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Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 39

Big Temptation for Licensee Said Never to Refuse Any Customer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 December 1932 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The police alleged that a licensee who applied to the Licensing Court to-day for a transfer lacked sufficient will to…

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Attack on Hotel. Iron Bars Used. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1932 · page 6

An exciting half-hour followed the refusal of Mr. I. Jones, licensee of the Cross Keys Hotel, Carrington, to serve liquor to three men who called at the hotel at 2 o'clock this…

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Bottle-washer to Millionaire Hotels and Casinos in Inheritance London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 December 1932 · page 1

A Londoner, Mr. Clement Hobson, and a French member of Parliament, M. Henri Lillaz, have acquired the Boulant inheritance at Biarritz…

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"War" in the Country Banquet for Price of Beer Hotel Rivalry

The Sun · Tuesday 27 December 1932 · page 8

Tender slices of palate-tickling sucking pig, oyster patties, and duck, not forgetting the lobster and a pig's trotter or two!…

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Attacked in Hotel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 December 1932 · page 6

VICIOUSLY attacked by a thug whom it is alleged he had befriended earlier in his room at a city hotel in Pitt Street,…

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Assaulted by His Guest Man Unconscious in City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 December 1932 · page 5

Found unconscious in the passageway outside his room at a large Pitt Street hotel last night, Donald Gilligray (32), a visitor from Forbes, bore…

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At the Pictures Latest Talkies Reviewed "Love Me To-night" film operetta at its best..."The Ghost Train" and Jack Hulbert... "Hotel Splendide."

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 16

THE most captivating film operetta that has been seen in Sydney is, I think, "LOVE ME TO-NIGHT," which has begun a season at the Prince Edward Theatre. It is delightfully clever…

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Man Fatally Burned. Fire in Hotel. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 7

The charred remains of a man's body were found in the ashes of the Waiplata hotel, Otago, which was destroyed by fire last night. John Hayes is reported missing. One boarder…

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Speed the Essence of the Contract Building the College House Hotel, Jervis Bay

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 3

There are some people who accuse architects, like other professional men, of being too slow, of thinking over things while other people up and doing. That this criticism is in…

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Man Incinerated in Hotel Fire Wellington (N.z.). Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 1

Raking over the ashes of the ruined Walplata Hotel Otago which was destroyed by fire last night, police to-day…

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Big Hotel Fire in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- The hotel at Waipiata, Otago, was destroyed by fire last night. A man named John Hayes is missing, and…

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Hotel Disturbance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--During a disturbance in an hotel in Bridge Road, Richmond, a man is alleged to have thrust a sawn-off rifle into…

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Barmaid Shot Dead Ballarat Hotel Tragedy Man Wounded Ballarat

The Sun · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 9

MRS. WINIFRED BROOKS, barmaid, was shot dead, and Harry Lloyd, 53, formerly of Wonthaggi, was shot in the…

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License Was Suspended Had Drink at Xmas, Said Constable

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 4

"I have had a few drinks. In fact I am in business and at Christmas-time everyone asks me to have a drink," was the excuse that Constable…

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Happy Hotel Staff Team Spirit at The Great Southern

The Land · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 4

The happy team spirit of The Great Southern Hotel, Sydney, was in evidence on Christmas Day, when the whole of the house stafe were the…

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Barmaid Killed. Manager Wounded. Hotel Shooting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 9

Mrs. Winffred Brooks, 46, barmaid, was shot dead, and Henry Lloyd, 53, hotel manager, was seriously wounded at the North Grant Hotel, Ballarat, early this morning…

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Policeman Badly Kicked Publican Also Attacked

The St George Call · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 1

Asking for a remand in the cases of Vincent Anthony Stevens, for assaulting Constable King and a Mr. West: brook, and the charges against John…

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Allawah Hotel Robbery. Ex-employee Charged. £800 Implicated

The St George Call · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 2

At Kogarah Court last week, Walter Thompson was committed for trial at the Sydney Quarter Sessions, on a charge of breaking and entering the…

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Barmaid Shot Dead Licensee Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Early this morning Mrs. Winifred Brooks, barmaid at the North Grant Hotel, Ballarat East, was shot dead in a…

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"Bradman Has Not 'Shot His Bolt'" But Don't Expect Him to Win the Test Nothing Matters In Melbourne Except Cricket Can Trumble Pack 'Em In? Hotel Alexander, Melbourne

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 1

JUST arrived, but am meeting famous cricketers and cricketing figures on every corner. HOTELS are packed and host Hughie Trumble looks like having trouble in stacking them in the famous Melbourne ground on Friday and following days…

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