Thieves Steal Hotel Safe and £300 Footprint Is Clue Found
The Sun · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 10
Breaking into the Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay, last night, thieves stole a small safe containing £300 in notes, £60 in cheques, and shares and insurance papers. They got away by climbing a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federal Hotels Pays 6 p.c. On Pref. Shares
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 August 1939 · page 11
Federal Hotels, Ltd., Melbourne discloses a profit of £3781 for the year to June 30, compared with £2397 in the previous 12 months…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Policewomen Step In. Brawl Near Hotel. Three Seamen Held. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 11
Two policewomen walked courageously into a group of nearly a dozen brawling seamen outside a hotel in Port Melbourne this afternoon, and had three…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hotel Safe Stolen. £300 in Cash Inside
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 13
Early yesterday morning thieves forced the fanlight over the saloon har at the Golden Sheaf Hotel. New South Head Rond, Double Bay, and carried out the safe containing about…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rob Hotel Safe
Daily News · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 1
A small safe containing £300 in notes, £60 in cheques and shares an insurance papers was stolen from the Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monopoly Control Of Beer "Hotels Would Welcome Open Inquiry" "Forced To Make From 80 To 125 p.c. Profit"
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 7
Public indignation at the U.L.V.A.'s threat to capitalise a proposed increase in beer excise by reducing the size of mugs and glasses and increasing prices was not answered yesterday by the association…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broke His Bond Ex-publican Called Up
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 3
Convicted at Parramatta Police Court on March 10 of a breach of the Liquor Act, Harold Gregory Murphy, then the licensce of the Commercial Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shooting in City Hotel. Inquest Opened. Dead Man's Friends
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 17
At the inquest yesterday into the death of Robert James Anderson, 22, who was found shot dead in the lavatory of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Private Room in Hotel. "A Public Place." Decision in Betting Case. Dubbo
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 11
At the Dubbo Police Court Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., ruled that a private room of licensed premises was a street within the meaning of the Gaming and Betting Act…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Dining Room, Hotel Australia. Collins St., Melbourne
Construction · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 7
One of the features of the old Hotel Australia was the dining room designed by the late Walter Burley Griffin. In designing the new building the management was anxious to maintain some link with this famous room and so the new main dining room has been planned along similar lines. The centre well is enclosed with a wide balcony, which is also used for meal service. The circular columns,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Hotel Australia, Collins Street, Melbourne
Construction · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 7
Architects: Leslie M. Porrott & Partners. Builder: E. A. Watts. Work on the second section of the Hotel is commencing on the left…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Sobs At Hotel Death Inquest
Daily News · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 5
A YOUNG woman burst into tears at the City Coroner's Court yesterday while telling of a conversation she had had with Robert James Anderson, 22, shortly before he was found shot dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast Hotel Declared
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 2
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. --The Crown Hotel. Wollongong, was tonight declared a common gaming house. This is the first hotel on the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Hours Poll
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1939 · page 6
Sir,--Surely Mr. L. P. Plasto, vice-president of the U.L.V.A. is expecting the worst in stating that the votes of those who favor extension…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Hotel Imperial."
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 30
LOVELY Isa Miranda makes her American film debut in the Paramount picture, "Hotel Imperial," which will be screened on Saturday at the Prince Edward Theatre. She…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Hotel Licences Transferred
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 4
The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved of the transfers of the following liquor licences: Kent Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney, from William McIntyre Montgomery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blamed Rums for Lapse Bad Cheques Given To Hotelkeeper
The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 9
"If you had the number of drinks you said you had, you would never have reached Bankstown. It is a very lame story to hide your criminal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A European Star "Hotel Imperial"
The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 20
Particular interest attaches to Paramount's "Hotel Imperial," which goes to the Prince Edward on Saturday, by reason of its star,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Hotels Want 9 P.m. Closing
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1939 · page 7
Less than 5 per cent. of the hotel trade in Sydney is done between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Southern New Modern Hotel
The Land · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 10
THE GREAT SOUTHERN, the countryman's hotel, is being rebuilt, and its large clientele will be pleased to hear that the new building…
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