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Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 43

Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Litensing Court:—From Charles E. Dobson to Arthur E. Sumerling Grand Hotel, George-street, Sydney; Samuel…

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Robbed While Asleep. Thief in Hotel. Jewellery and Money Taken

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 10

While asleep in his room at the Crescent Hotel, 631 George-street, city, between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning, Mr. Lawrence Crook was robbed of a gold watch, a chain…

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An Hotelkeepers Estate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

Probate or the will of the late James Sinnott, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Oxford-street, Sydney, has been granted. He appointed his wife, Ellen Sinnott, solo executrix, and to her…

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Reindeer in Hotel. New York Yuletide

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 7

With but very few newspapers publishing last Christmas Day, New Yorkers forget war scares, scandals, and political croakings about bad times, and enjoyed the season in the…

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Hotel That Cost £2,000,000. A Magnificent Structure. Latest Addition to New York

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 3

ALMOST the last word in hotel construction in New York would appear to have been said with the opening on New Year's Eve of the Biltmore Hotel as part of…

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Raid on Plumes. Shears Incident in a New York Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 2

THE chase across New York, from the Cunard pier to a fashionable Vanderbilt hotel, by a Customs Inspector, armed with a pair of shears, and engaged in pursuing a wealthy…

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£20,000 Hotel for "Down-andouts." Bath and Lodging for 2½d

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 12

AN HOTEL for "down-and-outs" which has just been opened in Chicago by Mr. Charles Dawes, a millionaire bank president, is filled every night, while many are turned away for…

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The Hotel Sydney

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1914 · page 12

An advertisement in this issue draws attention to the excellent accommodation at the Hotel Sydney. It is the aim of the directors to make the Hotel Sydney the most up-to-date…

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Hotel Sensation. Man with Two Revolvers. Young Woman Threatened

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 5

Incidents of a sensational nature were related this morning at the Central Police Court in a case against Ernest Ferguson [?] who was charged with threatening Phyills Wilson…

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West Australian Timber. the Stopping of Cutting Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 11

PERTH, Saturday.--The Government's action a stopping the timber getting licenses is causing great agitation among the hewers, who intend to send a deputation to Perth. In the…

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Concerning a License

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 8

WAGGA, Saturday.--Before life Wagga Licensing Court. Jas. Dennis applied for permission to re-open licensed premises at Lower Tarcutta, on the main Sydney-road. The…

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Royal Hotel License. Transfer Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 6

On the 12th inst the license of the Royal Hotel, George-street, city, which was held by a Mr. Hayter-Cullen, was cancelled, owing to the dilapidated condition of the premises, and…

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License of Royal Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

At a special sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the City Finance Company applied for a transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel, George-street, to Frederick William M'Williams, the manager of the company…

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Fell Forty Feet. Man Killed at City Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 7

Charles J Reynolds, 60, a resident of the Walcha district, went to the Great Southern Hotel In George-street. Haymarket, on Monday afternoon and engaged a room on the fourth…

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Wants to Buy an Hotel. [?] Firms Will Not A[?]st

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

Goulburn has in view the purchase of a hotel, and he asks me to feel the money market for him, as he would like to borrow £600 for the purpose…

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Business Enquiries. Financing a Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 4

Singleton tells me that he is anxious to buy the goodwill and license of a hotel in a country town, and as he has enough capital to pay half the…

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Dashed to Death. Hotel Boarder Killed. Drop of Seventy Feet

The Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 10

A middle-aged man, Charles J. Reynolds, who is supposed to be a northern districts rabbit inspector, fell from a fourth floor window of the Great Southern Hotel…

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Railway Hotel Hornsby

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 37

The round trip to Hornshy from Sydney is one of the most fascinating that motorists can take; it surpasses any in the State, and gives a panoramic view of delightful…

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