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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 39

Closed Hotels

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

"A relic of barbarism" is how the Secretary of the United Licensed tuallers' Association (Mr. J. D. Durham) described the closing of hotels…

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Fire in Hotel. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

Boarders at the Oxford Hotel, a large tw[?] story wooden building, were awakened at 4[?] a.m. by smoke, and found a fire in the ba[?] Part of the counter and some fittings we[?]…

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Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. E. A. Prior. Hotel Cook's Wages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 6

Mrs. Ethel Skene, of Broughton-street, North Sydney, proceeded against Charles Waterhouse, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, Alfred-street, Milson's Point, claiming £20/10/…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. W; Le Brun Brown, chairman, granted a transfer of the liquor licence of the Four-in-Hand Hotel, 105 Sutherland-street,…

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Wireless in Hotels. Race Results Allowed, But Not Music. Judge's Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 13

"It would be a very good thing if the broadcasting of racing results in hotels was prohibited," declared Judge Curlewis in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday…

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In Divorce "Bondy" Hoare Cited Publican's Story

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 12

President of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, Thomas ("Bondy") Hoare appeared before Mr. Justice K. W…

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Trouble at Hotel. Mug of Beer Thrown at Barmaid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 5

A sentence of three months' imprisonment and a fine of £2 was imposed on Stanley Irvine, 37, labourer, by Mr. Gibson, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, on charges of…

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Wealthy Scone Grazier Kidnapped Forced to Sign Orders for £10,000 and £5000 Lured From Hotel in Motor Car by Two Men Bound to Chair Tells Full Story to C.i.b. Detectives

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 1

Kidnapped and held a bound prisoner in Sydney for seven days, Mr. Edward Perrott (68), wealthy owner of St. Aubin's Station, Scone, was forced by two men, he told the police yesterday, to sign…

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Hotel Licensee Fined. Singleton, Friday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 14

George Frederick William Smith, licensee of the Albion Hotel, was proceeded against by George S. Bradley an officer of the Customs Department, in the Police Court to-day for…

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Licensed Butchers. To the Editor "Farmet and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 2

And proposed [?] or outchers' shops is said to be approved by most parties concerned, but would a curtailment in the number of shops reduce the…

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War on 'Telegraph'! Workers of N.S.Wales Directly Asked Not to Read Vicious Morning Journal Doing Incalculable Harm to The Whole State A.L.P. Executive Action Campbell and Tin Hares Mascot Club License Lang Congratulated

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 1

DECLARING that the vicious propaganda of the anti-Labor Press was doing incalculable harm to the State of New South Wales, the A.L.P. executive last night adopted a plan under which the workers of the State will be asked not to read…

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Cheap Beer Leads to Strike Publicans Object to Dictator Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 1

Publicans in Berlin and Hamburg have struck, following an attempt by a new price "dictator,". Dr. Goerdeler, to reduce, the rates for beer…

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Getting Tin Out of Tin Hare No License For Mascot But One For V.P.?

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1932 · page 16

THERE'S tin in the tin hare while he is allowed to cavort electrically, and many people in Sydney are anxious to put some salt on his tail without…

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Told Torrid Tale of Wife's Thirst "Life Was One Long Drink for Her," Says George Galperin Former Licensee of Newcastle Pub in Divorce Court Miners' Leader Named As One of Co-res

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1932 · page 17

READER of the Northern miners in many a hot industrial battle, best-known man in Newcastle and the Maitland coal-fields, Thomas Hoare—Bondy" to everyone, even the boss—is in Sydney fighting another fight, this time named as the alleged lover of a middle-aged married woman, the olive-skinned, plump Mary Galperin. "BONDY" sits in the Sydney Divorce Court, a thin-thatched cynical figure, with a smile in his eye. And between…

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£100 THEFT. Hotel Safe Stolen. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 9

Thieves who stole the safe from the bar of the Denman Hotel, Abermain, between mid-night and 7 a.m. to-day, escaped with about £100 in notes and coin. They carried the…

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2,473,227 Radio Licenses London

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 1

THE number of wireless licenses in force at the and of January showed an increase of 148,000 over the…

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SAFE - Breakers' Haul Hotelkeeper Loses £109 ABERMAIN

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 6

Forcing a bar-room window at the Hotel Denman, Abermain, at 3 o'clock this morning, cracksmen secured the safe and carried it to a nearby mine,…

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He Obeyed the A.l.p. Branches Mascot Coursing License Heffron's Attitude

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 5

Speaking last night with reference to the special meeting of caucus to be held to-day, Mr. R. I. Haffron. M. I. A. for…

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Illicit Grog at W. Maitland Hotelkeeper Fined £30 Heavy Costs Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 8

For having purchased illicit spirits knowing them to be such, Herbert Linden Simmons, licensee of the Imperial Hotel, West Maitland, was…

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Five Stars in New M.G.M. FILM Garbo, Joan Crawford, The Barrymores, Wallace Beery 'Grand Hotel'

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 6

Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and Lewis stone--all in the one motion…

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