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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

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Coronation Hotel Property Realises £40,000

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 7

The Coronation Hotel, at the corner of George and Park streets, together with two shops, Nos. 1 and 3 Park-street, were sold at auction to-day by…

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Trouble in Hotel Manager and Guest New Year's Eve Party

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 7

In the Central Summons Court today, James Alfred Duncan, manager and licensee of the Hotel Mansions, Darlinghurst, proceeded against…

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Grim Record Six Shootings in a Month Victims Number Ten The Gun License Act

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 7

The condition to-day of Mrs. Marshall, the young woman who was shot in a wine bar in George-street late yesterday afternoon, and that of…

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An Hotel Sensation. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 14

A sensation was caused at the Criterion Hotel in the city on Wednesday, when Frederick Brown, a returned soldier, about 40 years of age, while chatting to the barman,…

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City Hotel Property Sold for £40,000

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 12

The Coronation Hotel property, No. 533 George Street, and two shops, Nos 1 and 3 Park Street, were sold in one line at auction yesterday for £40,000, by Richardson and…

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On New Year's Eve. What Happened at the Hotel Mansions. Manager Charges Patron with Assaulting Him; And the Patron Says That the Manager Assaulted Him

Truth · Sunday 23 January 1921 · page 4

At the Central Police Court on Monday last, the medical evidence pertaining to two summons cases was heard before Mr. Giles Shaw,' S.M…

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Licensed Porters Presentation to Stationmaster

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. J. Dolg, who for years has been station master at the Central Railway Station, has been promoted to the po[?] of district superintendent at Orange. On…

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New Year's Eve Fight Hotel Mansions Case Mr. Salon Tells His Version

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which Charles Salon, a guest at the Hotel Mansions, Dar[?]nghurst, was proceeded against on a information [?]ging him…

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Burns and Beckett Fight in Hotel Quarrel Over Moran Bout LONDON, January 22

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 1

Joe Beckett, the English heavyweight boxer, accosted Tommy Burns, former world's champion, in a Southampton hotel and said, "Did you say…

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What Is a Lodger? the Crown Fails Licensing Act Case

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 8

Inspector Sherwood proceeded against Christina Agnes Williamson, licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel Pitt-street, Sydney, in the Central…

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Gun Licenses First Prosecutions Intentions of Magistrate G[?] As Well As A Fine

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 8

"The Bench intends to administer the Act in a way that will help greatly to put down this evil of currying firearms Except in…

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"Must Be Mad" Row at Hotel Case for the Defence Scene in Dining-room

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 5

The hearing of the case in which James Alfred Duncan, manager and licensee of the Hotel Mansions. Dar[?]ghurst proceeded against Charles…

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"God Bless the Ladies" New Year's Eve Fight Hotel Mansions Case

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

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Beer Without a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

For having sold beer without a license Ethel Ryan, 30, a domestic, was at the Central Police Court yesterday fined £20 with the option of three months' imprisonment…

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Firearms. a License Necessary. Two Persons Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 9

It is now an offence, under an Act passed last year, to carry a firearm unless one has a license to do so; and two cases were before the courts yesterday—the first since this…

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"Like a Stuck Pig" Hotel Mansions Affair Evidence for Defence a Fine Imposed

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 7

Further evidence for the defence in the case in which James Alfred Duncan, manager and licensee of the Hotel Mansions, proceeded against Charles…

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Coursing Round the Kennels No. 2.—Mr. H. L. Sims, Railway Hotel, Fairfield

Referee · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 9

Last week I visited the establishment of Mr. H. L. Sims, at Fairfield, only to find that keen supporter of the leash was away—my fault entirely, because I will…

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Uproar in Hotel "Very Serious Riot" Licensee and Son Assaulted

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 11

Five men were charged at the Central Police Court this morning with having behaved in a riotous manner in the bar of the Great Western Hotel,…

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Sadly Disproportionate Gun License Act Young

Evening News · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 6

It is estimated that 2000 guns will be registered at the Young Police Station under the Gun License Act. The general feeling here is that the Act is sadly…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 7

Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted as follow at the Li[?]sing Court yesterday:— Andrew O'Toole to Samuel-Tilly Ya[?], Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Harris and Union streets, Pyrmont;…

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