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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 39

Share Market Retains Its Buoyant Tone Loans Up Again Breweries, Hotels, and Retail Stores

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 7

Even greater buoyancy than had been displayed earlier in the week was shown on Change yesterday…

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St. James—"grand Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 8

The distinguished cast of "Grand Hotel," the new Metro-Goolwyn-Mayer film at the St. James Theatre, includes Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Orawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore,…

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SAFEBLOWERS Visit Hotel at Alexandria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 9

Safeblowers visited the Balaclava Hotel, Mitchell-road, Alexandria, on Saturday night, and secured £40 in cash from the office safe, by blowing it open with a charge of gelignite…

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Safe-blowers' Hotel Haul Took Silver, Whisky and Tobacco

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1932 · page 1

A gang of safe-blowers wrecked the safe in the Balaclava Hotel, at the corner of Mitchell Road and Buckland Street, Alexandria, by a strong…

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Licensing Court. Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 6

Mr. w. Le Brun Brown, chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Coutt, granted the following transfeis of publicans' licences yesterday—Milson's Point Hotel, Alfred-street,…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 11

Mr. N. B. Ridge, chairman of directors, addressing shareholders at the annual meeting of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., yesterday, said that the company's Hotel during…

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Fire at Lawson. Grand Hotel Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 10

The Grand Hotel, Lawson a two-storey weatherboard structure of between 30 and 40 rooms was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at several…

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Publican Who Does Not Want To Hear About The Lottery

The Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 9

A hoax was played on a publican at North Sydney yesterday that resulted in the quenching of many thirsts, for a while. About five minutes after the Lottery had been drawn, a ring on the hotel 'phone informed the publican that he had drawn first prize…

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Hotel Fire at Lawson .... .... Anglican Convention Service

The Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 16

RUINS of the Grand Hotel, Lawson, which was totally destroyed by fire at 1 a.m. to-day. The Congregational Church, alongside the hotel, was saved by a bucket brigade of young men…

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Hotel Blaze at Lawson Burned Down; No Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 7

LAWSON, 1 a.m., Tuesday.--Vears' Grand Hotel, Lawson, was destroyed in a blaze that could be seen from beyond Katoomba early this morning…

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Gaming Machines to Be Smashed Northbridge Licensee Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 8

James Steer (63), licensee of the Northbridge Hotel, was fined £5, in default 10 days' gaol, at North Sydney Court yesterday for having a…

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Company News Usher's Hotel Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1932 · page 12

At the annual meeting of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman, Mr. N. B. Rydge, said that the net profit of £12,010 last year was more than…

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Grand Hotel Is Gutted

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 October 1932 · page 6

THE quiet Mountain town of Lawson had a thrill early yesterday, when the Grand Central Hotel was…

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Hotel Metropole, Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 6

Op. Union Club. And 2 minutes from Entrance to Domain and…

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Enormous Crowds Each Night 'Grand Hotel' at St. James Fine Picture

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 October 1932 · page 10

ALTHOUGH, by virtue of the high standard of past offering, the management of the St. James Theatre has every…

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Hotel Destroyed Fire at Lawson Escape in Night Attire

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 1

A fire that broke out in the Grand Hotel, Lawson, at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, reduced the building to ashes. Occupants escaped in night…

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St. James—"grand Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 10

"Grand Hotel," with its excellent cast and us massive settings representing the interior of an up-to-date European hotel, is drawling large houses at the St. James Theatre. Greta Onrbo, John…

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Hotel Dispute. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 14

Owing to the introduction of a housekeeper at a local hotel a stop-work meeting of all hotel employees was held at the Trades Hall. The union claims that the hotelkeeper is…

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Hotel Friendship Ill-Starred

Truth · Sunday 16 October 1932 · page 11

WITH a frightful scar disfiguring the left side of his face, Alexander Campbell, a New Zealand sawmill hand, gave evidence at…

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The Atmosphere of "Grand Hotel"

The Sun · Sunday 16 October 1932 · page 23

ONE of the most intriguing features about the whole of that intriguing picture, "Grand Hotel," at the St. James Theatre, is the hotel…

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