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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 39

The Cup Calls And Gaieties Begin-- Hotels Overbooked MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 30 October 1932 · page 26

WHEREAS Sydney was surra Prised last week to hear that over two thousand pounds could be forthcoming from…

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Pineapple Bacon Hams Look for the two Blue Stripes. Beer or Business? In Hotel After Hours Police Followed Them

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 1

Standing with two constables on the railway bridge at Liverpool station on the night of October 9, Sergeant Sweeting saw two men enter the Railway…

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£5000 FIRE. Hotel Destroyed. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 10

Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which, late this afternoon, destroyed the Hotel Metropole, at Esk. A change of wind prevented the post-office from being caught…

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Melb. Hotels Sold

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 1

The New Treasury. Hotel, at the corner, of Spring St. and Little. Collins of Melbourne, and two small houses adjoining it at the rear were…

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PROS and Cons on Change Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 October 1932 · page 12

Client: The market evidently believes that Usher's final dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum will also be the distribution for the…

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War Pensions. Alleged Trafficking by Wine Licensee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 6

In the Central Summons Court yesterday, Mr. H. F. G. Roy, of the war pensions branch of the Repatriation Department, proceeded against William Massey, of the Australian…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 6

Mr. W. S. Arnott, Licensing Magistrate, yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Palace Hotel, Flinders and Dowling streets. Martin Aloysius Harrigan to Maud…

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Hotel's Huge Dividend

The Sun · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--The Piccadilly Hotel Company announces a dividend at the rate of 120 per cent. Last year no dividend was paid…

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When Beer Is Only a Mirage Swaggies Who Tramp the Far West for an Oasis Hotels Close Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 5

HOT and tired, with their blankets and billies strapped to their backs, and an endless trudge of dry road before…

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Hotel Hours. Further Limitation Advocated. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 10

The president of the Australian Prohibition Council (Canon R. B. S. Hammond) stated to-day that the grave economic conditions throughout the Commonwealth…

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Swore in Hotel. Attacked Constable in Police Station

The St George Call · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 2

“You can’t assault the police, This sort of thing must stop altogether ” said Mr. McDougal, S.M., at t[?] arah Court yesterday, to William [?]…

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May License S.P. Shops Move in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 11

The question of licensing shop betting is likely to receive the attention of the State Cabinet at an early date. The growth of shop betting and the…

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Two Boys on Charge of Murder Allegedly Shot Hotel Keeper Dead During Argument. for Trial Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 5

BERNARD William Boyd, 18, and Ernest Kitchener Jenkins, 16, both of Graham Street, Port Melbourne, were…

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Trafficked in War Pensions Wine Licensee Fined

Truth · Sunday 6 November 1932 · page 21

ON three charges of trafficking in soldiers' war pensions, William Massey, of the Australian Wine Saloon,…

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Hotelkeeper's Joke Quaint Advice to Guests

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 6

Even hotel proprietors have a sense of humor. The following is a reproduction of a card displayed at an establishment in Hoboken, New Jersey:—…

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Lost Thumb Claim Against Hotel Company

The Sun · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 13

"Were you quite sober?" a plaintiff was asked in an action before Judge Edwards in the District Court to-day…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted yesterday by Mr. W. Le Brun Brown, L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Glebe, Tavern Hotel, Greek…

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Jury Box As Gate of Hotel Barrister Illustrates Case in Novel Way Thumb Battle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 5

A BARRISTER, clad in wig and gown, playing the part of what is colloquially known as a hotel "chucker-out,"…

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Now Manages Hotel

Referee · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 12

MISS HETTY NUTHALL, the English lawn tennis star, has taken up hotel management as a career. She has already been acting as relief…

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Hotel Amenities. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 7

Sir,—I read with interest the article in your columns of October 28 referring to the activities of the Australian National Travel Association in making "the attractions and…

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