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Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 39

Pioneer Publican

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 12

TO William Whybrow, proprietor of the Black Dog Inn, belongs the distinction of having bean Sydney's first recognised publican…

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Secret History Stole the Sacred Candles -- To the Pictures by Hansom --Midwife's Memorial. "Black" Hotel - Not Understood - Neighborly Action - Easy Prize Money

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 11

CANDLES disappeared so frequently from the choir stalls at St. Paul's Cathedral (Melb.), that the vergers kept watch and saw an elderly…

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Our Post-bag Those Hotels at Canberra Tents for Tourists?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 4

The Editor, Sir.--My attention has been drawn to a statement attributed to Mr. Fenton, M.H.R., to the effect that Canberra hotels are costly failures. His…

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Inside Hotel Horse Left Uncontrolled

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 2

At Ryde Court last week, Sidney Higson admitted that he had left horse and milk cart in the street outside the hotel whilst he was inside. He had…

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Licensing Poll Suggestion by N.Z. Alliance. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 10

The Premier (Mr. Forbes) stated that he had received a communication from the New Zealand Alliance agreeing to the postponement of the triennial licensing poll this year,…

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Hotel Bar Scene of Battle 100 Men Engaged in Brawl Arrest Sequel

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 1

THE arrest of an alleged starting price bookmaker at Alexandria on Saturday afternoon had a startling sequel…

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Beyond the Law Poisoning Witness Dies in Hotel London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 8

ACCUSED of having supplied a woman with poison, with which she committed suicide, Arthur Aldous a commercial traveller, was…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 7

Mr. W. S. Arnott, licensing magistrate yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Hotel Astra, Bondi and Sir Thomas Mitchell roads, Bondi, John Joseph Griffiths to…

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Licensing Polls. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 13

The Prime Minister (Mr. Forbes) announced in the House of Representatives to-day that as an economy measure the Government was introducing a bill…

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Alleged Theft. Hotelkeeper Charged. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 15

Five detectives visited the Railway Hotel, Ireland-street, West Melbourne, to-day, and arrested the licensee, who was formerly a leading League footballer and the captain of an…

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Sunday Trading License Refosed

The Biz · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 7

Recently William Moore was fined at Liverpool Court for Sunday trading without a license. He then applied for a license, which the police…

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Man Robbed. Blinded with Creosote in Crowded Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 13

Two thieves committed a daring crime in Askey's Hotel, at Bondl Junction, yesterday afternoon, when they threw creosote and methylated spirits in a bus conductor's face…

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The Amateur Trainer Looms Up Doctor, Dancing Master, and Hotelkeeper Enjoy Success on N.S.W. Courses

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 5

PERHAPS, the most notable amateur trainer Australia knew was…

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Unionists May Declare Hotels "Black" Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 1

THE failure of negotiations between the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union and the U.L.V.A. regarding the refusal of a number…

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Bus Driver May Vicious Attack in Bondi Un. Hotel

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 5

Blinded with creosote and tabbed through the right arm Jack Pollard, 29, bus driver, of Flood Street, Bondi, was robbed…

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Maharajah's Hotel on Wheels Expensive Equipment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 24 August 1931 · page 6

One of the most ornate motor cars over built has just been shipped from England to India for the Maharajah of Patiala. Its equipment includes…

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Former Licensing Chairman. Appears in New Role

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 5

Mr. F. G. Adrian who recently retired from the position of chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, appeared at the court as an instructing solicitor yesterday. Mr. Adrian…

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£2000 Written Off Depression Does It Hotelkeeper in Default to City

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 4

Some months back the "Sunday Guardian" made a sensational stroy of the doings of one, J. H. Ellison, a hotelkeeper, as recorded by himself…

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Pirate Island Hotel

The World's News · Wednesday 26 August 1931 · page 6

A LUXURE hotel on Burgh Island, off Bigbury,Devon (England), built by Mr. Archibald Nettlefold, the theatrical producer, who is blind, was opened…

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Hotel Cecil Most Popular in Brisbane

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 23

Brisbane often attracts many of our readers from Northern Queensland, N.S.W., and the other States. In many cases they have to decide quickly where to stay, and unless…

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