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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 50

Hotel Not Wanted. Protest at Enfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 11

The proposal to transfer a liquor license from another district to the Broadway, Enfield, was responsible for a crowded meeting of protest at the Enfield Methodist Church…

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1,300,000 Stolen Beer Glasses How Hotels Suffer And Select Bars, Too !

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

Beer glasses. Lager glasses. Whisky glasses. Wine glasses…

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Shots in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 7

Norman Wenden (27), whilst very drunk, fired two shots from a revolver in the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt Street, on Thursday night…

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Hotel Thieves New Methods Succeed Bedding, Carpets and Curtains

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 2

FREMANTLE, Saturday.—Passengers by the liner Kalyan tell of new methods adopted by hotel thieves which are causing consternation amongst hotelkeepers…

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Licenses for Fish Agents Acting-Premier Takes Action

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 January 1923 · page 2

Referring yesterday to the transfer of the fish sales from the Commonwealth Co-operative Fish Exchange, Redfern, to the City Council's market at…

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Nearly Suffocated Three Men in Hotel NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 5

Three men, Alped Compliant Robert Siraughan, and Alfred [?] who were spending the week-end in Newcastle, had a [?]…

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Robbery at Hotel

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 2

Money cigars and whisky to the value of £14, the property of Samuel Clarke, were stolen from the, union Hotel, Union-street, Erskineville, on…

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Dressed As Nurse Complaints to Police Arrest in City Hotel

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 7

A middle-aged woman who has several aliases recently appeared in one of the Riverina towns, and announced herself as the resident medical officer…

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Holiday Frolics After the Curfew Hotel Scenario

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 8

On Anniversary Day, A[?] Thomas Haye[?] was ejected from the [?] of the Merry[?]nds Hotel. The [?]clock [?] had [?]lled…

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The Woolpack Historic Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 4

The Parramatta Li[?]ing Bench (Mr. Arnot, S.M., Chairman and Mr. F. W. Jage, J.P.), yesterday granted the transfer of the license of the…

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Canterbury Licensing Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 10

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday afternoon, before Mr. W. S. Arnott, S.M., and Mr. W. F. Jago, J.P. (licensing magistrates), an application was heard, Mr. Kemp…

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Fire in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 10

Had it not been for the alertness of Constable Dimmock while on patrol duty in Newcastle early this morning three boarders staying at the Shortland Hotel, in Market-street,…

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Bookmaker's License Withdrawn

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 7

A bookmaker who frequently fielded at the courses controlled by the Victorian Trotting and Racing Association whose present whereabouts are reported…

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Sunday Beer Police Praise Publican

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 7

Having pleaded guilty at the Paddington Court, to-day, to a charge of Sunday trading, John Keane, of the Oxford Hotel, Carrington-road,…

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New Hotel For Manly

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 9

A resumption described as unique in the history of Manly has just been completed. Deacons Ltd., who have a household of the Grand pier Hotel…

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New Hotel Company

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 9

A syndicate of well known Sydney business men, to be known as Askey's, Limited, has been formed to purchase the lease, license, and goodwill of…

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Wine Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 11

At the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Arnott, S.M., and Mr. W. F. Jago, Robert Harrison applied for a wine license at Canterbury…

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Transfer of License New Hotel for Cessnock West Mainland

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 9

The Maitland Licensing Court last night, after an all-day sitting, granted a transfer of the license of the Falls Hotel, West…

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"Slip" Carr Hotel Episode Fined for Assault

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 9

C. W. ("SIP") Carr, who created a sensation on Saturday by running 100 yards in 9 4-5sec, thus breaking the N.S.W. and…

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Refused! Cremorne Hotel Not Justified Bench Unanimous

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 9

THE APPLICATION of Patrick Francis Crowe, licensee of the Victoria Park Hotel, Myrtle-street, Darlington, to transfer his license to…

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