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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 39

Slept As Hotel Blazed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday. -- When fire destroyed an hotel of 40 rooms at Ohaupo, a deaf waitress was bravely rescued by a railway worker,…

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Fire at Hotel. Allegations Against Licensee. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 10

A fire which destroyed a hotel at Copmanhurst on September 1, was the subject of a coroner's inquiry at the Grafton courthouse. The wife of the licensee (Mr. W. H. Werner)…

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Sunday Capture Man on Licensed Premises

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 7

When Constable Charker went to the rear of the Railway Hotel, Liverpool, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, he saw a man emerge front the back door and then…

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Wine After Hours Licensee Convicted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 3

John Sarin Anderson, licensee of the Locomotive Hotel, Auburn, appeared at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, charged with having unlawfully supplied…

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Injured in Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 2

A brand-jump, competition in the bar of an Auburn hotel ended abruptly on Tuesday when one of the, contestants, Keith Byrnes (30), Charlton-street,…

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Two Risks Daring Thieves Twice Miss Hotel Drama

The Sun · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 19

Four thieves who were chased at revolver point from the Royal Edward Hotel in Forbes -street,…

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Wentworth Hotel Year's Loss £10,111

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 10

Though many economies were effected by Wentworth Hotel, Ltd., during the year ended June 30 last, they did not counterbalance the loss…

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Fire at Hotel Licensee Committed for Trial. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 10

The coronial inquiry into the fire which destroyed a hotel at Copmanhurst on September 1 ended to-day, when Walter Hadden Werner, the licensee, was committed for trial…

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Hotel Burnt. Two Men Injured. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 9

Damage estimated at about £2000 was caused by a fire this afternoon which destroyed the Harwood Hotel at Harwood Island. A number of cottages nearby were saved through…

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Employee's Act Licensee Must Pay Wrong Whisky

The Sun · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 14

While his counsel stated that the complaint followed the act of an employee, without knowledge of the management, Henry Peisley, licensee…

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Hotel Gutted Big Fire at Grafton

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 1

In one of the worst fires for years the Harwood Hotel, Harwood Island, was burnt to the ground, to-day. Several cottages adjoining narrowly,…

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Wide Range of New Transport Regulations All Public Vehicles to Be Licensed New Taxes May Be Imposed to Aid State Services

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

ON or before November 2, the owner of every motor vehicle used or intended to be used or hired to carry goods or passengers, unless specially exempted, must obtain a license under, the new State Transport…

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In Licensed Premises

The Biz · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 7

For being found on licensed premises—the Railway Hotel—during prohibited hours, Leslie Hannah was fined 10/ costs 8/, at Liverpool…

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Injured in Hotel Bar

The Biz · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 5

A broad-jump competition in the of a hotel at Auburn ended abruptly on Tuesday when one [?] the contestants suffiered an injury to…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. W. S Arnott, L.M., granted the following translers of hotel licences:—Prince of Wales Hotel, 56 Oxford-street, Woollahara. Leonard Kieran Foley…

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Among the Bandits of China. Licensed Murder of Opossums. the Springboks on Tour. Features of the "Sydney Mail."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 10

To-day's "Sydney Mail" is full of good reading as well as many splendid pictures. Mr. A. C. Mackay, whose narrative of adventure among the bandits of Northern Manchuria has…

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Not True to Label Hotelkeeper Fined

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 5

At Parramatta Court on Monday A. Martineer, hotel licensee, of Auburn, was proceeded against under the Pure Foods Act. The charges, which…

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"INFERIOR" Brandy and Wine Licensee Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 11

Having sold adulterated brandy and wine, Alban Martineer, licensee of the Melton Hotel, Auburn "toed the little" at the Parramatta Police Court on…

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Transport Act Regulations Licenses and Taxation Private and Public Motor Vehicles

The Land · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 15

RGULATIONS under the Transport (Co-ordination) Act, issued last Friday, provide drastic taxation measures…

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Hammond's Hotels. Governor Opens No. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 10

His Excellency the Governor (Sir Philip Game) yesterday opened Hammond's Hotel No. 3. The latest addition to the "chain" is…

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