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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 39

Eleven in It Hotel-Keeper And His Customers

The Sun · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 11

The Rose and Crown Hotel, Glenmore-road, Paddington, is likely to attract a record crowd to-day, for the first prize of £5000 is to be distributed…

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Corsican Vendetta. Sequel in Nice Hotel. LONDON, Oct. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 10

The sequel to a Corsican vendetta occurred in the bar of a Nice hotel, when a young man, firing five shots, wounded a Corsican, aged 72. who was acquitted in 1922 of a…

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Transfers of Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licences were granted:—Vulcan Hotel, Wattlestreet and Mary Ann-street, Sydney, Francis…

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Murdered in Hotel Licensee Found Shot Dead Two Detained Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 7

James George Sybley, manager of the Whittlesea Hotel, Whittlesea, was shot dead about nine o'clock to-night. Two young…

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Shot Dead in Hotel. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 1

Police headquarters to-night received a message that Joseph G. Sydley manager of the Whittlesea Hotel Whittlesea about 20 miles…

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Motor Transport in N.Z. Proposals for Licensing. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 8

With a view to effecting drastic economies in New Zealand's lend transport, the Government has decided that after November next all motor vehicles engaged in the carriage of goods…

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Death of Hotelkeeper. Youth Charged with Murder. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 12

Following the shooting of Joseph George Sybley, 47, monager of the Whittlesea Hotel. Whittlesea, last night Bernard William Boyd 18, clerk, was remanded at the City Court…

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Two Oustanding Successes 'Sunshine Susie' And 'Grand Hotel'

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 10

TWO pictures that have met with outstanding success in Sydney are "Grand Hotel," at the. St. James, and "Sunshine…

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Ring Worth £200 Stolen Taken From Room in a City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 5

In the absence of the owner, Mr. A. Pudig, a diamond ring worth £200 and the sum of £10 were stolen from a room in a city hotel last night…

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DODGERS Had No Radio Licenses

The Sun · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 13

"During the last few months there has been a number of convictions against wireless dealers in the city for unlicensed wireless sets," said…

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Women in Terror Thief with Knife I'll Cut Her Throat, He Threatened Attack in Hotel Soda Syphon Used in Defence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 1

Four women had a terrifying experience in a city hotel last night, when a man, who had snatched a handful of…

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A Great Week for the Hotels Money Circulating and Bookings Heavy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--This year's Cup week may prove the best for many years, from the point of view of money circulation in the city…

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£6500 DAMAGE. Fire Destroys Hotel and Shops. MURWILLUMBAH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 17

A fire at Burringbar early this morning destroyed the Burringbar Hotel, owned by Mr. Reginald Thomas Allen, sen., of Bowen, and occupied by Mr. Gordon Riley, a baker's shop,…

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St. James.—"grand Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 8

Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, and Lewis Stone head the cast of "Grand Hotel" at the St. James Theatre. The action of thw film, which is based…

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"Hotel Continental"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 18

WITH parrotish enthusiasm, the minor directors of Hollywood are now scuttling off behind…

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Big Hotel Robbery Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 6

The Terminus Hotel, Wellington, was broken into while the proprietor and his wife were away last night, and about £160 in cash and…

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Stop Press Hotel Robbery

Truth · Sunday 23 October 1932 · page 12

While a party of police were questioning the proprietress of the Sunderland Arms Hotel, Byrmont, last night, concerning after hours trading,…

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Chased Thief in Singlet Bedrooms in Hotel Sacked Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 October 1932 · page 5

A daring thief entered Amos's Hotel at Mayfield early yesterday morning and ransacked a number of bedrooms, stealing money and jewellery…

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Heavy Losses. Canberra Hotels. Private Enterprise Advocated Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 9

A definite proposal to hand over to private enterprise all the hotels in Canberra will probably be made to the Government during the week, when Mr. Stacey (U.A.P., S.A.) will…

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Hammond's Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 13

Canon Hammond said yesterday that in the last two months 53,420 meals had been provided at the Hammond Hotels, in which there was accommodation for 388 men…

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