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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1922

795 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 40

Foolish Gun License Act

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 11

'Waffor" writes:— I would like to draw attention to an unnecessary difficulty created by the Gun License Act…

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Racing at Newcastle. Trotting Club Seeks a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 12

A deputation from the Newcastle Trotting Club waited on the Chief Secretary (Mr. C. W. Oakes) yesterday, to ask that the Gaming Act be amended to allow a racing license…

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Transferred License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 6

Judge Armstrong, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, concluded the hearing of an appeal against the removal of the license of the Empire Hotel, corner of Pitt…

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Caught by Flames Publican's Tragic Death Hotel Burnt Down Toowoomba

The Sun · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 3

Harry Gray, licensee of the Amby Hotel, at Amby, a little township about 50 miles from Roma, mot with a tragic death. The hotel caught fire, and the…

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Empire Hotel License Appeal Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 15

Judgment was delivered yesterday, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court, in the appeal by the licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Pitt and Park Streets, and others, from the…

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Hotelkeeper Burnt to Death. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 14

Henry Grant the licensee was burnt to death in the Amby Hotel which was destroyed by fire early this morning. The whole bunding and contents were destroyed. The…

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Alliance Hotel Case. Appeal Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 9

Judge Armstrong, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, gave his decision, in the appeal against the removal of the license of the Empire Hotel, corner of Pitt and…

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Caught in Fire Publican's Tragic Death TOOWOOMBA

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1922 · page 2

Harry Gray, licensee of the Amby Hotel, at Amby, a little township about 50 miles from Roma, met with a tragic death. The hotel caught fire,…

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Inactive Market Hotel and Brewery Interests Better Fall in Gold Stocks

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1922 · page 4

Quietness has been the feature of the week's market, with a generally easier tendency. This is the time of annual and half-yearly balances, and…

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Closed Hotels. Licensees Deprived of Compensation. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 9

The licensees of the Burrangong and Rose and Crown hotels are in an unenviable position. Having both been refused renewals of their licenses by the Licensing Court, they…

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Butchers' Shops. Proposal to License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 8

A number of new proposals are being embodied in the City Corporation Amendment Act, which will shortly be considered by the City Council prior to its submission to Sir…

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Newcastle's Request Renewed. Promises of a License

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 7

For many years the Newcastle Trotting Club (non-proprietary) has been trying to get a license to hold races. It has had promises from many…

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Clean Food City Council To Act Licensing Shops

Evening News · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 8

The City Council is to approach the Government for an amendment in the Local Government Act of 1919. so as to get control of the power to licence…

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Control of Food Supply. Shops to be Licensed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

A number of far-reaching proposals covering the food supply of the city of Sydney are to be forwarded ,to the Government by the Sydney Municipal Council…

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Woman Hotel Thief Graduate and Linguist Gaol for Three Years London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 1

Described as the most expert woman hotel thief known to Scotland Yard, Mary Macdonald, a University graduate, and much travelled, and a…

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"Blow Up the Hotel" Threat Leads to Trouble Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 10

A curious case has resulted in the committal for trial of Mathew Ryan, of the Palace Hotel, at York, on a charge of being in possession of explosives for an unlawful reason…

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Woman Hotel Thief a University Graduate London, June 27

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 9

Mary Macdonald, possessor of a University degree, and versed in many foreign languages, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, at. Brighton for hotel robberies. She is described[?]…

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EQUITY (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Sale of a Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 8

The hearing was begun of the suit by William G. Grace against Edward Dennison, in which the plain till asked, among other things, for a declaration for the specific performance of a certain alleged agreement in…

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A Tragic Fire. Hotel Lisconsee's Terrible Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

The Amby Hotel, at Amby in the Mitchell (Q.) district was completely destroyed by fire on Friday morning last, and the [?] Mr. Henry Gray…

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Woman Hotel Thief. a University Graduate

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 4

A London cable states that Mary Macdonald, possessor of a University degree, and versed in several foreign languages, has been sentenced to three…

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