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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1920

611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 31

Motor License Fees

The Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 6

The Canterbury Council last night resolved to co-operate with the Marthaguy Shire, Warren, in requesting each member of Parliament for the…

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Licensing Reduction. £31,135 Compensation Awarded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Licensing court to-day awarded £31,130 compensation in respect to 27 hotels to be de-licensed at the end of the year…

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Licensing Court. Liverpool, October 7

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 2

(Before Mr. T. E. Clegg, P.M. and Messrs. B. Drinan and H. A. G. McEachren, Licensing Magistrates.) Big Improvement at Fairfield…

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Poisoned by Gas Fatality in City Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 5

[?] Silvester Willcox, [?] who was [?] at the Grand Southern Hotel, [?] last Wednesday…

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City Properties Metropolitan Hotel Sold

Evening News · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 4

The Metropolitan Hotel in Pitt-street was sold for £33,100 by Hardie and Gorman at auction this morning. The properly known as [?] Castlereagh-street…

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Metropolitan Hotel Sold for £33,100

The Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 5

Hardie and German Proprietary, Ltd., to-day sold at auction the Metropolitan Hotel in Pitt-stret, adjoining Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd…

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Dangerous Gas Taps Accident in Hotel Death of B. S. WILCOX

The Sun · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 4

At the City Coroner's Court to-day Mr. Jamieson returned a verdict of accidental death in the inquiry concerning Bertie Silvester Wilcox, who on…

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Prospector Fined £20 Trouble in a City Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

Deats O'Callaghan, 44, a prospects, was at the Central Police Court to-day fined by Mr. Giles Shaw 5s. with 12s witness' expenses, in default three days, for…

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City Property. Hotel Realises £33,100

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 6

The Metropolitan Hotel property, Pitt Street, situated between Anthony Hordern and Sous, Ltd., and The Hub, Ltd., was sold at auction yesterday for £33,100 by Hardie and Gorman…

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License for Growing Tobacoo

The Land · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 6

A.F. asks: Is it legal to grow tobacco, or must you have a license? If the license is necessary, where can it be obtained, and cost of same?…

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Motor Tax and License Fees

Evening News · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 6

The [?] Council has decided to tolerate with the Mar[?] State Council Wa[?], the approaching the Minister [?] urge that the mo[?] and [?]…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 6

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Board, the following transfers of hotel licenses were granted:—Blue Post Hotel, Forest-road, Hurstville, from John Bear to John Joseph Delaucy; Milson's…

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Hotel Robinson Crusoe

The World's News · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 4

ROBINSON CRUSOE'S cave may soon be converted into sleeping quarters for globe trotters, according to Professor W. A. Bryan, vice-president of the Hawaiian Historical…

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Milk Adulteration Power to Cancel Licenses Deputation to Minister Complicated Act

The Sun · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 8

A deputation representing the Red-fern Municipal Council waited on Mr. McGirr, Minister for Health, to-day, asking that the license of milk-vendors…

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Beer and Strikers Claim by Hotelkeeper

The Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 3

William Sydney Cripps, hotelkeeper, of Newnes, sought to recover £3 damages from John Wilson Fell, trading as John Fell and Co., in No. 1 Jury…

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Robberies From Hotels Five Cases Reported

The Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 6

Lillian Nelson and Ellen Scott, staying at the Hotel Metropole, were robbed yesterday of dresses and gowns worth about £50. The thief got into their…

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Newnes Hotelkeeper Awarded £140

The Sun · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 7

The jury this afternoon, in the claim for £300 damages made by William Sydney Cripps, hotelkeeper at Newnes, from John Wilson Fell trading as…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses yesterday:— Royal Exchange Hotel, Marrickville, from Raymond William Br[?]ton to William Charles…

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Hotels Robbed

Evening News · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 5

Thieves robbed two hotels in the city yesterday. From the Royal Albert Hotel in Reservoir-street, City, clothing and a kitbag worth £15, the property of Rugh…

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Profits of Usher's Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 23 October 1920 · page 6

During the year ended August 21 Usher's Metrupolitan Hotel made a net profit of £37,[?] Adding to this the balance to credit of profit and loan brought forward from last year the…

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