Hotel Metropole Reduces Dividend
Hotel Metropole, Ltd.. has declared an interim dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year ended December 31. For the year ended June 30, 1939, the…
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An Investor's Diary. Usher's Hotel Ltd
A sharp decline in earnings was disclosed in the accounts of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., for the trading year ended August 31 last, the net…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Novels. Shanghai Hotel
"Nanking Road," by Vicki Baum; Geoffrey Bles. The gigantic town, the vicious town, the industrious dangerous and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →FAKED £5 NOTES Some Passed In Hotels
Distribution in Sydney and Melbourne to-day of counterfeit £5 notes led police to suspect a plot to flood all States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Idea for the Buttinskis Prime suggestion last week was that anyone growing an acre or more of potatoes should be licensed. You need a licence to do most things in this State, but let us, at least, leave spuds alone!
If licensing of spud growing become an accomplished fact, it would be certain that we would…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Forged £5 Notes Gigantic Coup Was Planned Passed In Hotels, Racecourses
PLANS for a gigantic swindle in two States were nipped in the bud yesterday when Sydney police moved swiftly to prevent hundreds of counterfeit £5 notes being put into circulation…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →"Drinking" Charge Against Jockey "Given Advice" When Taken Before A.j.c. Licensing Board
FOLLOWING on the receipt by the A.J.C. of a report to the effect that a leading A.J.C. jockey was drinking in a city hotel, that jockey was called before A.J.C. officials on Friday when he was interrogated on the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Counterfeit Bank Note Coup Lightning drive on Sydney hotels; Simultaneous raid on Melbourne racecourse C.I.B. Swiftly on Trail, Stops More Extensive Haul
More than £1000 of counterfeit notes were passed in Sydney hotels, business houses, and at Randwick racecourse yesterday. It was the biggest counterfeit coup in Sydney since 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotel Business Shows Improvement
The directors of Carlton Investments, Ltd., had every hope of maintaining the 10 per cent. dividend rate for the coming year, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →£10,000 Blaze Began in Hotel Brisbane
Fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel and eight shops in Nanango last night, causing about £10,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel and Eight Shops Burnt. Brisbane
At Nanango to-night fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel and adjoining eight shops. Most of the occupants of the hotel were outside, seeking relief from the heat, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"No Necessity" Tourist Bureau License for Parramatta
The Commissioner for Road Transport has refused to grant a Tourist Bureau licence to Brown's Drive Yourself Service, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ram-licensing Plan. Merino Breeders Objections
"It would be a serious matter to merino breeders if officials, under the proposed ram-licensing plan, were given power to inspect their rams for the…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hotels for the Masses
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chased a Car Police Charges Against Publican Assault Alleged Against Constable
AS we go to press Mr C. Pickup, P.M., is engaged in hearing evidence regarding an incident at Emu Plains on January 16, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Licensing Plan Merino Breeders Discuss Proposal Sales of Inferior Rams
IT would be a serious matter to Australian Merino studs if officials, under the proposed ram licensing plan, were given…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hotel Employees. Claims for Higher Wages
About 10,000 employees in hotels throughout the State will be affected by a new log of claims which has been filed with the Industrial Commission by the Hotel Club and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Publicans Fined Driptray Beer Did Not Put Color In
Two Balmain publicans were fined to-day for failing to color waste beer in the drip-trays. They pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Drip Beer Not Coloured. Hotelkeepers Fined. Inspector's Evidence
At the Balmain Court yesterday, two Balmain publicans were fined for having failed to colour waste beer in the dnp-trays…
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