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Riverina · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

229 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 12

Jewel Theft at London Hotel Millionaire's Wife Robbed London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1929 · page 6

A sensational jewel robbery was discovered at a fashionable West End hotel in London. The thieves scaled the fire escape at the rear of the premises,…

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Suicide of Schoolboy at Bondi Hotel Bullet Wound in Head Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

How a schoolooy, Stanley Salmon, aged 15 years, engaged a room at the Bondi Hotel under an assumed name and then committed suicide was…

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Electricians Must Be Licensed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

Under the Electricians and Electrical Contractors' Licensing Act, all persons or individuals carrying out electrical installation work will require to be…

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Hawked Without a License

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

Before Mr.D.F.Parker, P.M., at the Wagga Police Court yesterday, Joseph Chisholm Ryan, aged 24 years, pleaded not guilty to a charge of…

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Driver's License

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 6

A regulation that is not always observed is that persons when driving to a police station for the purpose of going through a test for a driver's…

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Tumut Police Court Tuesday, May 7, 1929. Before Mr. Harrison, P. M.had No License

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 2

Alfred Jacklin, for plying his unlicensed motor for hire at Tumut on December 27th last, was fined £1, and 21/- professional costs…

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Driver's License

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 10

A regulation that is not always observed is that persons when; driving, to a police station for the purpose of going through a test for a driver's…

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Jockey's Dilemma a License But Cannot Ride

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1929 · page 7

The jockey, J. C. Findlay, was in a dilemma at Randwick on Thursday. He apparently had a license to ride at the meeting, but was unable to follow his…

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Motor Cyclist Without License

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 2

At the Wagga Police Court yesterday, before Mr. D. F. Parker, P.M., Walter Scott Gallagher pleaded guilty to a charge of having ridden a motor cycle…

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Hotel-keeper's Liability

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 May 1929 · page 2

"It is not sufficent for a license to ask a man if he is a bona-fide traveller before admitting him to his premises, said the P.M. Mr. M. E. Sloane, at the…

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Licensing Inspectors Appointed Police Not Enthusiastic Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

The Government has appointed two State inspectors to supervise licensed premises throughout the Stale. The police are not enthusiastic over the…

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Local and General Mr. John O'riordan May be consulted daily at Wilson's Commercial Hotel, Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 2

Messrs Crain Bros invite tenders, closing on June 18, for renovations and painting the Mt. Adrah Hotel. To-day the electricity current is to…

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Hotel Bobbery

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 6

On Monday -afternoon £340 was taken from behind the bar of the Family Hotel, Gundagai. The police later found the whole of the money…

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New Hotels for Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 2

The Albury Licensing Court in dealing with an application by the Licensing Inspector for substantial increase in local hotel accommodation, on the…

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New Hotels for Albury Albury

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 1

The Albury Licensing. Court is dealing with an application by the Licensing inspector for substantial increase in local hotel accommodation, on the…

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Globe Hotel Chef Found,Dead in Bed

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 2

Sammy Kiski, the Japanese chef at the Globe Hotel, was discovered dead in bed this morning. He fell over in front of the Albion…

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A Cheque for £25 Load Grazier's Name Forged Local Publican Victimised

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 2

Yesterday morning a young man had a drink at the Criterion Hotel, and tendered a cheque for £25, purporting to be signed by J.J. Egan…

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AUSTRALIANITIES. The Fallen Tree Hotel

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

On the lonesome line of traffic, Where the Tumbarumba track Forks for Bago, and for Taradale as well…

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Minister's Plan. To License Side Show Men

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) suggested at a deputation representing the grand council of associated groups of agricultural…

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Southern Gross Inquiry Ulm Again in Box Did Not Meet Portus in Hotel No Offer to Get "Lost" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

The inquiry into the forced landings and the Southern Cross and Kookaburra and the deaths of Lieutenant Anderson and Mr. E. S. Hitchcock, was continued…

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