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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1922

795 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 40

Hotelkeeper's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 9

Shortly after 9 o'clock last night inmates of the Northern Rivers Hotel in Erskinestreet, city, were started by the report of a revolver, Joseph Elkan, the licensee of the…

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Hotel Row Policeman Alleges Assault Revolver Discharged

The Sun · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 7

Constable W. R. Buttsworth, of the Regent-street division, who suffered an injury while quelling a disturbance in the Surrey Club Hotel, corner…

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Hotel Bill. Pay Up, Or—i

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 7

In sentencing a man to one month's imprisonment for having failed to pay accommodation supplied at an hotel, the P.M. at Murwillamhah, Mr…

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Unlawfully in Hotel. Police Constable Fined. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 7

Coustable Michael. J. McGannon, of the Bathurst police force, pleaded guilty, before Mr. W. M. Fincham, S.M., at the Police Court, this morning, to a charge of being…

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Pony Disqualification Trainer for a Year Bookmaker's License Cancelled

The Sun · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 7

An inquiry that has been engaging the attention of the stipendiary stewards for some time was concluded to-day with the result that John Bridges,…

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Hotel for Wenty. Inquiry Opens

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 1

The Parramatta Licensing Bench, composed of Messrs. A. J. Peisley, S.M., W. F. Jago and A. H. Collett, L.M's., commenced an inquiry on Monday into the…

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Jockeys' Licenses

The Sun · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 8

Owing to Monday next being a public holiday, the monthly consideration of applications for jockeys' permits and licenses by the A.R.C. will take…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Board yesterday:—Austral Hotel, Bourke-street, Sydney, from Ernest Armstrong to Robert W. Lloyd; Imperial…

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In the Hold Where Thieving Starts "No Man's Land" Licensed Men Only

Evening News · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 7

The Customs Department, believing that the remedy for pillaging largely lies in better supervision is ships' holds, intends to license…

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Collapsed in Hotel Hairdresser's Death

The Sun · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 8

The City Cor[?]ner has received a report concerning the death of George McMaster, aged 37 a hairdresser, which followed his collapse in the…

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"A Burden" Hotelkeeper's Suicide

The Sun · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 10

"Kiss Sybil for me, and please, dear, forgive me if you can. I am only pulling you down. I am incapable of doing anything for your…

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"Licensed" in South Australia

The Sun · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 11

I notice again that a movement is on foot with a view to the registration of real estate agents. What is of more Importance to the general public…

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Without a License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 8

At Ryde Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Foster, J.P., Senior-constable Wells, of Eastwood, proceeded against William Valentine Johns (15),…

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Hotelkeepers' Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 June 1922 · page 7

That Joseph Elkin, proprietor of the Northern Rivers Hotel, had been in bad health for some time before he took his life by shooting himself was revealed in evidence given at the…

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Women's Hotel America's Innovation Some Feminine Considerations

The Sun · Sunday 4 June 1922 · page 17

With many things to boast of, America has only recently been able to boast of a hotel strictly for women. Man is [?]anned absolutely…

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"Show Your Keys" Sensation in London Hotel Melbourne Man Robbed Thief in Crowded Lift LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 1

Mr. H. A. Underwood, of Melbourne, figured in an exciting incident in a London hotel. After drawing £120 from a bank he was going to his room…

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Sleep of Death City Hotel Discovery

Evening News · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 10

All day yesterday a maid at the Grand Central Hotel, Clarence-street, City, tried to [?]ouse the occupant of one of the rooms, by knocking on the…

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Sol Green. Financing Hotel Scheme. Could Borrow £10,000 on His Word

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 6

Sol Green gave evidence in a case heard in Melbourne First Civil Court, before Mr. Justice Mann, last week, in which A. P. Coles, architect, of Sydney and…

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Big Country Fire Stores and Hotel Burnt WALGETT

The Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 7

A disastrous fire occurred here about 3.30 this morning, when the Walgett Stores, Ltd., and the Commercial Hotel were totally destroyed. Nothing…

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Pray for Horse Request to Clergyman Publican's Subscription Lithgow

The Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 6

The postal authorities have been working overtime during the last few days delivering the obnoxious missives of the State Taxation Department…

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