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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1934

628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 32

Historic Licensed House. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 16

A matter of historic interest was before the Licensing Court at Windsor, presided over by Mr. A. M. Hardwick, S.M., to-day, when a renewal of the licence of the Settlers' Arms…

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Old Hotel 112 Years in One Family

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 9

A court case at Windsor yesterday retained for the Settlers' Arms Hotel, St. Albans, a licence which has now been in force for 115 years, the…

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Hotel Manager Robbed Desperate Attack By Bandit a Nother Desperate Bandit Hold-up Occurred in the Heart of the City Late Last Night

Truth · Sunday 1 July 1934 · page 14

Mr. Francis Black, manager of the Grand Hotel, Hunter-street, City, was fiercely attacked by a footpad at the door of bis hotel…

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Licenses Due

Truth · Sunday 1 July 1934 · page 5

Bookmakers desirous of operating at race meetings held at Victoria Park for the ensuing quarter are reminded that betting fees must be paid before…

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Water Bottle. Starts Fire in Hotel. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 9

An incipient fire at the Royal Hotel, Tarce, last week was traced to a water-bottle acting as a burning glass. Painters were at work in the building, and…

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Licensee for 54 Years Late Mr. P. W. Byers

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 6

One of the oldest hotelkeepers in the State, Peter William Byers, late of the Great Southern Hotel, George Street, City, died on Saturday at the…

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Another Coup by Bandits Hotel Manager 13 Robbed in City

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 6

Marking the third daring city hold-up within a few weeks, Francis Black, manager of the Surrey Hotel. King St., City, was…

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Bold Attack by Thief Hotel Manager Hit and Robbed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 7

The car believed to have been used by the bandit who on Saturday night felled an hotel manager and escaped with over £100 was found yesterday…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday transferred the following hotel licences:— Bourke Hotel, George-street, from Cyrus Albert James Peters to Reginald John McEwan;…

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Publican Fined Adulterated Whisky

The Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 16

James McQuade, licensee of the Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt, was fined £1 at Glebe Court to-day on each of two charges of having…

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Hotel Shock Earth Tremors BATHURST

The Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 13

During an earth tremor at Bathurst at 12.30 a.m. to-day a boarder in bed at a local hotel was struck by a quantity of plaster which was…

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Hotels Booked Out Victorian Racing Season MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 8

With the big racing season between the middle of October and the middle of November as an added attraction to the Centenary celebrations,…

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Staged Like Real Crime Thriller Arrest Made in Hotel Hold-up Case Suspect Asleep in Fashionable Flat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 7

DETECTIVES allege that the man, who on Saturday night felled a hotel manager and took about £100, was a…

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Erection of Hotel. Effect on Lighthouse. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 13

An objection which was raised to the building of a new hotel at Yamba on the ground that the roof would obstruct the rays of the lighthouse to shipping, has apparently been…

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'HABITUAL' Judge Acts Hotel Thief

The Sun · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 21

RELEASED from Parramatta Gaol on June 18, Charles Richard Goodrich, 40, robbed bedrooms of two…

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Hotel Metropole Dividend

The Sun · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 7

Final dividend for 1933-34 at the rata of 5 p.c. making, the interim dividend 7½ per cent, for the 12 months will be paid by the Hotel Metropole Ltd., on August 3…

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Licensing Revenue

The Biz · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 7

During the financial year just closed licensing revenue received from the Liverpool District was £1810. There are 10 hotels in the district—7 AT Lverpool, and…

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The Federal Hotel

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 4

At Penrith Licensing Court on Wednesday the license of the Federal Hotel, Penrith, was transferred from James Piercey Adams to Dodd Raymond…

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Hotel Metropole Ltd. Dividend Raised to 7½ Per Cent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 17

Hotel Metropole, Ltd., has declared a final dividend of 5 per cent., raising the dividend for the year to 7½ per cent. This compares with 5 per cent. for the previous year, for…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Goodlet and Smith Hotel Metropole Return to Dividend List

The Sun · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 2

During the year ended June 30, Goodlet and Smith. Led., manufacturers of builders' supplies, earned increased profits, the accounts…

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