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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

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Pistol Was Not Licensed Maximum Penalty Imposed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

The maximum penalty, of £50 was imposed by Mr. Shepherd, S.M., at Central Police Court yesterday upon Albert Augustus Smith, 45 baker, for…

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"Persian" Rugs. Alleged False Pretences. Sale to Hotelkeeper. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 15

Harry Corn, wool buyers, was committed for trial at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions for having falsely represented the type and quality of a number of rugs sold to Mrs. Frances…

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Commercial Hotel, Camden, New South Wales Buchanan, Cowper and Morgan, Architects H. W. Thompson and Co., Builders

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 7

This building is a distinct departure from the usual type of country hotel and has been designed more on the lines of an English inn. The design is an appropriate one, situated as it is in the historic atmosphere of the old town of Camden…

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'Frosted' Penny Trickster Hotel Licensees Duped Orange

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 6

The cunning of a"frosted" penny trickster was revealed in' the Orange Police Court when tour.'charges of stealing money from William…

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Bogus Travellers Call at Prospect Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 18

Herbert Burton and Arthur Cooper were charged at Parramatta Police Court on Monday with having falsely represented themselves as travellers at…

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"Fair Amount of License" Taken by Railway Department Criticism by Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Trenchant criticism was levelled at the Railway Department at Lidcombe Council last week by the Mayor (Alderman Phillips)…

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Will the New N.Z. Gov. License the Bookmakers? Rise In Tote Figures

Referee · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 23

WITHOUT the bookmakers operating, legally at any rate, racing and trotting clubs in New Zealand are entirely dependent upon revenue…

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Seventeen Killed in Air Crash Liner Down in Swamp Douglas "Flying M Hotel" U.S. Disaster New York, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

SEVENTEEN persons were killed, including three of the crew, when a Douglas Transcontinental airliner, en…

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Big Deal Hotel Business Shares Sold

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

A holding of approximately 150,000 ordinary shares in Menzies Hotel, Ltd., has been acquired by Mr. Norman B. Rydge, of Sydney, from…

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On Licensed Premises

The Biz · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 6

At Liverpool Court on Friday last, Harold Lindsay Goulding was fined £1, costs 8/, for being found on licensed premises of the Commercial Hotel, er-!…

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Show Publican's Booth

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

With regard to the matter of the rights of the publican's booth for the Nepean Show discussed at last meeting of the Show Committee, Mr D…

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Menzies Hotel. Sydney Man Buys 150,000 Shares. and Gets Controlling Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 17

Mr. Norman Bede Rydge, chairman of Carlton Hotel, Ltd., Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., and Manly Hotels, Ltd., has acquired a controlling interest in Menzies Hotel. Ltd.,…

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Big Hotel Deal Reported 150,000 Shares Change Hands

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 6

It was reported yesterday that Mr. N. B. Rydge, of Sydney, chairman of Manly Hotels Ltd., Mockbells, Ltd., Carlton Investments, Ltd.. Cash…

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Sydney Man Acquires Control Of Menzies Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

One of the largest hotel deals effected in Australia has just been completed by Mr. N. B. Rydge, of Sydney, who has…

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Are These Worth the Money ? Usher's Metropolitan Hotel Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

Capital: Preference, £7000. Ordinary, £156,000. Reserves, £8796. Depreciation reserve, £24,000…

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Babies' Hotels in Berlin

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 26

MUCH has been written or creches where children may be left for a few hours in safe keeping while mother goes shopping. Berlin, however, possesses two "babies'…

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Menzies' Hotel Shares

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 26

FOLLOWING a report confirming the acquisition of a controlling interest in the ordinary capital of Menzies' Hotel Ltd. by Norman B. Rydge, a…

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Watch On Midnight Drinks Hotels Are Cautious L.V.A Circular to Members Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 15

Alter a protracted battle of tactics between the police and hotelkeepers over the provisions of the new Licensing Act…

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License Transferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

At the Ryde Licensing Court on Thursday, the application of the Transfer of the Hotel Ryde, at West Ryde, from Albert E. Brown to Joseph…

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New "Douglas." Sleepers for Sixteen. an Improved "Flying Hotel." (From Our Special Correspondent.) By Air Mail. LONDON, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 6

The Douglas "Flying Hotel," which figured so prominently in the England to Australia air race, will be completely eclipsed in size, speed, and luxury by a new-type air-liner to…

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