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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 50

Daring Hotel Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 8

Awakened early yesterday by a noise in his bedroom at the Hotel Metropole, Mr. O. A. Smith, Commonwealth Bank inspector, saw a man rush…

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District Court. (Before Judge White.) Sale of a Woollahra Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 11

Emily Barrett, a widow, claimed £200 from Albert Douce, of Sydney, hotel proprietor, the money, as alleged, having been paid to defendant as a deposit on the purchase price…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and jury.) Cricketers' Rest Hotel. Devereux v Daly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 11

The plaintiff in this action, John Devereux, sued Edward M. Daly, claiming £1250, and alleging a breach of agreement in reference to the sale of the lease, license, and…

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To Make Meat Cheaper Two Butchers' Shops Trade Where One Would Suffice[?] Cost of Retail Distribution is Twopence a Pound License and Limitation Might Save £400,000

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 October 1923 · page 1

The more that the distributing methods of meat in the metropolitan area are considered, the more uneconomical and unsatisfactory they probably will be found. The question is, who is going to undertake the necessary inquiry?…

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The Hotel Hilarious Figures Largely in Bell Boy 13

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 October 1923 · page 19

Surely the stately hotel hired by Thomas H. Ince as a setting for his comedy offering, Bell Boy 13, never witnessed so much skylarking or so much…

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Sale of Hotel Verdict for Plaintiff

Evening News · Monday 22 October 1923 · page 6

The Jury in the Ranco Court to-day returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £1209 in the action by john Devereux against M. Daly, in which [?]…

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Slander Alleged Maid and Publican £400 Damages Claimed

The Sun · Monday 22 October 1923 · page 7

We've found a marked coin on you. This is an old game of yours. You are going there (gaol) right enough. You have been there before, and we'll put…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and Juries.) Hotel Sale Disputed. Coffey v Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 6

The plaintiff, Thomas Coffey, sued in this action to recover from Edward Charles Clifton £300 deposited on a contract made in May last, whereby the defendant agreed to…

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Albury Hotels Two Change Hands ALBURY

The Sun · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 10

The Railway Commercial Hotel and the Albury Hotel-- two of Albury's leading houses-- have changed hands. The former has been purchased by Mr…

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Hotel Repairs Defiance of Orders Grafton Court's Edict Grafton

The Sun · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 10

On the subject of hotel repairs and the defiance which some publicans showed to the requirements of the Act. Mr. W. B. Geddes, the licensing…

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A City Hotel Disputed Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 2

Thomas Coffey was the plaintiff in an action brought by him before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and a jury in the Banco Court yesterday, against Edward Charles…

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The Law Courts Substantial Verdict An Hotel Transaction

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 2

An action was brought, before Mr. Acting-Justice Ralston and a jury by John Devereux against Edward M. Daly to recover £1250 for alleged breach of…

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Defiant Licensees

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

GRAFTON.--When a number of local publicans came before Grafton Licensing Court to explain why they had not carried out certain repairs ordered by the…

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Licensing Application

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 2

The proposed removal of the license of the Palace Hotel from one part of Mortlake to another was the subject of an application submitted to the Parramatta…

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13Th Lock Proves Licensee's Undoing

Evening News · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 8

Joka Pealtts, wine Mcensce, by 84 Daylingharst-road, has 13 locks on his premises. He closed 13 of them, and forgot the 13th…

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Bibles for Guests in American Hotels Goulburn

Evening News · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 10

"In nearly every hotel in America there is' placed in each of the bedrooms a Bibls, supplied by "The Gldeons"—the christian…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and juries.) Hotel Sale Disputed. Coffey v Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 10

The plaintiff, Thomas Coffey, sued in this action to recover from Edward Charles Clifton £300 deposited on a contract made in May last, whereby the defendant agreed to…

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Warning to Publicans. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 14

When a number of local publicans came before the Grafton Licensing Court to explain their action in not carrying out certain repairs ordered by the Court, the licensing…

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Spent in Hotels British Unemployment Doles

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 11

That the drinking habit in England is appalling, and that even the greater part of the unemployment doles are spent in public-houses, was declared…

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A City Hotel Verdict for £300

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 4

The hearing was concluded of the action, before Mr. Acting Justice Ralston and a jury, in the Banco Court, yesterday, in which Thomas Coffey sued…

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