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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 39

"Hotel Barber" Busy

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 13

PARKES, Monday.--A number of bedrooms at Tattersall's Hotel were rifled early last night, but the only booty secured by the "hotel barber"…

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Hotel Patrons Grab Thief

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

CAUGHT by the proprietors, Mrs. Esier Long, ransacking the Assembly Hotel, Phillip St. City, on Saturdy afternoon, a surprised thief…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, chairman, granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Sackville Hotel, Darling and Wise streets, Balmain, George…

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Drunken Drivers Penalised Licenses Are Forfeit

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 1

For having driven a car while he was under the influence of liquor, Bruce Smith, 22, salesman, was fined £10 or twenty days' imprisonment,…

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Memories of Old Inn "Oxford" Licensee Left £18,882 a 'Town Hall'

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 9

STORIES of the "Oxford" Hotel, King Street, a former landmark, were revived yesterday when the will of Mrs…

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League Star "Keeps the Hotel"

Referee · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 15

TOM GORMAN, Queensland's Rugby League star who captained the last Australian side to England, has blossomed out in Brisbane as a boniface…

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Grand Hotel Sold for £50,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 11

The Grand Hotel, at the corner of Hunterstreet and Hamilton-street, has been sold for about £50,000. The buyer is a member of a firm of city…

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City Hotel Sold for £50,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 14

The Grand Hotel, Hunter-street, the sale of which was announced yesterday…

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The Mayfair Hotel Again

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 10

The proposed Mayfair Hotel, Darlinghurst, which, like the prima donna’s farewell is perennial, is once again with us. This time it seems closer to fruition, for it is…

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His Cheques Were Dishonored Application for Auctioneer's License Refused Hasn't Paid for Wedding Breakfast

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 1

Should a man whose cheques have been dishonored be granted an auctioneer's license? This question confronted Magistrate Chapman at the Parramatta Court on Monday, when application for such a license was made by Robert…

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Licensee Charged What Police Allege Taximan and Bottle of Wine

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 9

Did John Sari, Anderson, licensee of the, Locomotive Hotel, Auburn, supply John James Lo Sueur with a bottle of wine after hours on March 5…

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20 Years Wed and Wife Left Hotelkeeper Gets Decree

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 17

Maurice Henry Lazarus, hotelkeeper, of the Carlton Club Hotel, Sydney, to-day obtained a decree nisi from Edith Winifred Lazarus…

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A License For War

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 4

IN its judgment delivered yesterday, a judgment that must reck with suspicion of political bias until the reasons for it are disclosed, the Full Bench of the High Court gave a license to big business, the National Party and the Boo Guard to outrage the…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 13

At the first meeting of the newly-elected council of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, the following officers were elected:—President, Mr. N. H. Connolly: senior vice-president…

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From Licensee to Yardman

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 1

A HOTELKEEPER'S misfortunes were total to Mr Farrington, P.M., during a bankruptcy examination at Lithgow. John Bartley stated that,…

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No License Driver in Court Owner Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 4

Two men figured at Ryde Court under rather unusual circumstances last Thursday. Henry Watson is a bootmaker and…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yestcrday Mr. W. S. Arnott. L.M., granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Watson's Paragon Hotel, 1 Loftus-street. Sydney, Charles Paul…

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E. T. O'sullivan's Libel Win of £1000 Name Used as Turf Adviser Hopes for Return of License

Referee · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 9

It will be remembered that the ex-Australian, E. T. O'Sullivan, did well in England for some time as a trainer, but he subsequently came into collision with the English Jockey Club owing to the allegedly inconsistent form of his horse Cheerio…

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Turf Jottings From Here There & Everywhere Loquacious Finished Racing—Betting Tax Evasions — Jockeys' Licenses in England — Tregilla Resumes — Bartle's Luck Improves — McCarten's Good Time — Night Raid's Stock at Low Prices — Taxation in New Zealand — Warwick Farm Notes. Best Advertised Sires

Referee · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 8

THE recent five days' racing at Randwick did not do much in the way of advertising Australian-bred sires, but of course it must not be overlooked that their representatives were greatly outnumbered by those of imported stallions…

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Hotel Lease. Dispute Over Rent. Owners' Claim Fails

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 7

The Palace Hotel property, at the corner of St. Georgo's Terrace and William Street, Perth, W.A., which includes four shops in William…

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