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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 31

Hotel Burglary. Arrest by Newtown Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 9

A burglary took place at the Prince Alfred Hotel, Missenden-road, Camperdown, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Smashing in the glass in the front door of…

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Hotel Visitors Had To Wait On Table CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 5

TO-DAY 350 girls and young women arrived at Canberra under the auspices of the Young Australia League. Their mission was one…

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Had "Dry" Drink in an Hotel Barmaid's Wages Claim Is Upheld by the Court Accepted Tip

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 5

"FROM the humblest beershop right up to the luxurious Hotel Australia. customers offer tips to bar-tenders."…

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"Most Brazen" The Betting Barmaid Licensee "Not Interested"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 10

"I want to say that this was the most brazen case of betting I have ever seen. This woman was standing behind the bar—she is employed there as a…

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Pistol Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 9

Holder of pistol licenses—which expired on December 31—are advised to renew them as soon as possible. They are also reminded that, when…

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Minnie Loves Unwholesome Impersonator Likes Men Friends When They Have Money Story She Told In City Hotel Parlor

Arrow · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 3

IT would be idle to assume that even such a distinguished stage personality as Miss Minnie Love, Whose impersonations of famous film stars at the Prince Edward have delighted thousands of Sydney theatre goers abhorred publicity…

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Arrest Follows Hotel Incident

The Sun · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 10

William Harvey, of Mount-street, Coogee, received a fractured skull in a hotel bar at Randwick last night. A man was later arrested and…

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Popular Licensee Dead Young

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Windrum, who died suddenly in bed yesterday was the licensee of the Commercial Hotel, and one of the most popular men…

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All Set For the-Adelaide Test Aussies Are an Odds-on Bet But Rain Was Falling When Teams Arrived O'reilly and His Critics Hotel Richmond, ADELAIDE

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 16

I ARRIVED in Adelaide this morning and was surprised after the suffocating heat of Melbourne to find rain pelting down in "The City of Churches!" It has been raining here for some days, but a big break is expected before…

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Final Test Gallop Was a Serious Business Sensational Precautions The Wicket Guarded "House Full" Jardine Hooted Hotel Richmond, ADELAIDE

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 13

BILLY WOODFULL is the last word in confidence as far as to-morrow's Test is concerned, but the weather…

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Cowardly Assault Three Men Attacked Publican

The Sun · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

John Alfred Cleary (26), clerk, was fined £20 at North Sydney Court yesterday for assaulting Percy Joseph Skehan, proprietor of the Artarmon…

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Robbed Melba and the Governor-general Hotel "Barber" Who Flew at High Game "Art The Barber" Confesses To "Smith's" Secured Good Haul From Lord Forrest

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 2

THAT the "hotel barber," that elusive type of gentle grafter which is fast becoming extinct, is no respecter of persons or places was long ago emphasised when no less a trio of illustrious personages than the late Dame Nellie…

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Capital Reduced Melbourne Hotels Write 10 Off Ordinary Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 12

Shareholders of Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., yesterday decided that the capital of the company be reduced from £250,000 to £212,375, by…

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Wishing in Victoria Trout Licenses Due

Referee · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 20

The trout license became operative in Victoria on Saturday last. The license remains in force for the season it was Issued. All anglers over 17 years of age…

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Alterations to Parra Matta (Sydney) Hotel

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 12

Alterations, which include practically a new facade, are soon to be commenced to the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parramatta, which building, incidentally, is one of the oldest even in Parramatta, a town of old houses; though in spite of its antiquity this district is at .present going ahead more quickly than many others. The architect for the work tenders for which will…

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Constable Charged After Arrest at Hotel Assault Case

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 11

FIRST - CLASS Constable Lind, who is in charge at Blacktown, was proceeded against by summons at…

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Flesh Burnt Off in Fire Hotel Manager's Plight Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

When fire at Bullfinch to-day destroyed the Exchange Hotel, the manager, Mr. R[?]ordan, staggored into the room J. Fu[?]ler…

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"I Am Burned to Death" Man's Cry in Hotel Fire; Explosions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 8

PERTH, Tuesday.--At Bullfinch about 1 a.m. to-day the Exchange Hotel was burned to the ground. The manager, Mr. D. Riordan,…

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Southern District News Matron Lackey in Court Sequel to Scene in Front of Hotel "Not Going Home Till I Get My Beer"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 7

A little scene in front of the Cabramatta Hotel on January 5 had its sequel at Liverpool Police Court on Monday when Matron Lackey was charged with having used insulting words to Constable Whitfield and with having used Obscene language…

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"I'll Pull You Into Gear" When The Hotel Bar Was Cleared Constable Charged with Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

Did Francis Charles Areniz use insulting words to Constable Lind? And did he resist arrest? And did the constable assault him? These questions confronted Magistrate Sutherland at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday…

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