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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1937

757 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 38

Fall in Number of Hotels Report to Minister

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 10

The number of hotels in New South Wales decreased by seven last year, according to the annual report of the chairman of the Licences…

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Wallacia Hotel Appeal

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

An appeal has been lodged against the granting of the transfer of the licence of the Railway Hotel, St. Marys, to the Deer Park site, Wallacia,…

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Adams's Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

AN interesting souvenir booklet tells the romantic story of the career of the late George Adams, founder of Adams's (Tattorsall's) Hotel, Sydney…

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"Fired to Save Man's Life" Licensee Tells Of Shot In Bar

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 27

Thomas James Lavelle, licensee of an hotel in Liverpool-road, Bankstown, told Mr. Mahony, S.M., at Campsie Court to-day, that to save…

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Hotel Transfers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 27

The following applications for transfer of hotel licences wore granted at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:-- Albert View Hotel, from Tooth and Co…

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Hotel Licence Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 6

The following applications for transfers of hotel publicans' licences were granted by Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday…

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Brawl in Hotel. Evidence at Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 8

The City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of an inquiry yesterday into the death on April 28 of James Henry Roach, 33,…

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Fatal Fall in Hotel Accident, Finds Coroner

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 12

DECLARING that he was satisfied that the man had not been the victim of an attack, the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday found that…

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Death in Hotel Scuffle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 9

A DEATH after an alleged attempt by three men to "stand over" a starting price bookmaker in a Darlinghurst…

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Hotel Strike Parley

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.--A Parley which is expected to lead to the conclusion of the San Francisco hotel strike was agreed upon today by the opposing…

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Betting Shop Question Still Vexes Hotel Men Oppose Race Day Close Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 15

Whether betting shops should be abolished, or should, at least, be closed on race days to increase attendances at courses,…

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Betting on Hotel Premises. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

Mr. Pickup, P.M., gave his reserved decision in the case of Angus Gordon Hourigan, of Tattersall's Hotel, Mudgee, who was charged with having allowed a place on the hotel…

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Police Praised in Court Licensing Squad's Activities

The Sun · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 9

A tribute to the conscientiousness of three sergeants engaged on the hotel licensing squad was paid by the president of the Licensing Court,…

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18 Months' Gaol for Hotel Man Stolen Money Lost In Betting

The Sun · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

Sentence of 18 months' imprisonment was passed at the Quarter Sessions to-day on Francis Joseph Raftery, 28, hotel manager, who had…

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Found Dead in Hotel Room Second Blow To A Noted Family

The Sun · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 10

Tragedy has dealt a double blow to the well-known McPhillamy family, of Bathurst A week ago, Keith McPhillamy (54), fell, and was…

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Licensee Injured Maitland

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 7

Walter York. 42, licensee of the Exchange Hotel at Largs, was admitted to the Maitland Hospital early on Saturday morning with injuries received when allegedly struck…

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Grazier's Death in Hotel. Post-mortem Held. Due to Natural Causes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 17

After a post-mortem examination yesterday it was announced that the death of Mr. Maurice McPhillamy, 46, grazier, in his room at the Hotel Australia on Sunday evening, was…

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Hotel Licences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 6

The following applications for transfers of hotel publicans' licences were granted yesterday by Mr. Laidlaw, C.L.M., at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—…

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Parties at City Hotels Large Numbers Will Dine And Dance

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 15

Most of the city's leading hotels are providing special menus and entertainment for Coronation night, and it is obvious from the reservations…

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Hotel Workers on Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 7

SIT-DOWN STRIKES have paralysed many leading hotels in Detroit and San Francisco. This picture shows such a strike in Detroit…

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