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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 31

Girls Who Work for 1010 a Week an Appalling State of Affairs in Govt Hotels. at Canberra Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 6

CONDITIONS under which employees at Government hotels in Canberra have to work have approached such a…

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He Lived in Style But Hotel Waits For Money

The Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 9

AFTER ten days sumptuous living at the Hotel Australia, Antony Hugh Milburne, 23, appeared to-day in the dock at…

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Government Throws a Bomb Into Mechanical Camp One Non-Proprietary License For Sydney To Come Into Force On May 1

Referee · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 15

Literally speaking, the N.S.W. Slate Government baa thrown a bomb into the greyhound racing camp, and all circles are agog with excitement, the chief point being who is to secure the Metropolitan license! The long awaited decision by the Government was made on Monday night, when the…

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Visiting Adelaide? Stay at the Hotel Oriental

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 13

VISITORS and tourists to Adelaide. South Australia, will find their every comfort and convenience catered for at the Hotel Oriental, which is…

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Murder Charge in Vic. Woman Slain in Hotel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 1

At the Ballarat Supreme Court to-day. Patrick Sheedy, 40 was charged with the murder of Mrs. Winifred Naomi Brooke, and with having shot…

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Murder Charge Against Hotelkeeper. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 18

In the Ballarat Supreme Court to-day Patrick Sheedy, 49 years, hotelkeeper, pleaded not guilty to charges of having murdered Winifred N[?]oml Brooks, and having wounded…

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"Wastrel Englishman." No Money to Pay Hotel Bill. Ten Days of Luxury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 10

"Something in the nature of a Wastrel Englishman," was how Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., described Antony Hugh Milburne, 23, at the Central Police Court yesterday. Milburne,…

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Hotel Death Former Licensee on Murder Charge BALLARAT

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

Giving evidence in the Ballarat Supreme Court today at the third day's trial of Patrick Sheedy, former licensee of the North Grant Hotel,…

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Canberra Hotels. Two Losing £80 a Week. Housing of Census Staff. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 13

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Perkins), replying in the House of Representatives today to criticism of the conduct of Government-owned hotels in Canberra, announced…

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Shots in Hotel "What a Dreadful Thing to Happen"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The trial of Patrick Sheedy, on charges of having murdered Winifred Naomi Brooks, and of having attempted to…

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Goode As Hotel Licensee PENRITH

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 9

Charles Joachim Goode, formerly Chief Transport Commissioner, to-day applied to the Licensing Court for the transfer to himself of the licence…

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Canberra Hotels. Kurrajong to Close. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

The Hotel Kurrajong at Canberra, which has been used for the accommodation of members of Parliament since 1927, is to be closed soon after Easter…

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Fate of Fed. Hotel Is Sealed Kurrajong to Go the Way of Cockatoo Docks Staff Fears Canberra, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 4

THE fate of the Government-controlled Hotel Kurrajong is sealed. A sub-committee of Cabinet, consisting of Messrs. Perkins,…

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Sundries Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 3

The Quarterly Licensing Court will be held at the Penrith Court House, on Thursday, 27th inst, at 10 a.m…

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N.C.A. Will Need the "Whitewash Brash Tin-hare Bombshell Bursts Non-Proprietary License For New Club Dog Owners Are Jubilant

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 12

DURING the week the final bombshell in the tin-hare war burst. THE N.C.A. comes out on top in the fight against the Greyhound Racing Control Council…

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Hotel Kurrajong and Census Staff. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 10

Sir,—As an applicant for a position as census clerk at Canberra, I strongly resent the remarks of Mr. James in the House of Representatives yesterday. The suggestion…

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Goode Now Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 7

PENRITH, Friday.--At the Licensing Court to-day the transfer of the licence of the Alexandra Hotel, Leura, to Charles Joachim Goode,…

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Former Hotel Licensee Sentenced to Death Found Guilty On Charge Of Murder Of Ballarat Barmaid

Truth · Sunday 9 April 1933 · page 12

AFTER a trial lasting four days, the jury in the Ballarat Supreme Court found Patrick Sheedy guilty of the murder of Mrs. Winifred Brooks, and of the attempted murder of Henry Lloyd, assistant manager of the North Grant Hotel at Ballarat on December 29…

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Fine Hotel As Barracks Official Muddling at Canberra

Truth · Sunday 9 April 1933 · page 18

HAVING previously drawn attention to the kindergarten standard of intelligence which' the Government has displayed in running its hotels, "Truth"…

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Beer "Black." Hotels to be Picketed. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 9

Beer will be "black" in the Newcastle district from Saturday next, according to a decision reached at a conference of unions yesterday…

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