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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1932

761 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 39

Fans Flare in Wrath at Radio Raid Won't Pay License Fees to Hear Advertising Hooey a Class Stations Collect £200,000, But Put Over Poorer Programmes Than B Class New Wireless Bill Is Outrageous

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1932 · page 22

OVER the air at any minute of the day you can get the fact that Humbug's hats cure headaches, mixed with a Beethoven Sonata, and "My Canary His Circles Under His Eyes" thrown in with an announcement that somebody's face powder keeps the moths away, or you cart hear that Bullo's sausages are supplied in the new color-notes, mixed with a rendition of Peter…

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Wentworth Hotel

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1932 · page 14

VISITORS to the Wentworth during the week have expressed surprise at the wonderful alterations that have been effected under the guidance of the…

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Scenes in City. Busy Hotels and Restaurants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 11

With the completion of the morning celebrations, crowds of people commenced to flock into the city, which soon presented an animated scene. Holiday-makers appeared…

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Show Has It on Its Very Own Theatres and Hotels Will All Be Closed in Churches

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 5

TO-DAY being Good Friday, all theatres and hotels will be closed. The Royal Show is the only attraction. R.A.S. officials…

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Later Bar Hours Times for Hotels May Alter A.l.p. Conference Suggestion Socialisation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 5

The Government may shortly extend the closing hours of hotels from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. or 9…

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Hotel Guests Alarmed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 13

The sudden and hurried entry of a group of firemen, carrying axes and chemical extinguishers, was the first warning guests received of a fire which broke out on the roof of the…

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Firemen Made Hotel Guests Run

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

WHEN a dozen or so firemen burst into the main lounge of the Hotel Windsor, city, last night, the guests…

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Canberra News. Fire at Hotel. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 8

Excitement was caused at the Hotel Canberra early yesterday morning by an outbreak of fire in the kitchen. Shortly before 6 o'clock an electric wire fused, and ignited the…

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FOUND £8000 Picture Sewn in Trunk Cover Hotel Arrest Marseilles

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 5

A Frenchwoman whose English husband recently disappeared, has been arrested in an hotel in Rue de Larbre, where…

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Will Johnstone Get a License

Referee · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 8

IT was cabled during the week that the Sydney jockey, W. R. Johnstone, had left India for England. He did particularly well in the former country, but there is doubt whether he will get a license to ride in England. Latest London newspapers confirm the cable that the stewards of the…

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Hotel Building in Victoria

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 3

The annual report of the Licenses. Reduction Board of Victoria is of some interest because the outline of building operations in Victoria which have been the concrete result of…

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Betting Raids at Hotels. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 10

Sergeant Sweeting and a police party from Parramatta raided two hotels at Richmond yesterday. The licensee of one hotel and another man were arrested and charged with…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 6

At the M[?] [?] Court yesterday Mr. W. S. A[?] L.M. [?] the [?] [?] of [?]—[?] [?] 22 [?] [?]…

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NO. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Davidson and jury.) Hotel Licence Fees. Mann v O'Hara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 6

The hearing was concluded of the action in which Henry Mann sued Charles O'Hara to recover £365/17/2 as defendants portion of licence fees paid by plaintiff on the operations…

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Hotel Ban Nine "Black" To A.L.P. In Orange ORANGE

The Sun · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 9

Considering that hotelkeepers should subscribe to the fighting fund of the Party, the Orange branch of the A.L.P. has decided to declare…

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“Ultr Vires” Pig and Poultry Licenses Mayor’s Explanation

South Sydney Sentinel · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 6

At the meeting of the Botany Council on the 23rd inst, on the motion of Ald Thereby-seconded by Ald. Weyman it was resolved to request the Mayor to…

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Transfer of licenses

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 2

At the Penrith licensing Court on Tuesday, the license of the Hotel Hydro Majestic, Medlow, was transferred from R. M. Radcliffc to Arthur…

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Lang Prepares Amazing Blockade Siege or Seize in New South Wales Clearing the Decks for Sensational Fight with Lyons Astounding Exposures by "Truth" State Will Be Paralysed If Funds Are Taken—no Races, No Theatres, No Motor Licenses

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1932 · page 1

SENSATIONAL political moves by which the Commonwealth hopes to seize the revenues of this State, arid desperate counter-moves by Lang to resist the Federal bailiffs are disclosed by "Truth" in ah exclusive exposure of what is about to happen…

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'Twas the Unkindest Cut of All Captain's Bow in Big Act Hot Push Made Police, Publicans, Public, Press and the Pressed Perspire Sword Scene Centres on Central

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1932 · page 20

THE shouting and the tumult died away; the captains, the cops and the colonels departed, while the case of the Great Cut, the unkindest cut of all as someone has said, the cutting of a strip of silk across the Harbor Bridge, ended as a matter which stands part-heard as far as the Central Police Court AND Captain F…

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After Thirteen Months Arrest in Waterloo Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1932 · page 2

The sequel to an alleged assault on a policeman at Waterloo 13 months ago was the arrest yesterday afternoon in that suburb of a man for…

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