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Hotels & licensing, 1934

628 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 32

Hotel Licensee Attacked

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

When he opened the door to a knock late last night. Edward Stanley Cornish, the licensee of the Lalla Rooke Hotel, Redfern, was…

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Punched, Kicked Six Men Batter Hotel Licensee and Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

Opening his door to a knock last night, Edward Stanley Cornish, licensee of the Lalla Rook Hotel, Darlington Road, Darlington, was swept…

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Leap From Fire Man's Escape Hotel Destroyed

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

TRAPPED on the upper story when a fire broke out at the Royal Hotel, Gloucester, early to-day,…

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Hotel Fight Kalgoorlie Man for Trial Kalgoorlie

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 15

The inquest into the death of George Edward Jordan, out of which the recent serious racial riots arose, was concluded to-day before the Acting Coroner (Mr. G. H. Rainsford, J.P.)…

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Police Tighten Up Licenses

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

At Kogarah Court, recently, before Mr. Forrest, S.M., a man 'made an application for a license to hawk tobacco. The police objected to the…

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Blazing Hotel. Man Leaps to Safety. Sergeant's Pluck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 15

Mr. Frederick Stace, a cattleman from the Walcha district, was nearly trapped by a fire which destroyed the Royal Hotel at Gloucester early yesterday morning…

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Hotel Assault Arrests

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

Following police investigations yesterday, two men were arrested and charged at Redfern Police Station in connection with the alleged assault…

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Fisheries. Conservation Plans. Rod Fishermen to Be Licensed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 8

The conservation of existing fisheries and the creation of new sources of supply are the objects underlying a bill which the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) has drafted for…

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Veteran Jockey Licensed As Trainer

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 9

RACEGOERS throughout Australia will be interested to know that the former cross-country horseman Jack Chevalley was recently granted by the Victorian…

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Hotel Ranelagh Sold

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 11

The sale was announced to-day of the Hotel Ranelagh, Robertson, to a Melbourne company. The sale was negotiated by…

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The Wentworth. a Hotel of Distinction

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 15

Delightfully situated in an atmosphere of rest and repose, yet within a few minutes of the G.P.O. and railway stations, the Wentworth Hotel is recognised as one of…

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Licensee's Sudden Death. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 10

Complaining while serving in the bar that he did not feel well Charles D'Arcy, 5[?] cens[?] of Tattersall's Hotel, collapsed and died in his room a few minutes later, Mr…

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Hotel Ranelagh Sold

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 6

It was announced yesterday that Messrs. H W. Scott, of Pitt Street, J, R. Thurgood, of Wentworth Falls, and John Black, of Collins Street,…

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Moree Hotel Fire. Licensee's Suspicions. MOREE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 12

The Coroner (Mr. G. J. Johnstone) returned an open finding after an inquiry into the fire that destroyed the Criterion Hotel building on February 8. The licensee said he suspected…

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Hotel Fire Might Have Been Deliberate, Says Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 7

MOREE, Thursday.--At the inquiry, before G. J. Johnstone, P.M., to-day, into the circumstances of the fire which destroyed the Criterion Hotel…

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History Went Up in Flames with Moree's Criterion Hotel

The Land · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 14

THE recent disastrous Moree fire destroyed the "Old Cri," in its day probably the most popular of Moree taverns, but it could not destroy the fond memories that the old pioneers have of this historic land-mark…

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Wine Licensee Fined. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 12

At the Moree Police Court, Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., fined Hubert Henry Nott, licensee of the Moree wine saloon, £30 on a charge of selling wine without a licence on December…

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Publican Shot Dead In a Hotel. Revolver May Have Been Fired Unintentionally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1934 · page 15

Martin George Sayers, 40, was shot and fatally wounded during a quarrel in the College Green Hotel, in Meagher-street, Chippendale, where he was the licensee…

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ACCIDENT Hotel Death Police Theory

The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1934 · page 3

DETECTIVE- SERGEANT V SMITH, Chief of C. Area, of the C.I-B., and other detectives are satisfied that…

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"Had Money" Says Witness Incident at Hotel Wagga Inquest Met Morey, Is Story Wagga

The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1934 · page 3

On December 15, Morey said he was broke, but four days later he paid for some drinks and said he had money, said John O'Keefe, who gave evidence to-day at the resumed inquiry into the human glove mystery…

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