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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1912

1,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 55

Burglars at Hornsby. Hotel Entered and Robbed

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 4

Burglars operated successfully at Hornsby on Saturday night, entering a local hotel and securing money and jewellery valued at over £100…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 4

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication with the following ships by Australasian Wireless between the hours of 2 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. to-day…

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Thieves' Christmas Haul. at a Brighton Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Evening.--Thieves ransacked an hotel at Brighton and secured several thousand pounds' worth of jewellery belonging to guests…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 3

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication with the following ships by Australasian. Wireless between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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Drugged and Robbed. in a City Hotel. Country Visitor's Experience

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 16

Louis Tr[?]as, [?]4 a visitor from the country at present staying at the Town Hall Coffee Palace was the victim of a cruel but cleverly-devised confidence trick on Tuesday night…

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Another Hornshy Sensation. Robbery at an Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

A daring robbery was effected at the Railway Hotel, Hornsby, owned by Mr. H. Trimnell-Ritchard, on Saturday, the thief getting away with jewellery valued…

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Over the Sea Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 6

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication with the following ships by Australasian Wireless between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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Closed for Two Months. Rydalmere Publican's Forgetfulness

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 10

At the quarterly meeting of the Parramatta Licensing Court, an application was made by Alfred John L[?] for a new licence for the premises hitherto known as the Ryd[?]…

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Hotel Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 12

The following tra[?]fer of a[?] hotel [?] [?] yesterday granted by the Metro[?] Lic[?] Ben[?]—[?] of Denmark [?] Wel[?]-street, Wat[?] John [?] to Walter Al[?] B[?]ke…

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Strange Guests in Paris Hotel Mysterious Lady's Loan. Accused Clerk's Story

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

The ways of life in the caravanserais of the twentieth century are always so much of their own kind that the French public is never tired of hearing something of what goes on within their walls. Hence the great…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless with the following ships between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. T.H. Wilkinson and E. L. Maitland, S.M.s., the Parramatta Licensing Bench.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

The licensing inspector's quarterly report was presented. It was mentioned for the information of the Bench that the alterations at Tatteraall's Hotel…

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Hotel Burnt. Guests Escape by Roof. Chicago, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1912 · page 7

An hotel here was destroyed by fire, the guests escaping via the roof. A number of girl employees were trapped on the top floor, and were rescued by firemen, who…

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Bookmakers' Licenses

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1912 · page 8

Bookmakers wishing to follow their calling at Rose-hill are reminded that applications for registration for the half-year ending June 30 are now due…

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City Restaurants. the Work of Inspection and Its Results. Need for Licensing Powers

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1912 · page 7

The conditions at city restaurants all that they should be? Such a question is frequently put by the man in the street, while the answer thereto is…

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Bottle-throwing Bravo! Hubbub at the Burweed Hotel. Longford Lumbered. Fined £10, or will be Fired in

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1912 · page 5

A young fellow, more brawny than brainy, named Thomas Longford, 19 years of are was before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M. at the Water Police Court on Wednesday…

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Broken Jaw. Hotel Fracas on North Shore. "Worse Character in the District."

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 5

John Carmell M'Mahon, 28, was charged before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court this morning with having in[?]cted grievous bodily harm on Donald M'Bean, at…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 10

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless with the following ships between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m…

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First-class Hotel for Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

An up-to-date hotel for Manly is nearing completion. It will be known as The Manly Hotel. It is situated at North Steyne. The building, which is being erected by Mr. H…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wereless with the following ships between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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