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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 39

Premier Gives Lie to Weaver Hotel Closing Hours No Intention to Alter

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

THE Premier, Mr. Lang, asked last evening to comment on statement by Mr. R. W. D. Weaver, M.L.A., concerning an…

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Hotel to Become a Rest Home

Daily Pictorial · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--The secretary of Cessnock Hospital, Mr. J. Brown, has taken the initial steps for the buying of the vacant Abernethy…

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On Licensed Premises

The Biz · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

For beingg found on the premises of the Commercial Hotel, Liverpool, on 'Xmas Day, Alfred Thorn was before Liverpool Court this…

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Hotel Assault Story Injured Man Found In Park

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 7

FREDERICK London Swanson, 45. of [?] Paddington, who [?] injured in Centeuntal Park [?] was reported to-day to be…

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BY the Way Way Hoodoo Hotels

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 16

HARD luck with fires has been the hoodoo following a family of hotel keepers in Central Queensland. Back in 1922 it started with a fire that took…

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Took Poison Strange Hotel Death Analyst's Aid Post-mortem Held

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 1

An irritant acid poison which he drank after having set alight to his bed in the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, is now believed to…

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Hotel Tragedy Poison and Fire Indications of Suicide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

Investigations into the cause of the death of Samuel Newlands, who was found lying in his smoke-filled bedroom at the…

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Hotel Savoy to Be Sold Mortgagee's Request Granted Moratorium Move

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 7

AN application, under the Moratorium Act, for leave to sell the building known as the Hotel Savoy, Ltd., and for certain incidental relief, was…

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Hotel Savoy Leave to Sell Granted Moratorium Application £22,800 Interest Owing

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 9

An application under the Moratorium Act was made to Mr. Fletcher. S.M., at the Central Summons Court to-day for leave to sell the building…

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Hurt in Hotel Brawl

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

A brawl in a crowded hotel bar on Saturday afternoon resulted in one man being taken to hospital. Another was arrested. It was alleged that…

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Transfer of Publicans' Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans licenses: Angel Hotel, Pitt Street: The…

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Betting in Hotel. Licensee Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

Alexander McDonald, licensee of the North Star Hotel, North Sydney, was fined £20 by Mr. MacDougal, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, for having allowed…

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Feared Gunmen Why Licensee Passed Out Beer

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 6

'I HAD been warned by the police that some men were going to shoot me. In the laneway beside my hotel one man was shot in the head by his…

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Hotel Savoy To Be Sold. Application Under Moratorium Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

An application was made at the Central Police Court yesterday on behalf of the Permanent Trustee Co., Ltd., of New South Wales, as trustee for the debenture holder…

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Beer Halt Licensees Restrained Southern Brews

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 10

In the Equity Court to-day Theresa Gertrude Phillips, licensee of the Lewisham Hotel, agreed to a perpetual injunction restraining her…

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City Gossip Australia Hotel No Ordinary Div. Decline in Hotel Profits

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 6

Directors of the Australia Hotel, Ltd., have reported that profits of the company as disclosed in the accounts do not justify the…

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Hotel Savoy to Be Sold

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 8

An application under the Moratorium Act to [?]ell the Hotel Savoy Ltd., and for certain incidental relief, was granted by Mr. fletcher, S.M., at the…

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Sequel to Hotel Raid Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 8

When police raided the Beach Hotol, Newcastle in the early hours of New Year's morning, they found three men on the premises. At the Police Court…

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Racing Men Wait on Mr. Gosling Licensing S.P. Minister Quotes Figures Attendances a Deputation from counry

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 6

A racing clubs, accompanied by Mr. Colin Stephen, chairman of the A.J.C., and supported by Messrs. Pollack, Kilpatrick, and Bruxner,…

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Canberra's Hotels

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 14

IT was reported the other day that the Hotel Canberra, the largest and best appointed hostelry in the Federal Capital, was without one guest. This hotel cost more than £150,000 to build, and…

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