Harry Gadd

Belmore Hotel, Belmore: Canterbury mayor’s controversial £50 gift for favourable evidence in application for Sydney pub license

THE Belmore Hotel, in Sydney’s south-west, began business controversially in 1928. Parramatta publican, Harry Gadd transferred his license of the Park Gate Hotel to the corner of Burwood Road and Tobruk Avenue, Belmore on August 14 1928. The 51-year-old publican… Read More ›