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Hotels & licensing, 1936

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TOOK £53 Hotel Bar Bandit

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 21

A CHEEKY bandit this morning stole a bag containing £53 from Mrs. de Lisle's Kentish Hotel, at the…

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Hotel Licensee's Loss. £52 Stolen in Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Two men entered the Kentish Hotel, at the corner of Parramatta-road and Derwent-street, Glebe, soon after the bar opened yesterday morning. One engaged the sister of the…

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Grabbed £52 in Hotel Robbery at Glebe

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Walking into the bar of Mrs. de Lisle's Kentish Hotel, at the corner of Parramatta Road and Derwent Street, Glebe, shortly after 6 o'clock…

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New Hotel for Katoomba. Court Grants Application. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 18

The Licensing Court to-day granted an application by Andrew George Melville, licensee of the Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, for an order conditionally granting the removal of his…

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'Phones Removed. Illegal Betting. Police Start on Hotel. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 17

As a deterrent to illegal betting, the Queensland police are making application for the disconnection of telephones from all premises in respect of which a conviction is secured…

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New Hotel for Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 5

After a prolonged hearing, the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the application of Andrew George Melville for the…

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Hotel Australia Waiter T.B. Victim's Claim For Compensation "After-hour" Trade Talk

Truth · Sunday 9 February 1936 · page 20

BELIEVE it or not, the Law has its human side. When James Green, former waiter-cashier and supervisor of the Winter-garden at the Hotel Australia, failed in his application last week to the Workers'…

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Pin Machines or Beer Publicans Choose Schooners

Truth · Sunday 9 February 1936 · page 1

Well, Mr. Publican, what do you want? Do you want a pin machine in your bar for the boys to play? Or do you want that 20…

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Ship's Officer. Falls 100 Feet Down Hotel Light Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 11

Chester Earle Morris, 44, of New Jersey (United States), and chief officer of the motorship City of Elwood, now in port, was fatally injured when he fell 100 feet from…

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Arm Torn From Socket Ship's Officer Killed Death Crash From City Hotel Boy's Drop

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 5

FALLS from great heights during the week-end resulted in a man being killed and a nine-years-old boy being seriously…

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Car-minders' Protest Case Made Out for Licensing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 9

AS secretary of the Vehicle Attendants' Union (Sydney) Mr. R. J. Billion writes to protest against statements…

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Publicans' Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

The following transfers of publicans' licences were granted yesterday at the Metropolitan Licensing Court by Mr. Laidlaw (chairman): —Milton Hotel, Newtown, from Leslie Elvert…

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Katoomba Hotel Licence. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 10

Sir,—The remarks of the Court, as published by you in Saturday's issue re the granting of an application for a removal of a licence from Blackheath to Katoomba calls…

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Waterside Workers Object to Licensed Crew. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

Waterside workers declined to work the Wanganella to-day, as she carried a licensed crew. The crew discharged the cargo themselves…

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Had Two Falls M.an Who Crashed to His Death From Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

More than a year ago Chester Earle Morris fell into the harbor at Baltimore, and after he had swum ashore gave no explanation of how…

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N.Z. Waterside Workers Remove Ban on Licensed Seamen. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

Auckland waterside workers have now decided to work Australian vessels manned by licensed crews…

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Motor Vehicles. Compulsory Insurance Likely. Licensing of Garages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., speaking at [?] meeting of the Service Station Proprietors' Association in the Petersham Town Hall, predicted that a bill would be introduced in the…

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No Transfer to Hampton Court Hotel Licence

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 20

On the grounds that the reasonable requirement of the neighborhood did not justify the granting of the transfer, and that it was not in…

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Not Private Driving Licenses by Post

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 20

The N.R.M.A. recently asked the Department of Road Transport to seal the envelopes in which drivers' licence renewal certificates are sent out to…

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Country Hotels Room for Improvement

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 20

The Minister for Justice is to be asked to receive a joint deputation from the N.R.M.A., the Commercial Travellers Association and the Australian Travel…

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