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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

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New Bank Old Empire Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

For many years—In fact, ever since its inception in the [?]htles—the Empire Hotel at the corner of Pitt and Hunter streets achieved a…

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License Cancelled Motorist Fined £10

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

Horace Reginald Ford, a commercial traveller, of Rednal Flats, Bondi-road, Bondi, was fined £10, with £2 17s 3d costs, at the Paddington Court…

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"I'm Dying" Poison in Hotel

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

Henry [?]0, who lately lived wit his wife and child at Paddington-street. Paddington, took room at the Crescent Hotel…

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Motors—cars, Cycles, Tyres, and Sundries the First Licenses

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 8

Here are the first 20 motor car drivers to be registered under the Taffic Act [?] in 1916.—G. O. Hyde, C. F. Riches, M. Wilson, F. D. M'Master, J…

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Motorist Fined. License Also Cancelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

Horace Reginald Ford, a commercial traveller, of Rednal Flats, Bondi-road, Bondi, was yesterday charged at Paddington Police Court with having driven a motor car on the…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 10

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of hotelkeepers' licenses were granted:—Criterion Hotel, Sussex and Liverpool streets, Sydney, from Vincent Henry Blackburn to Ellen…

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"I'm Dying" Discovery at Hotel Poison in Drawer

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

Early yesterday morning Henry Brennan, aged 40, was found in a dying condition in a room at the Crescent Hotel, George-street, city…

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Illegally on Licensed Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court before Mr. W. Arno[?] S.M., No[?]man Tunks pleaded guilty to a charge of having been found on the licensed premises of the Northern Hotel, Parramatta, during prohibited hours…

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Wilful Murder Hotel Licensee Charged Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 6

An inquiry was held at Geelong to-day concerning the death of Michael Fahey, the victim of the shooting at the Railway Hotel, Elaine, near Ballarat, on December…

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Proposed Liquor License at Cremorne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 6

Proposals to erect a large hotel at the corner of Military-road and Glover-street, Cre[?]ne Junction, and to transfer thereto a license from another suburb: also to establish…

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Alleged Murder. Publican Committed for Trial. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 9

The circumstances in which Michael Fahey was shot dead at Elaine on the night of Wednesday, December 27, were related to the district coroner (Mr. P. J. Conlon) at Meredith…

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Carlton Hotel Ltd

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 5

On its second year's operations, Carlton Hotel, Ltd., got no nearer than in its first year to realisation of the prospectus estimate of annual…

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Trail of Blood Burglars in City Hotel MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 4

Burglars left a trail of blood at the scene of operations early this morning, when they broke into Phair's Hostel, Collins-street…

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Hotel Rumpus Assaults on Police Licensee Fined

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 14

It was stated at the Central Court to-day that about 9.30 p.m., on December [?]. Sergeant Kelso and Constable M'Farland, who were in plain…

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Travellers' Rights Meals at Hotels. Publican Fined. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 8

A case of much interest to hotelkeepers and travellers' was heard at the Wallerawang Police Court, before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.M. Herbert John Preece, licensee of the Hotel…

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License Transfers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 3

The Metropolitan Licensing Board yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses:-- Hughes's Hotel, Sydney, S. C. Bubb to M. A. M'Donald;…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses:—Wilson's Paragon Hotel, Albert-street, Sydney, from Walter Halifax Watson to Albert Edward…

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Travelers' Rights. a Publican Fined

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

A case of interest to publicans and to travellers In the country was heard at the Wallerswang police court on Wednesday. The license of the Hotel…

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Liquor Licenses. Protest at Cremorne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 12

Cremorne Hall was packed to the doors on Wednesday evening when a meeting of protest against the proposed hotel and wine licenses at Cremorne Junction was held. Mr. J. G…

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Hawking Without License

The Propeller · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

Edwin William Martin was proceeded against for hawking without a license at Arncliffe. A fine of 10, in default three days' imprisonment, was imposed…

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