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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Trainer's License For Hurdle Rider

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 2

L. ABRAHAMS, who has achieved fair success as a rider of hurdle horses, was yesterday granted permission from the A.J.C. to train jumpers in conjunction with…

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Arrest in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 1

Rushing into an hotel at Glebe from all entrances, a squad of detectives arrested a man in a room last night. They seized a loaded revolver and…

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Married Woman Slandered £25 for Words Spoken in Hotel Bar Paternity Claim

Truth · Sunday 28 June 1936 · page 19

A MARRIED woman, Mrs. Florence Smith, of Kempsey, claimed £400 damages for alleged slander from a former man friend in the Kempsey…

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Hotel Facades. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 2

Sir,—Mr. K. McConnell will be commended by citizens for his temperate criticism, as reported under the above heading in your issue of the 23rd instant. No doubt he is diffident,…

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Armed Thieves Fire Shots at Publican After Trying to Rob Him. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 9

Three masked men tried to rob Mr. Duncan Moodie, 40, of St. Andrew's Hotel, Fitzroy, last nignt. Although they had him bailed up with…

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Riviera Hit Hotels Closing LONDON

The Sun · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 1

TWO thousand hotels and boarding houses on the Riviera have been closed by their owners, who declare, states the…

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Fusillade Fired at Publican Bailed Up By Three Armed Men In Street Shot in Foot Melbourne, Sun

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 June 1936 · page 5

RETURNING along Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, at 10 p.m. yesterday, to St. Andrew's Hotel of the corner of Nicholson and…

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Riviera Hotels. "Ruined by Legislation,' 2000 Houses Closed. London, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1936 · page 9

Accordirg to the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Cannes, the owners have closed 2000 hotels and boardlng-houses at the fashionable benches on the Riviera. They declare…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Maxwell and jury) Hotelkeeper Sued, G[?] Lavery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 10

Irene Isabel Gray, a married woman, of Campsie, brought an action against Lon Lavery, hotelkeeper, to recover damages for injuries received when she fell in the bar at…

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Nice Hotels Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 3

NICE, Tuesday.--Hundreds of tourists have been forced to sleep on the beach and on benches in the parks as a result of the closing of 450 hotels, the…

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Former Publican Sued By Barmaid

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 7

A barmaid Irene Isobel Gray, alleged in the Supreme Court yesterday that, through the floor of the bar in which she was employed becoming wet…

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Ricevera visite al Royal Hotel, Ingham, dal Is Giugno al 7 LUGLIO

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 1 July 1936 · page 4

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"Hold-Up" on Liverpool Road Remarkable Story by Ex-Greycliffe Engineer Publican Fined for Assault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 5

A remarkable story of how he had attempted, after an accident, to prevent a motorist from driving away before the arrival of the police, was told by Eric John Barrett at Liverpool Court on Friday, when Charles Parsons, licensee of the Waterworks Hotel, Botany, was charged with assault…

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A Private Hotel. Archbishop's Suggestion to Queensland Hibernians

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 40

A suggestion that the H.A.C.B. Society should utilise its property known as the Hibernian Buildings, at the corner of Adelaide-street and Albert-square,…

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Reduce Excise. Licensed Victuallers' Request

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 17

An undertaking that a reduction of excise duties on beer and spirits, if granted by the Federal Government, would be passed on to the ensumer, was given by a deputation…

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Cobbora Hotel Licence. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1936 · page 8

Before Messrs. J. Laidlaw, chairman, and W. Geike, of the Licensing Reduction Board, sitting at Dubbo, Albert Steven Fraser applied for the surrender of his hotel licence at…

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Licensing of Stallions. Will Not be Restricted to Stud Animals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 9

Despite denials that have been given in the past, there still exists an idea among many horse-breeders that the proposed Stallion Registration Bill will provide that only stallions…

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Licensed Agents Fruit And Vegetables

The Sun · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 18

Fruit and vegetable growers would be well advised to consign their produce only to agents licensed under the Farm Produce Agents Act,…

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Scooter Race Hotel Rush

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 2

GOSFORD, Thursday.--All hotels and boarding houses are booked out for Sunday's seven-miles scooter marathon between Terrigal and Gosford…

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Betting Shops. Licensing Bill in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 July 1936 · page 23

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Hayes (Lab., Melbourne) was granted leave to introduce a bill to license shop betting and starting-price bookmakers. The bill was…

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