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Hotels & licensing, 1934

628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 32

Fell From Hotel Roof

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 10

Falling 40ft. from the roof of an hotel at the corner of Clarence and Erskine Streets, City, on Sunday night, Margaret Dale (22), a…

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Residential Hotel. Ambitious Melbourne Plan. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 17

A company wiht influential support has been floated to finance the building of a residential hotel in Melbourne which will prob[?] cost £100,000. The hotel will not have…

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"Candid Licensee." Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 12

When John McQueen, licensee of [?] Hotel, had concluded his evidence in [?] Police Court on a charge of allowing a p[?] on his licensed premises during prohibited…

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Hotel Set on Fire. Man's Confession. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 11

At Ayr Police Court yesterday, Herbert Howard Haddrick, piano tuner, and William George Campbell, labourer, pleaded guilty to charges of having wilfully set fire to the Club…

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Fight After Wedding Fran[?] in Hotel

The Biz · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

The celebration of a wedding, followed by a fight, had its sequel at Liverpool Police Court last Friday, when Edward Smith and P[?] Johnson were charged…

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Fisheries. Waters to Be Closed Permanently. Licensing of Amateurs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 16

Proposed legislation to protect immature fish in the estauries and harbours along the coast was before a meeting of the State Cabinet yesterday…

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Fewer Hotels Decrease of 478 in 13 Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 16

The annual report of the Licensing Bench and Licenses Reduction Board for 1933 reveals that the number of hotels in New South Wales fell from 2539 in 1920, when the board…

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Carlton Hotel. Special Dividend 6 Per Cent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 17

Directors of Car[?]ton Hotel, Ltd., have declared a special dividend of 6 per cent[?] on ordinary shares. The directors report that the business of the company shows…

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Are These Worth the Money? Perkins and Co., Ltd. Owners of Hotel and Brewery Interests in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 10

Capital, £381,596. Deficit, £90,116. Assets per fully paid 20- share, 154- Market, 4-. NATURE OF SECURITY PER SHARE…

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License the Furniture Dealers! This Is the Only Way To Stop the Junk Lay-By Shops Racketeering the Government Must Act Honest Firms Approve Mattresses Filled with Garbage

Truth · Sunday 15 April 1934 · page 17

IT is imperative that the State Government should end the furniture racket by licensing all lay-by dealers! "Truth" makes this assertion after having patiently…

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Licensed Premises in State 536 Publicans In --Metropolitan District

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 5

LIQUOR licences of all kinds existing in the metropolitan district, according to the annual report of die Licensing Bench and…

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Emu Caused Trouble Removing Hotelkeeper's Zoo

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 2

The moving of his private "zoo" provided a good deal of anxiety for Mr. Joe Mainsbridge, proprietor of the Family Hotel, Liverpool, who has sold out and…

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"VERMINOUS" Motorists and Hotel Bed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 2

A holiday visit of a motorist and his wife to a recommended hotel in North Devon, England, resulted in an unusual action heard recently at the County…

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Afraid of Being Knocked About Publican's Excuse for After-hours Serving Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 7

Evidence in support of the claim that William Jackson, formerly licensee of the Wentworth Park Hotel, Ultimo was not a fit and proper…

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Liquor After Hours Liverpool Publican Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 16

Sydney Shaw Buckley, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Liverpool, was charged at Liverpool Court on Friday with delivering liquor at unlawful hours…

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Hotel Destroyed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 6

Damage estimated at between £4000 and £5000 was caused when the Stanley Hotel, Kilcoy, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The building was owned by…

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Driven Back by Fire Hotel Occupants in Big Blaze Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 5

Occupants of the Stanley Hotel, Kilcoy, narrowly escaped being caught in flames when the bul[?]ing was destroyed by fire…

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Men in Hotel. Publican's Appeal Allowed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 8

Five men, four of whom said they were travellers from Katoomba, and one of whom said he came from Newcastle, signed the travellers' book, at the Centennial…

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Will Close Hotels On Anzac Day

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 11

The hotels on Anzac Day will in accordance with the usual practice, be closed between 9 a.m. and noon. The Minister of Justice (Mr…

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Legal Learning Might Help Should Licensee Cross Examine?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 7

To be a really good publican in the eyes of the law a man must be well versed in the art of cross-examination--that is, if he is to conduct…

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