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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 31

Fight in Hotel Three Men Charged

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

Their professional curiously aroused by a noise, Sergeant Swan and Constable Collins went into the Merrylands Hostel shortly before the general exodus was…

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N.S. Wales Testing Should More Than One License Be Issued?

Referee · Thursday 12 October 1933 · page 16

There is only one destination for any business or concern that does not pay sufficiently to enable the owner to exist reasonably comfortably. That destination threatens to he the lot of the testing business, as peculiar to Sydney, for it is common knowledge that "Strangle Street" is just round the corner…

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Palatial Hotel Martin-place Blocks Sale Plans

The Sun · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 11

A WEALTHY insurance company and an overseas shipping company are among the potential purchasers of three of the…

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On Licensed Premises

The St George Call · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 6

John William Patrick Haley was fined £1 by Mr. Flynn, S.M., at Kogarah Court last week, for being on licensed premises at a prohibited hour…

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Under License N.z. Dairy Produce Exports London Markets

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 15

WHAT is said to be the first public of announcement of proposals submitted by the London importers' Association to the New Zealand…

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Tragedy in Hotel. Girl's Death in Paris. "Reopening of Inquiry Justified" LONDON, Oct. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 October 1933 · page 16

Mr. Louis Gordon, a Solicitor, acting on behalf of the mother of Dorothy Wright, aged 23 years, the girl who was fatally shot in a fashionable Paris hotel on August 3, three…

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Big Hotel for Martin Place Residue Blocks

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 6

IN the field for the purchase of residue blocks from the Martin Place extension resumption are a wealthy insurance company and an…

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Wild Night in Belfast Shooting of Publican Angers Crowd Belfast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 9

Wild scenes followed the fatal shooting of a publican. Dan O' Boyle, an infuriated crowd attacking houses and breaking windows during the…

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Usher's Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 18

Moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet at the annual meeting of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman…

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Had No License Tried to Get Away

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

Charged with having ridden a motor cycle in a manner dangerous to the public in Pennant-street, Parramatta, on September 16, Harry Horwoud pleaded…

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Wanted Fight Ejected From Hotel

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

Ejected from Tattersall's Hotel, Parramatta, on tuesday afternoon, Willliam Whitmore (37) adopted a pugillstic pose and—according to a constable's evidence…

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"Hotel Continental."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1933 · page 11

Two great American productions will be shown at the Parramatta Cinema tomorrow (Friday) night. They are "Hotel Continental," with Peggy…

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Tobacco Growing Where to Obtain a License and Information

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 October 1933 · page 14

"Fragrant" wishes to know where he might make application for a licence to grow tobacco. Answer.—You should apply to the excise…

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Betting Shops. Licensing in Queensland Advocated. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 13

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. J. O'Keefe (Cairns) strongly urged that betting shops throughout the State should be licensed by the Government. He pointed out…

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In a Borrowed Car. No License—smash—not Stop

The St George Call · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 1

Driving a motor car without a license driving in a manner dangerous to the public, and failing to stop after an accident, were the context of three…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel Ltd. Best Profits Since 1923

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 October 1933 · page 11

THE trade of most residential hotels in the city improved last year as a result of the better conditions ruling, but this company apparently has had…

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Betting Shops Advocated Plan for Licensed Bookmakers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 October 1933 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday.--A scheme for betting shops was outlined by Mr. Godfrey Morgan (Opposition) in Parliament to-day…

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Thief Takes £80 From Safe Melb. Hotel Robbery Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 October 1933 · page 5

Taking possession of the Key of the safe, which had been left lying on the dressing table in the licensee's bedroom, a thief removed £80 from…

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For Women Musicale. Victoria League Entertains at Hotel Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 4

Good music is doubly enjoyable when heard in pleasant surrounding, and both were provided by the Victoria League yesterday afternoon, when it entertained in the ballroom at…

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First Bowling Club In Parramatta Pioneer Played in Solitude at Elizabeth Farm Green Replaced Garden at Woolpack Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1933 · page 7

The game of bowls in Australia, under club conditions and rules, was founded in Parramatta by the late Alexander Johnstone, a Scotsman, who for many years was a resident of the town. When in 1870 he…

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