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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 39

Robbed of £60 Held Up in a City Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 9

Suddenly attacked from behind as he walked out of his bedroom at the First and Last Hotel, Phillip-street, city, this afternoon, the licensee,…

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Coward, Says Witness of the "Wizard" Hotelkeeper Alleges Famous Driver Trembled "Nervous" Constable Claims He Nearly Stopped Dash

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 October 1932 · page 6

EVIDENCE for the defence alleging that the Ninety Mile Beach had been, in a fit condition for an attempt on the speed record,…

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Alleged Assault. Hotelkeeper's Report to Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 7

Mr. Clyde Reid, licencee of the First and Last Hotel, Phillip-street, reported to the police yesterday afternoon that he had been assaulted and robbed of £62 by a strange man…

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Transfers of Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 7

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court Mr. Le Brun Brown, chairman, granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Old Commodore Hotel, Blue's Point-road, North…

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Serious Allegations Milkman's £50 He Tried to Get License

The Sun · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 11

SENSATIONAL allegations were made in the North Sydney Police Court today, when John Joseph Woolfe. milk…

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£62 Stolen Theft at City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 5

As he was opening a door in response to a knock at the First and Last Hotel, Phillip Street, city, last night, Clive Reid, licensee, was struck…

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Struck on Head with Brass Rod Hotel Keeper Was Robbed of £62 Ready to Bank

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 7

Struck on the head with a brass carpet rod in his bedroom at the First and Last Hotel,…

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No Lights No License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1932 · page 11

Ernest William Vale, at Ryde Court, admitted that he took a risk in driving his motor lorry to a friend's place in order to have the lights fixed up, but as…

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Motor Licenses Proposed Scheme to Check the Theft of Cars

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 27 October 1932 · page 12

The N.S.W. State Government has under consideration a scheme for the quarterly payments of motor registration fees instead or annually…

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Hotel Licences Cancelled

The Sun · Thursday 27 October 1932 · page 30

BREWARRINA, Thursday. -- The Licensing Reduction Board (Messrs. W. Lebrun Brown, chairman; W. S. Arnott, and T. W. Cohen), took…

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Famous "Grand Hotel" Stars

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 October 1932 · page 10

LIONEL BARRYMORE as Kringelein, and WALLACE BEERY as Preysing, in "Grand Hotel," now attracting crowds to the St. James Theatre…

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Armed Man in Hotel. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 10

The women occupants of a room at the Hampden Hotel, Coramba, were startled at 1.45 o'clock on Sunday morning by loud bangings on the door and demands that the door…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Sale of Hotel. Buckley v Cutts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 6

This was an appeal by Frederick Cutts, defendant in an action in which the plaintiff, Sydney Shaw Buckley, sued in counts of false representations and breach of warranty to…

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Made a Good Job— Had No License

The St George Call · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 1

Trouble is easy to get into, but sometimes costly to get out of. At any rate this was the experience of Aimer St. Paul Milne…

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Convinced Licensee of Bona-fides. Not Difficult Matter, Says Court

The St George Call · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 1

When Mervyn Thomas Jackson, William Wright, Roy Durrington, Rex Durrington, George Baldock, William Reginald Ferrie, and Norman Edward…

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Hotels "Pegged" in Gold Claims Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 1

THE discovery of a gold reef in Leonora led to the pegging of three leases, covering two hotels, in the busiest…

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Hotels on Gold Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--Two of the three hotels, and most of the business and residential premises in Leonora, on the Mt. Margaret goldfields,…

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"After Hours" Cases Two Men and Licensee

The Biz · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 6

A charge of "being the lice.-sec. of prenuses on which persons were found after hours," on October 9, was preferred against John Clarke,…

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Whose Debt? Brewer Sues Publican Defendant's Successful Plea

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 October 1932 · page 1

Claiming that he was merely managing the hotel for another, Frederick Lionel Maddocks, was successful as defendant in a case…

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St. James.—"grand Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 October 1932 · page 11

A host of Hollywood stars appear on the screen at St. James' Theatre where the picturisation of Vicki Baum's successful novel, "Grand Hotel," continues its popular run. They include Grete Garbo,…

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