Hotel Roof Falls Two Men Injured; Others Escape Tons Of Bricks Crash Into Busy Bar
The Sun · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 1
Two men were injured, and ten men and a girl made a wild dash for safety, when 200 square feet of roof and flooring and part of a brick tower crashed into the new bar of the Royal Exchange, Hotel, Marrickville, to-day…
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The Sun · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 3
Two men were injured when the roof of the Royal Exchange Hotel at the corner of Marrickville-road and Garner's-avenue collapsed to-day. The roof crashed through the first floor Into the bar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barmen's Hours Hotel Employees' Award Varied
Daily News · Thursday 22 December 1938 · page 6
Mr. H. H. Maryland, for the Liquor Trades Union, asked the Conciliation Commissioner yesterday to remove any danger that any hotel would be working…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 10
Two men were partially buried when portion of the top walls and the tower of the Royal Exchange Hotel, at the corner of Marriekville…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Chemin-de-fer Touts Canvass Hotels Court Story Of Raid
The Sun · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 3
Attempts are being made by people employed in city hotels, to interest people in the game of chemin- de-fer, Mr. Reed, C.S.M., was told at the Central Police Court to-day…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 2
TWO MEN were injured when 20 tons of brickwork and timber crashed into the bar of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Marrickville, yesterday. After the crash this attendant returned to get the takings out of the undamaged till. Six tons of bricks and masonry crashed into the public bar of the Royal Exchange Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Licensing Scandal Privileged Few Hold 'B' Stations Public Tenders Only Way To Protect Listeners
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 1
Cancellation of the Trades and Labor Council's licence to broadcast brings to a head the longstanding scandal of the licensing of the so-called commercial broadcasting stations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chemin De Fer. Canvassing for Clients in Hotels
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1938 · page 14
During the hearing of a gaming-house charge at the Central Police Court yesterday, the Police Prosecutor, sargeant, Forde said that games of chemin de fer were being…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Beer Flows From City Hotels Demand for Flagons Creates Record
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 December 1938 · page 2
Thousands of gallons of beer in bottles, flagons, and kegs have been sold for Christmas. It is estimated that 600 Sydney hotels have sold this week:--…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 December 1938 · page 5
It was disclosed at Central Police Court yesterday that proprietors of chemin de fer gaming houses made a profit of 10 per cent, on the bank. It was also alleged that men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensees Make Gift To Chief Opponent
The Sun · Sunday 25 December 1938 · page 7
Canon R. B. S, Hammond, most noted opponent of the liquor trade in New South Wales, has received a cheque for £50 from the United Licensed Victuallers' Association in response to his appeal for assistance for the poor of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wolves Surround Hotel
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 December 1938 · page 3
STOCKHOLM, Monday.--Intense cold and deep snow have driven wolves farther south than for many years. In one town a pack surrounded an…
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Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 17
IN the early days pets of various kinds were kept at hotels to attract custom, and, frequently, they proved far more…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Thieves Busy. Holiday Robberies. Houses, Hotels, and Restaurants
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 9
Thieves were busy during the holidays, several cases of breaking, entering, and stealing being reported to the police from the city and suburbs…
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The Sun · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 8
At Paddington Court to-day John Miles Russell, 50, a chef, was charged with having maliciously given a false alarm of fire at the. Hotel Astra,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensee Cleared Bar With Pistol
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 6
Two shots were fired from a revolver in the bar of the Port Jackson Hotel on Monday night by the licensee, John Leinasar…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 2
Police are inquiring into the legality of the action of the hotel licensee, John Leinasar, who cleared his hotel of sailors with a revolver on Monday night…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 2
Cecil John Pearsall, 20, laborer, was fined £1 at Central Police Court yesterday for having used insulting language to Francis Mullens, licensee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze at Coolah. Old Hotel Destroyed. COOLAH
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1938 · page 7
The Royal Hotel, the oldest landmark in Coolah, has been totally destroyed by fire. The hotel was delicen[?]ed years ago, and was later used as a residential, but it, has been…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 December 1938 · page 6
Allegations that he had engaged in a series of robberies in hotels at Bathurst, Cowra, and Orange, were made against Norman Purchase, 25, barman, who was convicted at the Bathurst…
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