Green’s Dictionary of Slang

wanting no part in something, rejecting a suggestion or an overture of friendship, refusing to tolerate a situation.

1894		Truth (Sydney) 30 Dec. 6/1: [of a racehorse] The punters skipped gaily [...] but the books stayed behind to have a good think — or curse. Lunch! They weren’t ‘having any’.
1900		Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Jan. 24/1: Last mail from ’Ome brought news that Hunter River (N.S.W.) sculler Geo. Towns has challenged world’s champion Gaudaur for a ‘monkey’ a-side, but, as the cable has been silent concerning the matter, it may be assumed that wily old Canuck Jake is not ‘taking any’ of the Australian, and has remained dumb as an oyster on the subject [Ibid.] 17 Mar. 15/2: ‘I’ve not got any matches. Why don’t you feel for them; they can’t be far.’ I wasn’t taking any, however; and when [...] one of the men brought in a light and a stick, the reptile had gone. [Ibid.] 19/4: Bert wasn’t having any. ‘I’m on the track again, [...] got two jobs to go to [...]. Better than this hole. S’long.’.
1918		Kia Ora Coo-ee 15 May 11/1: He called again, and said that he was prepared to command a Brigade, Regiment, or Troop. They were not having any, so he enlisted as a trooper.
1923		Kipling ‘A Friend of the Family’ in Debits and Credits (1926) 312: He caught it all right. The tribunal wasn’t takin’ any the day he went up.
1936		W.R. Burnett King Cole 117: ‘If he talks to me that way now, what do you think he’d be like if I were married to him. “No, thank you, Fred,” I said to him. “‘I’m not having any”’.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 232: He tried to smooth me out, but I wasn’t having any.
1958		(con. 1940s) B. Behan Borstal Boy 148: She [...] pleaded and all. But ’e wasn’t ’aving any.
1961		T. Taylor Baron’s Court All Change (2011) 64: He wanted me to be with him, [...] but I wasn’t having any, and he didn’t like it.
1972		E. Grogan Ringolevio 241: The longhairs weren’t having any either.
1989		T. Wolff (con. mid-1950s) This Boy’s Life 78: ‘He’s definitely in pain,’ [the school nurse] told him. ‘He’s faking it,’ the vice-principal said [...] I began to say something [. . .] but the vice-principal wasn’t having any.
2000		N. Griffiths Grits 352: Tryin to get me to go over-a mountain into Llangurig with im ter get lashed [...] A wasn’t avin any of it like.