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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1935

836 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 42

Bullet in Dress Surry Hills Licensee's Story to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 7

Displaying a coat and a dress with a bullet hole through them, Miss Mary Withers, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Crown Street, Surry Hills,…

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Wentworth Hotel Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 13

Wentworth Hotel, Ltd., reports a net profit of £3982 for the year ended June 30, compared with losses of £1133 the previous year and £4393 for 1932-33. The profit reduces…

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Building and Construction New Hotel at Camden. Historic Traditions Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 5

Historic traditions are being maintained in the construction of the Commercial Hotel now being erected in Camden on a historic site. On this site the first tannery in New South…

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Hotel Burnt Down. Boarder Injured. Fire at Ballina. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 11

The Exchange Hotel was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, the occupants of the hotel barely having time to escape. The alarm was given at 5 a.m., the fire,…

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Injured Escaping From Fire Hotel Guests Slide Down Posts Ballina

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 5

One of the most destructive fires for many years occurred in River St. yesterday morning, when the Exchange Hotel, a two-storeyed, wooden…

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"Obnoxious Evil" Dances At Hotels MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 18

In reaffirming its unshaken faith in the principle and policy of prohibition, the Baptist Conference to-day entered emphatic protests against…

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The Exchange Hotel, Taree

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 28

The Exchange Hotel, Taree, has recently been improved at a cost of £5000; an additional storey has been added, as well as new furnishings throughout. Anyone…

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£51,000 Refused for City Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 8

Petty's Hotel, York-street, with licence, goodwill, furniture and effects, was offered for sale at Messrs. Hardie and Gorman's auction room yesterday. The property was passed in…

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New Design Kingston Hotel CANBERRA

The Sun · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 25

For the first time in Canberra, a special type of brick will be manufactured at the Canberra brickyards, for the new hotel in…

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Petty's Hotel Under Hammer, But Passed in at £51,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 October 1935 · page 12

Petty's Hotel, the oldest existing licensed establishment in Sydney, was put to auction yesterday. Erected in 1817, it has probably…

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FOR £22,000 City Hotel Is Sold

The Sun · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 13

The freehold and licence of the Strand Hotel, corner of William-street and Crown-street, was sold at auction by Richardson and Wrench,…

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Publican's Story. Alleged Encounter in Hotel. MURWILLUMBAH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 21

In the Murwillumbah Police Court, Mr. H. Hawkins, P.M., committed Norman Cavanagh, 21, and Joseph Lomba, 27, for trial on a charge of having entered the Chinderah Hotel with…

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Real Estate. the Week's Business. Hotel Sold for £22,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 12

Suburban agents report a more active market for real estate. More new inquiries have been received during the week than during each of the past two weeks, and in some cases…

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Golfer and Business Man Charges His Wife UNFAITHFUL Story Of All-Night Stay At Country Hotel Stock Agent Has to Pay

Truth · Sunday 20 October 1935 · page 19

PROPELLING A LITTLE WHITE PILL AROUND GOLF COURSES IN ALL PARTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES IS THE HAPPY RECREATION OF HAROLD ED- WARD OSTLER CAMPBELL, proprietor of a string of Western newspapers. Harold has played many hard games and his name has figured prominently in many keen…

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Still Possesses 27 Hotels Sydney City Council Sells Three

The Sun · Sunday 20 October 1935 · page 20

The City Council has disposed of the Strand Hotel for £22,000. It is understood that the purchasers are Tooth and Co…

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Teacher Turns Publican AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 20 October 1935 · page 13

The Education Board was shocked when it learned that an Auckland school-teacher also keeps an hotel, When the board was told that the…

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"Came From Manly" In Hotel After Hours Court Sequel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 1

When he entered the Baulkham Hills Hotel about 8.30 p.m. on September 22, Sergeant Jeffrey found Harry Lamb and Jack Simpson there, each with some…

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In Hotel Shooting Charge Man for Trial

The Sun · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 9

WALTER FINDLAY, 41, a barman, was committed for trial from the Central Court to-day, by Mr…

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Alleged Shooting in Hotel Woman Is Treated As Hostile Witness Man for Trial

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 8

FOLLOWING the reiteration of a witness for the prosecution, Mrs. Mary Withers, a Surry Hills hotel proprietress, who, it was alleged, had…

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Fell Down Steps at Hotel Cootamundra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 October 1935 · page 8

Mr. Gibb an elderly man and father of the Show Association, at present staying at the Albion Hotel, fell down the steps and suffered a…

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