Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Hotels & licensing, all years

Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 39

Licensing Prosecution. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 10

In a case at Lithgow Police court in which William Ferdinand Mabbott, licensce of the Grand Central Hotel, was [?]ned £3 for allowing John Leatherday on…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

"T. and D." Licenses Should Be Issued Separately Time for Change

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 10

RECENT happenings point to the necessity for the governing body of trotting altering its system of granting…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, granted the following transfers of publicans licences yesterday:—Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Pitt and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

An Evil to Be Avoided Licensed Betting Shops

Referee · Wednesday 2 December 1931 · page 9

The fact of betting on greyhound racing being licensed has again caused movement on the part of people who have always been anxious for the licensing of betting shops. As the Government's favored schemes for raising revenue seem to run…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Star Hotel, Church-St

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 2

Free garage spacc…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bruce-page Reign Is the Alternative Plot From London Hotel Lounge Potential Leaders to Be Removed Latham Set

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 5

Another Bruce-Page combination, with its sequence of persecution, extravagance and unrest, will be the fate of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Christmas Dinner Many Will Dine On Beaches And in Open Spaces. Sydney's Way Old and Young Eat, Drink and Are Happy In the Country, by the Seaside and All Off to Grannie's Hotels and Dancing in City

Truth · Sunday 6 December 1931 · page 28

WHEREVER men and women are gathered together there is chatter of Christmas fare; it is not really that we are a greedy race, but that at this time of the year we expect to partake of the best of everything, and everyone who has…

Continued on Trove, page 28 →

Three Publicans in Court Sequel to S.P. Betting Raid Magistrate Says Constables Were Overloaded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 1

A hint by the magistrate that Roy Gamack and Frederick Harold Guerin might be prosecuted for perjury was one of the features of the hearing of certain betting cases at the Parramatta Police Court last Thursday. "I call them liars," the magistrate said…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

To Wait Hares Leashed License Date After Dec. 19

The Sun · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 7

DESPITE preparations for the resumption in Sydney of tin hare racing, to the accompaniment of betting,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Robbed at Hotel. Man Seized and Assaulted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 9

Arthur O Neill, of Forsyth-street, Glebe, reported to the police early yesterday afternoon that a powerfully-built man had assaulted him at the rear of a city hotel, and had robbed…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Canberra Hotels. Effect of Exodus of Politicians. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 8

The sudden exodus from Canberra of all Ministers and members of Parliament after the dissolution of the House of Representatives has brought a recurrence of the concern felt…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Kicked in Abdomen; £233 Stolen Man Robbed in City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 5

Kicked in the stomach and otherwise brutally assaulted, Arthur O'Neill, of Forsyth Street, Glebe, was robbed of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

People Talked About Old Identity Passes a Royal License

The World's News · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 7

ANOTHER old identity has passed with the recent death of Mr. George Benjamin, of Parker Street,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Hotel's Price Falls by Half. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 12

The Hotel Goulburn, including freehold, goodwill, and licence, was sold by auction to Miss Stella Mitchell for £13,100. The hotel was once sold for £28,000. On this occasion…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Hotels to Lose Two Big Days

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 6

HOTELKEEPERS are aghast at the prospect of losing two big days' takings owing to the closing of their…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mysterious Fire in Hotel. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 10

A mysterious fire occurred in two rooms in [?] wing of the Albury Hotel. No one actually saw the fire, but the rooms were severely scorched, and furniture was badly burned…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Radio Licenses

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 7

Speaking at several meetings in Barton electorate last night, Mr. J. C. Eldridge. M. H. R., endorsed A. L. P. candidate, returned to his attack on…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Jockey Webster Has License Renewed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 December 1931 · page 2

The V.R.C. committee to-day granted a renewal of his jockey's license, as from December 26, to E. Webster the well-known…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fires at Hotel. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 10

An inquest was held by the deputy coroner into fires which occurred in two rooms at an Albury hotel on Monday and Tuesday. The deputy coroner recorded a finding that the…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Transfers of Hotel Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 7

The following hotel licenses were transferred at the Licensing Court yesterday:--Excelsior Hotel, Barcom Avenue…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →