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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

809 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 41

Unreliable Clock Hotels' Closing Hour Solicitor's Unsuccessful Point

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 3

Are hotelkeepers entitled to leave their houses open for business until 11 p.m.? Mr. E. R. Abigail put the query to…

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Hotel Accommodation Sydney Dormitories Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 2

Giving evidence before the Licenses Reduction Board in Bathurst one hotelkeeper admitted that his accommodation takings were vary small in…

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Hotel Closing Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 13

During the hearing at the Redfern Police Court yesterday of a charge against a publican of allowing customers to be on his promises after 6 o'clock on May 14 the solicitor for the…

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Without a Gun License

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 14

George Boyne failed to appear at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday to answer a charge of having in his possession a revolver without a license. Constable Wiley said that…

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Butchers' Shops Should They Be Licensed? A.L.P. VIEW

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 4

"That butchers' shops shall be licensed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor and Industry, and provision made that in the event of…

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Quoits for Stakes Hotelkeeper Fined West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 5

Hotelkeepers in the northern district have been accustomed to allow quoit matches to be played for stakes on licensed premises, but the police at…

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Robbery in Hotel Lights Switched Off

Evening News · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 4

A daring robbery, evidently well planned, was effected in the Sir Walter Haleigh Hotel. Oxford-street, City, on Saturday night…

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Hotel Employees' Dispute. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 7

A mass meeting of about 500O people assembled on the Esplanade this afternoon to consider the Hotel Esplanade employees' dispute. A number of speakers…

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Hotels Closing Hour Decision of U.L.V.A. No Change From 6 P.M.

Evening News · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 5

The United Li[?] Vic[?] Association is of the opinion that [?] most continue to clear [?]…

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Bars Closing Time 6 P.M. SATISFACTORY Licensed Victuallers' Decision Wont Finance Test Case

The Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 7

Under the Liquor Amendment Act of 1919 It was provided that a ballot Should be taken before June 30, 1021. to determine (a) the question of…

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Six O'clock Closing. Licensed Victuallers[?] Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 11

Mr. J. D. Durham (secretary of the U.L.V. Association) states that with regard to the question raised as to whether hotels can open until 11 o'clock after June 30 the…

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Country Hotels Sidelights on the Trade ORANGE

The Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 2

Interesting sidelights on the hotel business were brought out in evidence before the Licensing Reduction Board to-day…

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Thefts in Darlington Publican's Misfortune Tobacconist Robbed

The Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 8

Thieves, probably in one gang, made their way to City-road, Darlington yesterday, and got away with about £100 worth of property…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) a Muswellbrook Hotel. McCormack v Mitchell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 6

The plaintiff, William McCormack, in this action claimed £2000 compensation from John Mitchell, who, he alleged, induced him to purchase the lease, license, and goodwill of…

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An Hotel Business. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1921 · page 9

The hearing was concluded in No. 4 Court of the action in which William M'Cormack sued John Mitchell to recover £2000 compensation for alleged breach of warranty and…

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Hotel licences Cancelled a Peculiar Position

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 6

A [?] position has [?] to [?] with the determination of the [?] Board on November[?] to the licences of 16…

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Doomed Hotels. Compensation Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 10

A curious anomaly has arisen through delay in payment of compensation to a number of licensees of hotels, which were ordered to be closed by the Licenses Reduction Board last…

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Fatal Fall. From Hotel Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 8

At an early hour this morning a man was seen to fall from a window at the Hotel Metropole, a distance of 50ft, to the pavement below, and was instantly killed. Shortly after…

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Squatter's Death Fall From Hotel Window

The Sun · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 2

Thomas Henry Hall Goodwin, aged 65, who fell 50 feet from the window of his bedroom at the Hotel Metropole at 1 a.m. to-day in his pyjamas, and…

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Burglar in Hotel

Evening News · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 4

Burglars entered the City View Hotel, Vine-street, Redfern, on Saturday night, and stole several bottles of spirits. They were disturbed by the return of the…

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