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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 31

Fatal Hotel Fire Auckland

The Sun · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

As a result of the Metropolitan Hotel fire the second cook. John Osbourne, has died of burns. His parents reside at Penrith, New South Wales…

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Ready Money Investments in Hotel Companies Wentworth Hotel, Ltd

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 12

Amount to be invested, £11210-. At latest selling price, 226. Buying, 100 £1 shares, fully paid. A year ago these shares were…

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Hotel Licence Transferred

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

At the Central Licencing Court today the transfer of the license of the Occidental Hotel, York-street, from Albert E. Neville to William E. Holli[?]…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 10

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Adrian, S.M., and Mr. Galbraith, S.M., granted the transfer of the license of the Occidental Hotel, York-street from Albert E. Neville to Wm. E. Holliday…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Street, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Question in Licensing Law. Ex Parte Dunsmore, Prohibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 7

This was a motion to have made absolute a rule nist to restrain the prosecuting officer and magistrate from proceeding, in a case, in which William Dunsmore, formerly licensee…

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Bad 2/- Piece Row in Bar Room Damages Against Publican

Evening News · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 1

A claim for £200 damages brought before Judge Cohen in the District Court to-day arose from a dispute over a bad florin…

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Beer and Spirits Miners Declare Both Black Hotelkeepers Considering WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 1

The beer strike at Kisma and Port Kemble still exists nominally but rigid penalties for breaches of pledge are not [?] because men have a horror of…

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Grand Hotel. a Melbourne Venture. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 11

Particulars of the sale of the Grand Hotel, Spring-street, Melbourne, to a syndicate for £100,000 were laid before a largely-attended meeting of shareholders, held in the hotel…

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Sale Of Grand Hotel, Melbourne

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 33

MR. ARTHUR RICKARD, of Sydney, has purchased the Grand Hotel, Spring-street, and has obtained an option over the old White Hart Hotel adjoining, which he intends to exercise. Both…

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Advertising Hoardings to Go From North Sydney Council Refuses Licenses

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 4

The subject of advertising hoardings was again before the North Sydney Council last night, when an application was received from a city firm asking…

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Court House Hotel, Cowra

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 46

Visitors to Cowra find it both comfortable and convenient to put up at the Court Houes Hotel, which really is the leading hotel in those parts. It is John Regan…

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Britishers Only New Wireless Licenses Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 6

"number of regulations prohibiting the [?] of wireless have been withdrawn licenses may now be taken out for plants to be used for instructional purposes and…

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Hotel Strike a Quick Victory BERTH

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 8

A short-livd strike took place in the metropolitan hotels. Barmen, barmaids, and house staffs ceased work owing to the refusal of the hotelkeepers to…

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Special Lease Timber No Rebate of Royalty Permissible. Cutter's License Required

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 6

Capeton (N.S.W.) tells me that he is the holder of a special lease of 100 acres, and he inquires whether he can claim one-third of the royalty charged…

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Licenses Granted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. M. Fincham, S.M., Sunday trading licenses were granted to Margaret Maude, Auburn-road,…

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Mrs. Dawson's Jewels Hotel Carlton Robbery Arrested Man in Court

Evening News · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 4

Several valuable articles of jewellery belonging to Mrs. Stawart Dawson mysteriously disappeared from the Hotel Carton on January 17. Mrs. Dawson…

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Under Waggon Whet Drink-Shaken Man's Suicide Coroner on Hotelkeeper CASINO

Evening News · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 1

At [?] on Robert Wenlock Graham the driver of a waggon said that as his team was descending an incline Graham overtook him and threw himself…

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Stranded Actors. Government Action Urged, License the Touring Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 4

The unenviable state of a theatrical company stranded hundreds of miles away from home without fares back and sustenance, is known to the public, if not by experience then…

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State Hotel at Kosciusko. Loss of £4000 a Year. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 9

Mr. James Dooley, M.L.A., Chief Secretary, visited Katoomba on Friday night, to meet his supporters in the recent election. There was a representative gathering. The…

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Commandeered Hotel Crown Must Pay LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

After protracted legal proceedings, the House of Lords has decided that the De Keyser's Hotel Co. is entitled to compensation for the Crown's…

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