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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 31

Improving Hotel Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

A considerable amount of work has been done in the rehabilitation of Hotel Sydney under the direction of H. E. Ross and Rowe, architects. The ceiling of the main dining…

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Charge Follows Fatal Brawl in Hotel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 1

Following the death of Michael Sexton 65, of Chelsea, who was injured in a brawl at an hotel at Carrum on Saturday night, John…

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Flaw in Billiard Act Table Licensees Complain Bitterly

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 3

SOME sharp minds have found a way to defeat the old Billiard and Bagatelle Act, which had its birth in 1862, and has stood for…

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80Ft. Drop Boy Lives After Hotel Fall

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 9

Arthur Giles, 15, had an amazing escape from death this afternoon when he fell 80ft. down a light well at the Grand Hotel, Hunter-street,…

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Three Fined Fight in Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 9

Cecil Joseph Bowes (21) Anthony Kirby (27) and Roy Hadden (26), at the Parramatta Police Court last Friday were charged with having behaved…

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"Most Dangerous" Intoxicated Motorists License Suspended

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 13

"A motor car in the hands of a drunken man or a man unable to control it, is most dangerous. And for that reason, these offences cannot be…

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A Far Call From the Old-time Taverns to Present Day Hotels

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

FROM the wayside tavern of a hundred years ago to the attractive hotel of to-day, is a far call. It is interesting to observe that the transition has come…

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"Can't Steal -- Yet," Says S.m. Cryptic Remark to Hotel Cook

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

Charged with stealing a quantity of foodstuffs from the kitchen of the Coronation Hotel, Park Street, Elizabeth Silcocks, 50, a cook, was…

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Hotel Licensee at Court

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

Margaret[?]Flanagan, hotel licensee, of Liverpool, was before Liverpool Court this Thursday charged with being the licensee of premises on…

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BOOKMAKERS. Plea for Licensing. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

In evidence before the Betting Commission to-day, the chairman of the South Australia Jockey Club, Mr. W. B. Carr, said that it would be in the best interests of the community and…

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Pistol Licenses

The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

The police request that holders of pistol licences must renew them immediatly. Failure to renew may lead to criminal prosecution for unlicensed…

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Melb. Hotels to Reduce Ord. Capital Pref. Div. Arrears Cancelled: Rate Lowered

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

Proposals to cancel arrears of preference dividend and to write down the value of ordinary shares are to be put…

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Had No License

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 8

At Liverpool Police Court on Thursday, Thomas William Cahill was fined £1 for permitting an unlicensed person to drive a motor…

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Licensing Court

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

At the Licensing Court, at Liverpool, this Thursday, the licensing inspector reported that all hotels within the police district were…

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Hotelkeepers' War

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

UNTIL recently there was an agreement among the Young hotelkeepers regarding prices to be charged for all kinds of draught and bottled…

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Melbourne Hotels Ltd. Reduction in Ordinary Capital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 15

Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., proposes that the capital of the company be reduced from £250,000, in 85,000 preference shares of £1 each, and 165,000 ordinary shares of £1 each,…

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£10,000 WRIT Hotelkeeper Alleges Libel

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

A writ for £10,000 damages for alleged libel against Truth and Sportsman, Ltd., and Joseph Mark Surtees, printer and publisher, was issued out…

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Little Gold Mine of the Turf Built Quick Fortune for Hotel Magnate Mystery of Lost Brilliance

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 9

THE announcement of Gay Ballerina's retirement to the stud recalls the romantic story of a big rise made by a fortunate owner who had the good judgment and good luck to buy and punt at the right moments…

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Due For Renewal Pistol Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

Sergeant Dein, in charge of Ryde Police Station, is averse to taking action against people if he can induce them to comply with the law…

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Licensee Fined Man Not Questioned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

Margaret Flanagan, at the Liverpool Police Court last Thursday, was proceeded against as the licensee of premises —the Cross Roads Hotel—on which…

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