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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1923

985 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 50

News in PICTURE.----Public Schools Athletic Display. Wentworth Hotel Staff Ball. One of Sydney's Oldest Hotels Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 10

SPLINTERED GLASS FROM MELBOURNE SHOP WINDOWS.--After the mob had looted the shops heaps of broken plate-glass-similar to this were found in many places. WENTWORTH HOTEL STAFF BALL.--Flashlight in the cafe ballroom at the Wentworth 4 Hotel. Mrs. Maclurean, In the central foreground, is surrounded by floral gifts from the staff…

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License Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 November 1923 · page 6

For driving a motor car past a stationary tramcar, Norman John Sullivan, of Mansfield Street, Glebe, was lined £2 at the Newtown Court…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 6

The M[?] Licensing Court yesterday granted the following [?]ransfers of publicans' licenses:—Bridge Hotel, Weston-road, Rozelle, from John Taylor to Julius Opitz, Dind's Hotel Alfred-street, North Sydney, from…

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Fight for Hotel at Rose Bay "Frog Hollow" to Go

Evening News · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 8

An application for the removal of the hotel license from the Royal Hotel, Wotson's Bay, to a hotel which it was proposed to built at…

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Theft From Hotel. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 10

A man went behind the bar of the Club House Hotel at Rockley, and took £50 from the till. He succeeded in escaping…

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Proposed Hotel for Port Macquarie. Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 10

On Tuesday the Licensing Bench (Messrs. Cohen, deputy licensing magistrate, and W. A. Spence and F. Hayward, members) sat here to inquire into a petition by the residents for the…

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Doings in Councils No Beer License At St. Ives Show 2000 Empty Bottles

The Sun · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 9

An application for a beer booth at the St. Ives Show of the Northern Suburbs Agricultural and Horticultural Association, to be held in…

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"White Australia" Colored Aliens in Hotels BRISBANE

The Sun · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 9

An application to vary an award to prohibit the employment of colored aliens after March 1, 1924, in hotels, restaurants, and cafes, was made to…

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Restaurants Proposal to License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 6

The recent epidemic of prosecutions under the Pure Foods Act moved Mr. Goldstein to ask the Chief Secretary in the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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Appeal Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) Hotel License Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 14

Frederick James Clayton yesterday appealed against the decision of the Licensing Court in refusing an application for the transfer of a hotel license for the Royal Hotel, Watson's…

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APPEAL (Before Judge Scholes.) Transfer of Hotel License

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 5

Frederick James Clayton appealed against a decision of the Licensing Court, refusing him permission to transfer his license from the Royal Hotel, Watson's…

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The Constable's Visit at the Hotel After Hours. Prosecutions Fail

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., was engaged at Penrith Police Court on Monday bearing a charge against Percy Plunkett, licensee of the Royal Hotel…

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Hotel Changes Hands

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 4

The license of the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill, wns transferred at Penrith Licensing Court on Monday from Albert Ernest Gazzard to Henry Erie…

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Compensation to Publicans. (To the Editor.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 9

Sir,—Now that Mr. Ley (Minister for Justice) has a Bill to amend the Liquor Act before Parliament, the cry of "Compensation" is again raised. This is…

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Licenses Reduction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 14

Colonial Wine Licenses.—Deprivation Sittings.—Water Police Court, Phillip-street.—The following cases will be taken at 10 a.m.: 136 Pitt-street, George Budd, licensee; 224-226 Castlereagh-street, William J…

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Betting in Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 November 1923 · page 21

Ernest Wagner (24), Frederick Charles Bray (33), and Sydney Colls (59), were fined £2 each at the Newtown Court yesterday for betting in the bar of an…

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Tried a Bribe Caught in Hotel

Evening News · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 1

Peter M'Ardis, 45, was charged at Redferm Court with having offered a [?]ribe of [?] to Sergeant Archinal to induce him to neglect his duty…

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Motorist's License

Evening News · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 6

John Aubrey Mothers, 23, was fined 5, and had his license cancelled by Mr. Hawkins, S.M., at Newtown Court to-day, for having driven a motor car…

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Licenses Reduction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1923 · page 6

Colonial Wine Licenses.—Deprivation Sittings.—Water Police Court, Phillip street.—The following cases will be taken at 10 am.: 136 Pitt-street, George Budd, licensce; 22I-226 Castlereagh-street, William J…

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Licenses Reduction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 November 1923 · page 11

The Licenses Reduction Board commenced hearing yesterday of 61 colonial wine license cases in' which, the licensces have been called upon to show cause why they should not be deprived of their license…

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