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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Father & Son Face Trial Hotel Fight Story

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 14

A FATHER sat in the dock at the Central Criminal Court yesterday alongside his son and his brother-in-law. All three were charged with manslaughter. They were George Thatcher Brown, 51, Harold George Brown, 25, and Harry Searle, 44,…

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More Evidence Big Licensing Contest Hotel for Wallacia?

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 7

EVIDENCE in opposition to the proposed transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill, to a site at Wallaeia adjourning the…

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My Escape To Reality a Business Man in Revolt Gosford Hotel, June 19

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 11

The tent to which Hercules Howard led me last night at Mount White contained a bunk called by bushmen a Queensland nap. It…

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Acquitted in Croydon Hotel Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 5

George Thatcher Brown, 51, carpenter, his son, Harold George Brown, 25, laborer, and Harry Searle, 44, carwasher, were acquitted on a…

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Ex-publican Had Run on Rails Randwick Racing Man Was in a Flat What Private Detective Heard Through the Door

Truth · Sunday 21 June 1936 · page 12

THE wisecrackers will tell you that what the eye doesn't see, the heart will not grieve about, but that sounds like a ruse to smooth things over, and create something like a fool's paradise. As luck would have it, it fell…

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New Hotel Approved. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 7

At the Ballina Licensing Court plans were approved for the erection of a new hotel, to cost £5600, to be erected on the site of the Exchange Hotel which was destroyed by fire…

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Hotel Facades

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 5

Kenneth H. McConnel, architect, offers a considered criticism of modern design in hotel construction. He writes:— "In view of the great number of hotels…

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Licensing Japanese Imports Decision Reached By Federal Cabinet Trade Fight Canberra, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 5

WHILE waiting an actual move by Japan to restrict severely or impose heavy duties on imports from Australia, the Federal…

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Carlton Hotel Ltd. Record Business and Increased Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 17

Directors of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend on ordinary and preference shares at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum for the half-year ended April 30…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip P. AND O. Dividend Carlton Hotel P. and O. Preferred Dividend

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 8

On preferred stock in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., the directors have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent, per…

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Police Scour City in Murder Inquiry Quest for Hawker of Ties in Hotels and Wine Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 1

POLICE have learned that the man with the drooping mouth and scarred throat, whom they seek to assist them in the inquiry into the wardrobe murder, was an itinerant hawker of neckties, mostly round Sydney hotels,…

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New Mayfair Hotel, King's Gross

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 19

WORK on the £60,000 Mayfair Hotel, to be built in Bayswater Road, King's Cross, near the top of William Street,…

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Carlton Hotel Enjoys Record Half-year

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 20

The increased prosperity enjoyed by Carlton Hotel, Ltd., during the year ended October 31,1935, when net profit of £14,012 was earned has continued…

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City Hotels. Method of Disposal Decided in Camera. Reform Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 9

The City Council finance committee yesterday dealt with an important matter regarding the sale of city hotels. The proceedings were held in camera…

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Rising Values in City Sale of Council Hotel Property

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 6

When a report came before yesterday's meeting of the City Council Finance Committee, stating that the Sir George Grey Hotel, Bay Street…

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Higher Hotel Values Likely Caution to Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 2

Forecasting a 50 per cent. rise in hotel licence values within two years, Alderman Stokes, at a City Council committee meeting yesterday,…

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Meat Export. Regulations Issued. Licensing Exporters. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 12

Regulations affecting the Australian meat export trade were announced in a statement issued to-day by the chairman of the Australian Meat Board (Mr. Fisken, M.P.). They…

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Hotel Manager Hurt

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 7

While allegedly escorting a man from Menzies Private Hotel, in Elizabeth Street, near Liverpool Street, City, last night, the manager of the…

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Hotel for Wallacia?

The Biz · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 8

Evidence in opposition, to the proposed transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill, to a site at Wallacia adjoining the golf links was given at the…

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Only Two Licensees

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 17

JUST sold, the Hotel Terminus, at South Brisbane was established in 1889 by the late J. J. Hayes, who ran the hotel until 1901. The licence…

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