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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1936

940 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 47

Police in Hotels

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 4

Sir,--Who is responsible for the placing of uniformed police ln the bars of hotels? Last Saturday, in many of the hotels in the Eastern…

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Gunmen at Hotels. Police Action. Complaints by S.P. Bettors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 13

The presence of young gunmen at hotels where starting-price bookmaking was believed to be in progress was one of the reasons for the placing…

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Police in Hotels

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 4

Sir,--I would like to confirm "S.P. Bettor's" letter in "The Labor Daily" as to the presence of uniformed police in hotels on Saturday…

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Check for S.p. Hotel Betting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 1

The placing of uniformed constables on the doorsteps of certain hotels to check S.P. betting is claimed to be meeting with the approval of most…

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Licensing Court Big Alterations to Mountain Hotels

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 1

Mr J. W. M. Laidlaw, Chairman of the Metropolltal Licencing Board, held a court at Penrith Court House on Tuesday to deal with some deferred…

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Wallacia Hotels Appeal Not to Be Taken This Sessions

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 6

The appeal against the transfer of the license of the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill, to Wallacia, which was listed for hearing by Judge Barton at…

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Complaint About Food Hotel Employees' Union

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 8

Arising out of many complaints submitted by members concerning the food supplied to them in certain city hotels, the Hotel, Club and…

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Orange Hotels. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 October 1936 · page 15

Mr. J. Laidlaw, chairman of the Licensing Board, occupied the bench at the sitting of the court to-day, when it was announced that approximately £80,000 would be spent within…

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Drove While Drunk Secretary Fined; Loses License

Truth · Sunday 11 October 1936 · page 24

ARTHUR GORDON SHAND, 34, secretary, of Stanley-road, Epping, was fined £10, or 20 days, at Central Police Court last…

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Motor-minded Australia Nearly Million Licensed Drivers

Truth · Sunday 11 October 1936 · page 11

AUSTRALIA is gradually approaching the million mark for licensed drivers of automobiles. The figures in respect of these licenses for the financial year ended June 30, 1936, are not available yet, but it is expected…

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Assault Charges Sequel To Disturbance At Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 24

GRAFTON, Wednesday-- Frederick Joseph Sayers (19), of Redfern, and George Barnes (26), of Paddington, who appeared at Grafton Court…

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To-day's Controversy Why Not License S.P. Betting? In A Betting Shop

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 4

Sir, -- While on a visit to Adelaide recently a friend of mine, knowing I was greatly interested in racing, invited me to spend an afternoon in…

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Open Bar After Lottery Win Hotel Syndicate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 8

Free drinks all round were the rule at the Royal Arms Hotel, Devonshire Street, City, yesterday, after news that a syndicate from the hotel had won…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 7

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Town Hall Hotel, Balmain, Henry Alexander Griffiths to George Craig; Family…

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Licensing Court Transfers at Emu and St. Marys

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 1

At Penrith Licensing Court on Friday the license of the Orient Hotel. Emu Plains, was transferred from Percy Thomas Plunkett to Cecil Hay…

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Licensing of Bulls

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 8

BRITAIN'S Licensing of Bulls Act has now been in operation for more than two years. In the first year, to 1st August, 1035, the number of bulls…

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Court Story of Arrests on Ship Two Men Charged Police Evidence of Interview in Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 23

EVIDENCE That they had been arrested at Fremantle on the Moreton Bay just before the steamer left…

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Stayed at Hotel Two Dead With Arms Round Each Other MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 38

Evidence that Leo Cussen Fitzgerald, 45, solicitor, of Coleraine, and Miss Jessie Clare Dohle, 39, of Tahara, who were found dead in a…

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Robbery at Mortdale. Thief Disturbed in Hotel

The Propeller · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 7

A few days ago a young man from Woolloomooloo, and with a police record, selected Mortdale as a quiet and secluded spot for his "work,"…

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More Australian Seamen On Coastal Ships. Effect of Licensing System. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 19

The Assistant Minister for Commerce (Senator Brennan) commented to-day on allegations which had been made recently that since the last seamen's strike Australian coastal. ships…

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