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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

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Liquor License. Granted for Maroubra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the application of Arthur Alfred Edward Dudley for a publican's license for premises to be erected at the corner of…

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Bankers Defied Farmers Come to Sydney Heavy Hotel Bookings

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

The farmers come to town always for the Show, for even, if the scowis or stern words of the banker may dissuade a man on the land…

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Hotel Transfer

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

The transfer of the license of Park View Hotel from A. Blanchfield to Arthur Ernest Ireland was granted at Penrith Licensing Court on Monday…

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Empire Wireless. Issue of Licenses. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 15

Mr. Ormsby Gore (Under-Secretary for the Colonies), replying to a question in the House of Commons, said that the issue of licenses in Crown colonies for the erecting of wireless…

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Wireless Licenses Government Authority London, March 8

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

Captain AV. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said that the issue of licenses to the Crown colonies for…

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World of Finance Active Markets—Investment Stocks in Strong Demand—Manly Hotels Reviewed Manly Hotels Ltd

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 3

Manly Hotels Ltd., proprietors of Hotel Pacific, Manly, earned profits of £4305 for the year ended December 31, 1922. Dividends at the rate of 8 per…

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Rush for Fortune Hotel Recluse's Wealth Sister Gets It All. London

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 1

A rush of prospective relatives hoping to share an unknown recluse's £45,000 estate was stayed to-day by the discovery of a 19-year-old will…

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No Cannon-balls Disappointments of Long Bay Gaol Not Summer Hotel, But--- Blankets and Drawn=Thread Work

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 17

Long Bay prison is a disappointment if you are looking for something really lurid in dungeons. It is not perfect, but taking it all round it seems fairly comfortable when one considers the purpose for which it was built…

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Lease of Hotel Owner and Licensee

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 7

At the Darlinghurst Sessions this afternoon, before Judge Cohen, the tri[?]l took, place of Mark Lapin, aged 47, an hotelkeeper, on a charge of…

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Hotel for Campsie License Transfer Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

The Parramatta Licensing Court (Mr. Arnott. S.M.,) and Mr. W. F. Jago. J.P.) heard further evidence yesterday, in connection with the application of…

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Our Hotels Century Behind

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 7

After arrest to America Mrs. [?] of the Westnorth Nata[?]ts of the opinion that Sydneys [?] are a century behind…

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Two Publicans Conspiracy Charge Case at Sessions

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

Mark L[?], 47, licensee of the Occidental Hotel, York and Erskine streets, City was charged at Darlinghurst Sessions to-day with having…

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Hotel Transfer Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 7

At the Parramatta Courthouse yesterday the Licensing Bench (Mr. Arnott, S.M., and Mr. W. F. Jago, J.P.) concluded the hearing of the application from Joseph Michael…

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Transfer of License Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

In the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. H.G.Shaw, O.H. Gale, and D.A. Edwards, the hearing of an application for the transfer of the license of the Celtic Hotel, Kent and Market…

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Number Nine Licenses Secretary's Disclaimer Always Pay at His Meeting To the Editor

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 1

Sir,—Re your reference to No. 9 Bookmakers, I am surprised at your accusation in reference to same, as under present conditions No. 9 bookmakers…

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'Bootlegger's Day' Why Americans Stay at Home Our Antiquated Hotels

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 8

"Oh, my dear, I can't go out to-day; my bootlegger's calling." "This," said Mrs. Maclurean, of the Wentworth Hotel, who returned to-day…

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"Immoral Wireless" Listening-in Sets in Hotels London, March 12

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 9

Nottingham Publicans have been refused licenses to instal listening-in receiving sets, on the grounds that they would induce more people to…

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Parramatta to Campsie. Application to Remove License. Refused—Other Proceedings Pending

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 5

On Monday, Parramatta Licensing Court, consisting or Mr. W. S. Arnott, S.M., and Mr. W. F. Jago, L.M., was engaged In the further hearing of the…

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Drunken 'Bus-driver Fined, License Suspended Young Lady Run Over

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 3

Samuel Iffland, of Stoney Creek-road, Hurstville, pleaded not guilty in the Newtown Court to-day to a charge of having driven a motor 'bus in…

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Hotel Lease Verdict of Not Guilty

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 8

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday the jury returned' a verdict of not guilty in the case in which Mark Lapin, aged 47, an hotelkeeper, was…

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