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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1931

764 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 39

By Instalments Payment of Car Licenses What Transport Member Says

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 1

St. Marys Council has been making inquiries as to the position in regard to payment of licenses for service carp, lorries, etc., by…

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Hotel Destroyed. Estimated Damage £ 10,000. MOREE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 5

Tattersalls Hotel, Moree, was destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at about £10,000, which includes £2000 for furniture and fittings belonging to the licensee,…

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Dying Man in Burning Room Parramatta Hotel Mystery Inquest Story

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 6

THE Woolpack Hotel mystery was the subject of an inquiry by the Parramatta Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson…

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Bus License Fees Fully Paid Compromise Is Denied

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. Maddocks, Chairman of the Transport Trust, reports the majority of motor omnibus proprietors have now compiled with the requirements…

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New Zealand Earthquake. Napier's Hours of Terror. Woman's Escape From Crumbling Hotel. Terrible Scenes of Desolation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 14

Graphic descriptions of last week's New Zealand earthquake were given by passengers of New Zealand steamers which reached Sydney yesterday. A Queensland woman, who was trapped in the Masonic Hotel at…

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"Black" Beer Likely Cessnock Wants Its Pints Fiat to Hotels Cessnock

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 8

BEER may be "black" in Cessnock if the local hotelkeepers, whose reply is expected to-night, do not agree to the…

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Blazing Hotel Robbed COONAMBLE

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

Convicted at the local court of having stolen liquor from the Commercial Hotel, while it was on fire on the night of December 11, Wallace Bridge and…

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Bus Licenses. Basis of Settlement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 13

Referring to the statement of the Commissioner of Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks), regarding the settlement of the difference of opinion between members of the Omnibus…

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Hotel Site Changed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

At a special meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, held at Campsie Court House yesterday, the Court approved an application to change the site of a new hotel to be…

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"There's Many a True Word—" Being the Experiences of Mr. Abcorn, of England "Standing at the front floor of hit hotel he observed a strange procession approaching"

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 4

Y friend Abcorn descended from the train at a small country station in the year 1940. He was a man of great…

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"Would Fix S.P. LICENSE" Story of Manly Hairdresser Talk of £200

Evening News · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 7

MANLY court was crowded to-day when the hearing of the charges involving an alleged starting price betting plan was…

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Acquiring an S.p License Ministers' Fames Conspiracy Charge at Manly

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

The names of two Cabinet Ministers, Messrs. Gosling and Lamaro, were mentioned in Manly Police Court in connection with s.p. shop licenses…

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License Wanted To Bet On 18-Footers

Daily Pictorial · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

Declaring that the 18-footer was the working man's aquatic racehorse, a deputation from the Sydney Flying Squadron…

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Absurd Election Law Closing of Hotels (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 4

Sir,--The proximity of the by-election for the Federal Electorate of East Sydney compels me to draw attention to the absurd provision in provision in the Liquer Act of…

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Garage Risk Protection for Car Owners to Be Licensed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

Complete control of the services required by motor users -- including the registering of mechanics and the licensing of garages…

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Transfers of Publicans' Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 8

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses:-- Prince of Wales Hotel, 500 Oxford ST…

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Radio Licenses Down N.s.w. Now Can Fees Be Reduced?

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 9

The return relative to listeners' licences for January 1931, shows the second real State decrease over the past…

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"A Death Trap" Faulty Electrical Work Man Without License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 14

The whole work was carried out in an unworkmanlike manner, and the electrical engineer considered it would be a death-trap."…

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Hotel Robbery

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 1

Two boarders at the Commercial Hotel, Parramatta, were robbed on Tuesday night or early next morning. Wilfred Hodgson lost. £12; Edward…

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Fruit Machines Back in Bars? Hotelkeepers Willing to Pay Tax

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 8

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Gosling. to-day promised a deputation of city and suburban hotelkeepers that be would bring under the notice of the…

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