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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1933

606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 31

Ship Line Not to Build Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 12

RUMORS that his visit to Sydney was connected with the construction of a palatial hotel were denied by Mr. John…

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S.P. Bookmakers May Be Licensed ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 November 1933 · page 6

THE licensing of S.P. bookmakers will be a likely development of the report of the Royal Commission into the question of betting, as a…

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License Transferred

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 November 1933 · page 1

AT Peurith Licensing Court on Wednesday the license of the Park View Hotel, St Marys, was transferred from Mrs McCarthy to Aubrey Wm…

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Siamese Pilot. Licensed at Bangkok

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 5

The Government of Siam has decided that European pilots at Bangkok shall eventually be replaced by Siamese. As a result of an…

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Big City Company Is Fined Illegal Dance At David Jones' Store Not Licensed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 5

DAVID JONES, LTD., a big city firm, was fined £5 by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., in the Central Summons Court yesterday on an…

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Transfer of Hotel Licence

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 November 1933 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following transfer of a publican's licence yesterday: Town Hall Hotel, Darling and Montague…

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Thieves Enter Hotel. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 November 1933 · page 14

Thieves entered a sample room at the Imperial Hotel last night and removed a basket containing men's clothing. The goods were valued at about £200. The empty basket was…

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Shot Dead in Bed Hotel Licensee's Body Found Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 9

WHILE asleep in bed be " side his wife, Donald Fraser, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, Riccarton,…

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Publican Shot Dead While Asleep in Bed. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 15

Donald Fraser, 45, licencee of the Hotel Ricarton, Christchurch, and well-known in sporting circles, was found dead near his bed this morning, having been shot in the chest…

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40 Police Engaged Hotel Crime Still A Mystery Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 5

WHILE 40 police are to-day endeavoring to solve the crime, the murder of Donald Fraser, licensee of the…

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He May Be a Publican But He's No Sinner How to Become a Reform M.L.C. Life of Theodore Trautwein Points The Way Lowly Beginnings of Millionaire Whom Politicians Delight to Honor And He Didn't Give Them a Cigarette!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 5

Consternation at the result of the first ballot for the new N.S.W. Legislative Council is widespread. U.A.P. newspapers record that the Council during the voting was infested by uniformed policemen and detectives. In view of such precautions it is highly creditable that Mr. Theodore…

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Publican Is Shot Dead In His Bed Wellington (N.z.), Fri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 1

DONALD Fraser, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, Riccarton, was shot dead at 2.30…

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Killed As He Slept New Zealand Hotel Murder Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Sunday 19 November 1933 · page 11

Police, are still searching for the murderer of Donald Fraser, licensee of the Racecourse Hotel, Riccarton, near Christchurch, who was shot…

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Publican's Fatal Injuries. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 12

Patrick John Quinn, 57, licensee of the Entrance Hotel, Tuggerah Lakes, who was injured in a car accident on the Tuggerah-road, near Erina, on Wednesday, died at his…

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Publicans' Licences Transferred

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 10

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following transfers of publicans' licences yesterday:-- George Hotel, 681 George Street,…

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The Referees Page for Bowlers Sidelights of the Melbourne Trip Great Hospitality of the Victorians — Hotel Shock for N.S. Welshmen

Referee · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 18

THE history of the 8 days spent in Melbourne by the New South Wales bowlers makes an interesting story, not merely from the point of view of the player and players, but the many sidelights of the many sideshows crammed into the short space of time available to the visitors…

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Fight in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 15

A fight occurred in a hotel at Lakemba on Saturday, and a man was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition. Charles Laffey, 53, of Canterbury-road, Canterbury, was in…

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Hotel Fire. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 10

A fire broke out at 10 p.m. yesterday in the laundry of the Royal Hotel. The brigade made a prompt response and a splendid save of the weatherboard building…

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Injured Head in Hotel Alleged Argument Over the Races

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 5

Following an altercation in an hotel at Canterbury on Saturday afternoon, Charles Laffley, 54, of Canterbury Road, Lakemba, was…

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On and Off the Course Bill to License S.A. Bookmakers Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 5

A bill providing for the licensing of bookmakers to operate both on and off the course was passed by the Lower House at five o'clock on…

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