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Hotels & licensing, 1919

740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 37

FELL 150 FEET Business Man Killed Accident at Usher's Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

A Japanese business man, Mr. K [?], fell from the roof of Usher's Hotel this afternoon 150 feet down a light and [?] shaft…

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Dashed to Death Japanese Merchant's Fate In a Sydney Hotel Fall of 150 FEET

The Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 7

A Japanese merchant, Mr. K. Obkubo, staying at Usher's Hotel, city, fell a distance of 150 feet from the roof of the building down the light…

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Soldier Shot Quarrel in Hotel Bar Ait Arrest Made Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 4

A revolver shot was fired in the course of a scuffle between a number of soldiers and civilians in the bar of the Royal Oak Hotel,…

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Fall of 150 Feet. at City Hotel. Japanese Merchant's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 11

A sensational tragedy occurred at Usher's Hotel, in Castlereagh-street, city, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Kunll Ohkubo, a Japanese merchant, fell from the roof of the…

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Had Not Taken Out the License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

At Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M., Arthur William Keene was charged with that, being the occupier of a certain premises, to wit…

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Northern Star Hotel Hamilton

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 47

Harold J. B. Robinson is the proprietor of the Northern Star Hotel, and so it is run on the best possible lines. Everyone in and out of Hamilton knows this hotel…

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Hotel and Machinery Depot Destroyed by Fire [?]

Evening News · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 1

A [?] at a quarter to [?] resulting in the total [?]…

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The Letter Box. "Queen's" Hotel, Enmore

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 46

Dear Gumblossom,—Iam writing to ask if I may be one of your friends. I was delighted when I saw the page for children, but I have not had time to write before…

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Government Licensing Proposals. Attitude of N.s.w. Alliance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 8

At a special meeting of the State council of the New South Wales Alliance, the Government licensing proposals were considered. The following motions were carried unanimously;--…

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License Reduction. Compensation Fund. Probable Treasury Advances. Victoria Reverts to Local Option

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 4

The Victorian system of license reduction, upon which the New South Wales Government Intends to base its liquor reform legislation, to be Introduced Into Parliament this session, has…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 6

The following publicans' licenses were transferred at the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Larkins' Hotel, 653-655 George-street, Sydney, from Elizabeth Urquhart Grace Goodman to John Oswald Reed; Waterworks…

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Fracas in an Hotel. a Returned Soldier Shot

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 4

A returned soldier named K. W. Broughton was shot in an hold bar in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, and lies in a serious condition in the…

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£60,000 Jewel Robbery. Mystery of a New York Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 4

THE announcement in New York on June 25, by the attorneys for Mrs. Clarence Millhiser, widow of a wealthy manufacturer, of Richmond, Va., of the theft, some time…

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License Reduction

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 12

The hon. secretary of the Citizens' Rights and Liquor Reform Association writes: -- "In your comments upon the Licenses Reduction Board System in Thursday's issue you state…

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Famous Hotel in Films

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 August 1919 · page 25

The famous New York hotel, The Claridge, makes its screen debut in The Probation Wife, Norman Talmadge's latest Select film. The scenario called for…

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Was It Suicide? Kumino Ohkubo's Death Fall From Hotel Roof

Evening News · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 1

The death of Kumino Ohkubo, the Japanese who fell about 150ft from the top of Usher's Hotel. Castlereagh-street, City last Tuesday afternoon, was the…

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Hotel Employees' Wages

The Sun · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 7

A conference between representatives of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of Australia and the Federated Liquor Trades Employees' Union…

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Accident in Hotel

The Sun · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 7

J. W. Rice, who lives at the Clifton Gardens Hotel, slipped on a flight of stairs at the Paragon Hotel, Circular Quay, this afternoon and fell to the…

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Wool for Germany. Licenses to Be Issued. London, August 30

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 5

Following the decision of the Ministry of Munitions to allow all foreign countries to buy Government wool after September 1, the War Trade Department intends to issue…

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Closing of Hotels. New Order in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 September 1919 · page 6

PERTH, Friday.--A new departure was made to-day in the closing of hotels and clubs after the arrival of troopships at Fremantle. The whole metropolitan area, instead of Fremantle…

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