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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1922

795 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 40

Country Licensing Courts. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 10

Mr. Walter Scott, P.M., commented this morning on the difficulty that occurs in get tin a licensing court constituted' in country towns, when adjourning two cases which ne[?]…

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Found Dead in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 5

Henry A. Dixon, residing at the Arcadia Hotel, city, was found dead in his room early last night. A bottle of poison was near his body…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 6

The following transfers for hotel licenses were granted by the Metropplitian Licensing Court yesterday:— Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, city, from James Cuimelli to William D. Cordingley: Picton Arms Hotel…

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Gun Licenses Amending the Law Inspector=General's Views

The Sun · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 9

Amendments of the Gun License Act to make that cumbrous and harassing measure more workable are now being considered by the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Company Reports Coogee Bay Hotel, Ltd. Profit of £7033

Evening News · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 2

The annual report of the Coogee Bay Hotel Co,.Ltd. shows a profit for the year ended April 20. 1922. of £7033 17S Sd. as compared with £5039…

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A Publicans' Fund Appeal to Sports Mr. C.G. Hadley Leads to Aid Diggers

Evening News · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 5

Most publicans are sports, and none can accuse the [?] of being otherwise. It is [?] of the life that when some of the [?]…

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Hotel Destroyed. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 14

Hancock's Hotel at Gresford was totally destroyed by fire last night. The proprietor and his family were attending a concert in the School of Arts next door when the alarm…

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Betting in Hotel Minimum Fine £100 ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 8

Three men were brought before the Adelaide Police Court to-day on charges of unlawful betting in the yard of the Criterion Hotel. Two of them, Hezekiah W. Hunt and…

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TACKLING Football Outside Hotel Practical Demonstrations

The Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 9

An interesting discussion on football and methods of tackling took place between two men on a recent Saturday afternoon outside a city hotel…

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Shooting Quail Special License Necessary Fine of 1s a Head Inverell

The Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 9

An unusual case, the first of its kind heard locally, was before the police court this morning, when Alexander John Preston was fined a shilling per…

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Comedian Missing City Hotel Mystery Belongings in Bedroom

The Sun · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 9

Harry Thurston, the famous English comedian, who was advertised to commence his Australian season at Fullers' Vaudeville Theatre on Saturday, has…

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Wool Tops Committee and Combing Company Payment of License Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 10

Mr. Justice Isaacs continued the hearing in the High Court at Darlinghurst to-day of the suit in which the Commonwealth and the Central Wool Committee are plaintiffs, and the…

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Licensing Inquiry Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 May 1922 · page 10

The Commissioner of Police, giving evidence before the Licensing Commission, said there were too many hotels in Perth. Licensees should be compelled to 'provide meals at…

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Liquor Laws Licenses Reduction Board

The Sun · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 10

When Cabinet gets a little spare time it will have to overhaul the State's liquor laws. The Minister for Justice (Mr. Ley) will recommend that the…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Board yesterday:— West Sydney Hotel, Bathurst and Sussex streets,…

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Hotel Transfers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Board yesterday granted the following publicans' transfers: -- West Sydney Hotel, Bathurst and Sussex Streets, Sydney, Grace Bramwell to Thomas F Moss; Morning Star Hotel, Cooper and…

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Missing Comedian. Returns to Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 9

Mr. Harry Thurston, the well-known English [?]omodian, who is in Australia under contract to Sir Benjamin Fuller, and who disappeared from the Hotel Australia on Saturday last,…

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Unpaid Bill. Hotel Accommodation. Defaulters May Be Imprisoned. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1922 · page 13

In sentencing a man to one month's imprisonment for hnving failed to pay for accommodation supplied at on hotel, the P.M., Mr. Ormonde Butler, said a man…

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At Royal Randwick the Woman in the Musquash Coat. Hotel-keeper Charged; But "Insufficient Evidence". Says Magistrate

Truth · Sunday 28 May 1922 · page 10

There was a sequel to a scene at a recent race meeting at Randwick at the Central Police Court on Tuesday last. Just after one of the races had been…

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Hotel Licenses. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 10

Sir,—Please allow me to draw the attention of your numerous readers, and especially that of our politicians, to the bursh and very unjust position in which many of the hotel…

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