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Hotels & licensing, 1934

628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 32

Hotel Fire at Moree Spread to Five Shops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 8

Forty-four people, boarders and members of the staff, had to race for their lives to the streets early yesterday morning, when the…

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Fire at Moree Destroys Hotel and Shops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 18

The fire still burning in the ruins of the Criterion Hotel. A view of the gutted shops. The Lyceum Theatre (in the background), which was saved with difficulty by the firemen…

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"Bribe!" a Commons Scene Lady Astor Hours for Hotels London

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

AN exciting incident, due to an allegation of attempted bribery, occurred in the House of Commons to-day…

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Brawl Woman Felled Wild Scene Outside Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 3

Blood flowed, a woman was knocked out, a publican had his wrist broken, and a window was smashed in a…

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Barber Shops Supervision Union Advocates Licensing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 7

Mr. J. F. O'Reilly, secretary of the Hairdressers' Union, stated yesterday that his union intended to send a deputation to the Minister for…

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Wait for the Moans Hotel Canberra to Be Leased Canberra

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 18

THERE is further talk of leasing Hotel Canberra, the expensive estaminet established by the Government as one of the first building…

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Publican Injured. Brawl at Balmain Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 15

The licensee of the Royal Oak Hotel, Curtisroad, Balmain, and his wife were handled roughly by a gang of men who asked for liquor about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning…

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Electrocution In Hotel Bathroom Girl's One Step Was Fatal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

WHEN Dorothy Sweeney (21), of Sefton Park, stepped from a carpeted bedroom in the Royal Hotel,…

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£25,000 Win for Man Who Keeps Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

IF you were a publican, and you won £25,000 from an inter-State investment, what would you do? Would you…

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Wrong Man Shot Night Attack in Hotel Yard

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 7

CHARTERS TOWERS, Monday.--Percy Gluyas, 20, a cook at a local hotel, was feeding fowls in the yard last night when he was shot in the…

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Wireless Users Warned Power to Seize Sets Not Licensed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 7

"We are constantly on the track of users of unlicensed wireless sets, and are netting them at the rate of about 100 a month," said a P.M.G. radio…

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Hotelkeepers Fined. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 14

For having sold liquor not up to the standard demanded by the purchaser, two Lismore hotelkeepera were fined at Lismore Police Court yesterday George Smith, licensee of the Royal…

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Appeal Upheld Man's £2 Fine At Licensing Court

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 10

Judge Edwards, in the Appeals Court to-day, allowed the appeal of Richard Frederick Smith, 27, agent, against his conviction by Mr. Arnott,…

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Hotel Sydney. a Real City Home

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 14

It is truly claimed in regard to visitors to Sydney that "Their journey ends where Sydney begins"—for right at Central Railway is situated the famous Hotel Sydney,…

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Liverpool Mix-up Publican and Ex-Employee

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 16

A fight between a Liverpool publican and an ex-employee led to the appearance of Edward Francis Ashton (29) at…

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Melbourne News. Dancing in Hotels for Prince's Visit Smart April Weddings. (From Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 12

Melbourne's inexnaustlble topic of conversation at the moment is Prince George, whose visit for the Centenary celebrations will involve his attendance at several public functions. A Melbourne…

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Terrible Sin of That Hotel Waiter

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 17

AGED six and the youngest tourist aboard the Lurline, he appears on the passenger list as William James Springer Jun.--but you musn't call him junior…

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Started Riot Kalgoorlie Tragedy Inquest Hotel Incident Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 18

AN inquest into George Edward Jordan's death, which was the immediate cause of the recent riots in Kalgoorlie, was…

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Brutal Attack. Six Men Raid Hotel. Publican and Wife Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 11

The licensee of the Lalla Rookh Hotel, City-road, Darlington, and his wife were brutally attacked by six men, who raided the hotel late last night. A boarder and a bannan were…

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Assaulted Hotel Licensee

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

Thomas Ernest Warne (29), barman, was charged at Kogarah Court on Tuesday last with assaulting Mr. S. E. Wellington, licensee of the Hurstville…

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