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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

836 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 42

Defendant's Evidence. Licensing Magistrate's Criticism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 7

Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, Chairman of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench, yesterday fined Stanley McManus, 30, plasterer, on a charge of carrying away liquor from the Rose of…

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Ammonia Fumes Spurt In Man's Face. Rush From Hotel Bar. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 12

A man was burnt about the face and arms, and occupants of a hotel bar and lounge were forced to flee when the valve of a tube of ammonia burst In the basement of the…

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All Hotels Must Close

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 4

Those thirsty souls who have been banking on being able to have an election drink legally at hotels in uncontested electorates, such as Botany…

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To-day's Controversy Why Not License S.P. Bookmakers? Potential Crime

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 6

Sir, -- I claim to bE an upright citizen. I am an Australian to the backbone, being of the third generation. For many years I held down a job…

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Publican's Licence Transfered. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 16

The sale has been completed of the [?] of the Grand Central Hotel from William Mabbott to Maurice Flower, a former Sydney licensee. A point at issue was settled by the…

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Hotels And Sunday Sport Bi Shop's Attack in Synod Organised Games Opposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 8

ARMIDALE, Friday. -- Many clerics at the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Armidale favored sport on Sunday,…

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Solve This Mystery "Hotel Murder"

The Sun · Sunday 12 May 1935 · page 8

You cannot have Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe in a film together without rivalry, so, although "The Great Hotel Mystery" casts…

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Car on Footpath Motorist Loses License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 3

A car driven by Herbert Day in Mona street, Auburn, on May 4, mounted the footpath and collided with a fence. Day (51), at the Parramatta Police…

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Licensing Hours. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 4

Sir,—Having a long life experience of the hotel life, I feel it a duty to add my views to what has lately been said on this subject. The main fault is that very few seem to…

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Hotels Closed Where There Was No Election. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 15

Although there was no contest in the Lismore electorate—Mr. W. Frith, who won the by-election in 1933 following the death of Mr. W. T. Missingham, being returned…

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"The Great Hotel Murder."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 6

Edmund Lowe has the role of the detective in "The Great Hotel Murder," and Victor McLaglen plays the Dr. Watson part. They are an amusing pair, and they talk so much…

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Taree Licensing Court. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 12

At the Taree Licensing Court Harold Peters applied for a spirit merchant's licence for premises in Lansdowne. Sergeant Smede opposed the application, on the grounds that it was no…

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Plays of the Screen McLAGLEN-LOWE "Great Hotel Murder"

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 10

Edmund Lowe, as the more sophisticated writer of mystery novels, is always a lap ahead of Victor McLaglen's detective in "The Great…

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Naturally Gifted Men To Begin New Course, To-day, Monday the Grand Hotel Hunter Street Sydney Hours: 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. Phone, B4306

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 8

Messrs. Lyons wish to announce that they will begin a NEW COURSE of their WONDERFUL TREATMENT, at the above address…

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Licensing Hours. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 7

Sir,—I am sure that Mr. Hollingworth's letter in to-day's "Herald" will meet with the approval of very many rational citizens. Undoubtedly, the present licensing hours in New…

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When He Can Drive Partial Suspension of License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 18

Robert Leslle Reeves is only a part-time motorist new. There are only certain times at which he is allowed to drive…

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Licensed Gates

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 4

To C.T.—According to the Local Government Act a shire council cannot be held responsible for damage done to licenced gates by the travelling public, unless definite neglect…

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Luxury in Hotels Sydney Woman Interior Decorator. (From Our London Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 10

MRS. DAUBENY, the interior decoration expert for Grosvenor House, was formerly Miss Eugenie Moreau, daughter of M. Henri Moreau, of Sydney. She spent her girlhood in Sydney, and…

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Bringing Hotel Up on Bottles

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 10

TENNANT GOLDFIELDS, Wednesday. -- A fitting use has been found for the three huge heaps of empties -- 6ft. high and 15ft. in…

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Centenary Council. Claims by Hotels. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1935 · page 15

Block reservations of hotel accommodation made by the Centenary Celebrations Council for the "peak" of the celebrations and not used are the subject of another writ issued…

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