Ordered Out of Hotel
Nearly 200 men and women were ordered from a hotel at King's Cross on New Year's Eve…
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509 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 26
Club's Licensed Pilots Record
The Royal Aero Club of New South Wales has broken its 11-year-old record for the number of "A" pilot licences obtained in a year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Royal Hotel, Sunbury, Victoria.the Residential Entrance. Architects: Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell. Builder: R. A. Dickinson
The Royal Hotel, Sunbury, situated some twenty miles from Melbourne, has recently been rebuilt, the original bluestone building being completely demolished and a modern two-storey brick building substituted. A spacious bar is situated on the corner of the building, while for the convenience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Club Machines
Proposals for the licensing of fruit and poker machines in clubs will be placed before an early meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →20 Die In Hotel Fire New York
Twenty people were killed and 40 were injured when [?] fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel in Minneapolis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Betting in Hotels Increase In Melbourne MELBOURNE
S.P. bookmakers operate in 95 per cent, of Melbourne hotels while the licensees look the other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rides Into Hotel Bar Dressed As Ned Kelly
Dressed in the bushranging garb of Ned Kelly, a local identity named Barney rode into a crowded hotel bar today. He waved his arms and shouted, "A Happy New Year to all you…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →18 Die In Hotel Fire New York
Eighteen people were killed and many injured in a fire which swept through the 200-room Marlborough apartment hotel in Minneapolis. Nineteen more are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Honeymooners' Hotel Auckland
A New Zealand record was established by a Hamilton hotel, which accommodated 13 honeymoon couples on one night during the holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hold Your Tongue Poster displayed in Sydney drill halls. Agony of Goomeri Hotel Fire Inquest On 8 Victims BRISBANE
"Thank God you have arrived. Come and take charge. There is a woman at the end of the verandah and we can't get her out." This appeal was made to Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Belle Vue Hotel Sold Brisbane
The freehold of the Belle Vue Hotel, one of Brisbane's landmarks, has been sold to Mr. G. A. Admans, of Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight Victims of Hotel Fire. Survivor's Allegation. "Escape Was Folded Up." Brisbane
An allegation that blinds were nailed down where the fire escape joined the verandah, and that the bottom part of the fire escape was folded up to the top and secured by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Went Mad, Then Perished Terror Reigned in Hotel Fire Man's Story Brisbane
PARKER said that his wife had awakened him and "then went mad." He could not get to, her, and she had perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Could Not Use Escape" Blinds Nailed Near Ladder, Declares Hotel Fire Witness BRISBANE
Allegations that blinds were nailed down where a fire escape joined a verandah of the Grand Hotel, Goomeri, were made at an inquest today on the deaths of eight persons in a fire at the hotel on December 23…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquiry Into Hotel Fire. "Windows Boarded Up." Barman's Evidence. Brisbane
A statement that the windows outside his room and that of Mrs. Frahm were boarded up with battens about three or four inches apart on the lower part of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Hotel on Fire Alarm Given In Night WAUCHOPE
Men and women clambered through windows when fire destroyed the Star Hotel, Cameron-street, early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Thorby Soap-box System ! There's Money In Those Licensed Orators
"THUNDERER" THORBY (the terror of the Bolsheviks) wants the Government to issue licences to public orators, so that only those people who have paid their annual guinea (or, say, 26) will be allowed to speak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel Fire Broke Blinds to Escape
BRISBANE, Friday.--"Parker broke through the blinds; he appeared to come right out of the fire; he fell with flames licking him."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hotel Gutted by Fire Wauchope
INMATES of the Star Hotel, Wauchope, had narrow escapes from injury when the premises were completely Rutted by fire between…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Starting Price Betting Still Rampant in Hotels No Trouble For Backers
Claims that starting price betting has been practically eliminated in hotel bars in the city and suburbs are disputed by many Sydney sportsmen. They agree that starting-price betting has been cut…
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