts, was before the court at Qu[?]anbcyan on…

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Arrests in Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 8

At the Central Police Court on Monday, 36 men, charged with being found on licensed premises in prohibited hours, will appear…

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Raid at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 13

Inspector Russell and Sergeants Chuck and Jennings and other police carried out a raid late on Friday night upon the University Hotel, at the Broadway, Glebe, and arrested…

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Fire at Hotel. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 13

Damage estimated at more than £2000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the rear wooden portion of the Palace Hotel, Warwick, last night. While searching a room to see…

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The Sun Stop-press Fight in Hotel

The Sun · Monday 27 July 1931 · page 1

In a disturbance in an hotel in Retreat-street, Alexandria, this afternoon, three men, two of whom are Chinese, were injured with an iron…

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Revenue From City Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

FOR the half-year ended June 30, fruit hawkers paid the City Council £2109 for the rent of stands…

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"Neutral" No Church--no Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 9

In his annual report to the Mosman Council last night the Town Clerk said there are no churches and no hotels in Balmoral Ward…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Australia Hotel Small Profit Lean Year for Australia Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 6

Operations of the Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., during the year ended June 30 last, resulted in net profit of only £1999, as against £43.065 in the…

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In Defence Hammond's Hotel (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 July 1931 · page 8

Sir.--In reply to the letter re Hammod's Hotel published over the name of W .E. Minett in your paper of 23rd inst…

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