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Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 31

Man Dead in Bed Hotel Waitress's Discovery Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 5

A WAITRESS at the Harp Hotel, Wollongong made a grim discovery this morning when she found a boarder dead in his bed…

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The German Driver's License Ordeal A Costly and Troublesome Business

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 18

Obtaining a driver's license in Germany is somewhat of an ordeal. In the first place nobody is allowed to teach another to drive unless he has a permit…

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Hotel Trading Hours Union to Hold Ballot Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 8

In connection with the proposal made to extend the trading hours of hotels. the Newcastle branch of the Hotel Employees' Union has decided…

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Attempt Made to Blow Up Hotel Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 8

AN attempt was made last night to dynamite the Wyndham Hotel. Only slight damage was done to…

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Hotel Metropole Ltd. Improved Profits and Increased Dividend

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 11

THE market in hotel shares received a boost during the past few days as a result of the improved earnings of the Australia Hotel Co. Ltd. This…

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Home-made Bomb Explodes Unsuccessful Attempt to Wreck Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 7

PERTH, Friday.--An attempt was made yesterday to blow up the Wyndham Hotel with gelignite. A bomb, with about eight plugs of…

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Hotel Metropole Profits

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 9

Although accounts of the Hotel Metropole, Ltd., showed the amount of net profit as £13,522 for the year ended June 30 last, Mr. W. B. Small, the chairman of…

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Tragedy in Paris Hotel. Millionaire's Son Involved. LONDON, Aug. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 14

After examining five young men who were present at the time the tragedy occurred, the Paris authorities decided that Dorothy Wright, aged 23 years, who died shortly after…

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Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 15

Mr. W. B. Small, chairman and managing director of the Hotel Metropole. Ltd., Informed shareholders at the annual meeting yesterday that, during the past year, every…

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Gelignite Explodes In Hotel Billiard Room. Holes-blown-in--roof. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 13

A message from Wyndham states that an attampt, was mado,to blow up the Wyndham Hotel with gelgnite. The remains of several 'plugs of gel[?]…

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Bags of Money. Alleged Thefts from Safe. Hotel Employee Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 11

It was Elleged at the Central Police Court yesterday that John Henry Jarman, 19, had stolen sums of money totalling £478/16/4 from the safe of Watson's Paragon Hotel, at which…

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Hotel Hours. Union to Take Ballot

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 August 1933 · page 8

The Newcastle Branch of the Hotel Employees' Union has decided to have voting papers prepared for a ballot to ascertain the views of all northern district…

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Old Hotel Will Soon Be Flats

The Sun · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 20

The "Old Steamboat Hotel," which stands on the brow of the hill at Ryde, commanding a wonderful view of the Parramatta River, is to be…

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Boxer Wins in Legal Bout Sale of an Hotel Is Contested

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 6

FORMER bantamweight champion boxer, Vincent ("Vince") Henry Blackburn, of Balfour Road, Rose Bay, successfully countered legal jabs…

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Steamboat Hotel. Historic Building to Become Flats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 12

At the last meeting of the Ryde Municipal Council, permission was granted by Mr. L. A. Kirk to convert the old Steamboat Hotel into flats. The licence was surrendered some years…

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'Dry' Clubs Anxious Togo 'Wet' Request For Liquor Licenses an Old Law

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 9

A VERITABLE army of people, representing clubs of various sorts throughout the State, who are anxious to secure liquor licenses,…

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Steamboat Hotel Historic Building to Become Flats

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Ryde Municipal Council, permission was granted by Mr. L. A. Kirk to convert the old Steamboat Hotel into flats. The license…

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Adelaide Doctor. Death in City Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 10

Dr. Harold West Hodgson, 56, who recently arrived in Sydney from Adelaide, died in his bedroom at a hotel in Elizabeth-street, city, early on Saturday morning. A small bottle,…

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Manslaughter Charge. Alleged Fight at Hotel. CONDOBOLIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 6

Jack Matterson was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the District Coroner (Mr. H. C. Moulder) here on Saturday after an inquiry into the death of Robert…

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Two Hotel Properties Sold for £20,450

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 10

Two hotel properties were sold at auction yesterday. The Baden Powell Hotel, Regent-street, Redfern, was sold for £8450, and the site of the White Bay Hotel, Rozelle, for…

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