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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 50

Wentworth Hotel, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 11

The report of Wentworth Hotel, Limited, shows a profit of £5700 for the year ended June 30, compared with £967l during the provlous year. A dividend of 10 per cent…

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Betting Offices. Licensing Proposals. London, July 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 9

Sir John Pedder (Principal Assistant-Secretary of the Home Office) outlined a scheme he had prepared, at the betting tax committee's request, for licensing betting offices. He…

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Drunken Motorist a Mad Drive License Suspended

The Sun · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 11

Robert Wood, aged 31, a grocer, pleaded guilty to-day at the North Sydney Police Court to a charge of driving a motor car on July 26, in the…

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Hawking Without License

The Propeller · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 3

Constable Murphy proceeded against Thomas Russell for hawking at Sutherland without a license. Defendant was fined 26…

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The Courts Federal (Before Sir Adrian Knox, [?] Mr. Justice Isaacs and Mr. Justice Higgins.) Sale of an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 5

Argument was not concluded in the matter of the appeal by William Carter against a judgment by Mr. Justice Owent in Equity Jurisdiction in reference to an…

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Wentworthville. the Wentworthville Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 11

Parramatta Licensing Court, on Thursday, granted a license to John Have, for the now hotel at Wentworthville, a conditional license having been granted…

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The Courts Federal (Before Sir Adrian Knox, C.J., Mr. Justice Isaacs, and Mr. Justice Higgins). Sale of an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 July 1923 · page 21

Argument was Concluded in the appeal by William Carter against a judgment by Mr. Justice Owen, in the Equity Court of New South Wales, in the suit by Susan…

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Old Days at the Royal, Watsons Bay Famous Hotel's History Mr. Billings' Zoo and Skittles

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 July 1923 · page 13

If the application for a transfer of its license to Rose Bay is successful, the Royal Hotel at Watson's Bay will be added to the list of Australian relics that…

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Crow's Nest Versus Hotel. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 6

Sir,—For 20 years all attempts to establish a hotel at Crow's Nest corner have failed because of the strenuous opposition of the local residents. This opposition is to-day…

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Reduction of Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 8

On Tuesday the "Herald" published a list of 47 hotels in Sydney which have been closed by the Licenses Reduction Board, at a cost for compensation of…

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Reduction of Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 12

Sir,—The appearance in the same issue of your editorial "Reduction of Hotels" and the protest of the Rev. Alex. Clark against the granting of a license at Crow's Nest, gives…

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With Saddle and Sulky Permits and Licenses Former May Get Majority A.T.C's Innovation Popular

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 7

At present there sixty-two hundred and sixty-two holders of reinsmen's licenses granted at Sydney, and one hundred and eleven holders of permits to compete…

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"Is. a House!" Money Spent in Hotels Bankruptcy Evidence

The Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 9

"It is necessary to spend money when you go into hotels to do business. I reckon it at 1s a house, and I average from 15 to 20 houses a…

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Child Killed Struck by Motor Youth's First License

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 8

A motor fatality at Newtown on the afternoon of July 21 was invas-tigated to-day by the City Coroner, who inquired into the death of…

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The Ballad of Jock Tremain (Told at the bush hotel by an old bushman.)

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 25

BUSHMEN! That's but a foolish boast Of courage. Come now, your glasses drain, For I will give you a nobler toast. Come, drink in honour of Jock Tremain…

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Hotels. Compensation Fees. Alleged Anomalies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 13

Referring to the question of hotel compensation fees, Mr. W. H. Mate, of Tarcutta, yesterday gave instances of anomalies, which, he claimed. were a severe handicap to…

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Manly's Big Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 4

The proposal to take six feet of the property for the new hotel to be erected on the site of the present Pier Hotel at a cost of £40,000 provoked an angry…

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Less Danger Licenses Wanted By Electrical Workers

Evening News · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 7

Members of the Electrical Trades Union expressed the opinion, to the Minister for Local Government today that the time had arrived when…

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Steyne Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 10

Mr. F. E. Barton Smith, formerly proprietor of the Grand Pier Hotel, Manly, has purchased the license and goodwill of the Hotel Steyne, and is…

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No Address Many From Hotel Domain Hospital Patients

The Sun · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 12

"Men who seem to have come from nowhere, apparently living nowhere, and going nowhere, sometimes visit Sydney Hospital on route," said an…

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