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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

1,255 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 63

Wireless Licenses a Warning Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 5

The Postmaster-General's Department states that users of a wireless receiving apparatus who have failed to obtain broadcasters' listening licenses cannot be…

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Residential Hotel for Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 6

ADELAIDE. Thursday.--An influential company is being formed to erect a palatial residential hotel at North Terrace, between the Adelaide Club…

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Police Authorities Sell Beer Without a License Old Curiosity Shop at Central Police Station- Liquor at Reduced Rates--two Thousand Bottles Disposed Of—from Sly-grocging to Private Consumer Trawler Causes Much Commotion

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 5

BOOMERANG BEER! That's what i calls it [?] so spake a collarless and anshaven man in the yard of the Central Police station on Saturday morning during one of the p[?] ced auctioned by which the Government disposes of all stolen property unclaimed by…

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Hotel Robertson

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 8

It is announced that the position of manager of the Hotel Robertson, at Robertson, has been filled. Mr. F. W. Marsh, of New Zealand, having been appointed…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the transfer of the license of the Oxford Hotel, King-street, Newtown, from Albert S. Phillips, to Myles Alexander McDonald, was granted. The license of…

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Liquor to an Islander Balmain Licensee Fined

The Sun · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 12

James Henry Wallis, the holder of an Australian wine license, at 244 Darling-street Balmain, was, before Mr. Gale, S.M., at the Balmain Police…

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Wireless to Lithgow From San Francisco "Hello. Australia!" -- Residents Hear Flaying of Californian Hotel Band--A Four Valve Set

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 4

LITHGOW, Monday.--Lithgow has managed to get into touch with San Francisco by means of radio. This is all the more noteworthy in view of…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 3

At the Licensing Court yesterday the following applications for transfer of licenses were granted:--From Albert S. Phillips to Myles…

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The Mode [?]Ern Hotel Its Developmen[?] [?]Enland Planning

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 12

Simultaneously with the tendency, during recent years, towards the flat and apartment mode of living, has been the transformation of the public house and inn into palatial residential hotels, such…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Hotel Compensation Appeals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 10

Separate appeals against the amount of compensation awarded by the Licenses Reduction Board in respect of the delicensing of the Austral Hotel, corner of Bourke and Foveaux…

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Land and Valuation (Before Mr Justice Pike.) Hotel Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1924 · page 12

W. H. Harris (as executor of the late R. W. Lloyd), E. R. Abigail, Tooth and Co., Ltd., and Arthur Sinclair, of the Austral Hotel, corner of Bourke and Foveaux…

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110 in a 'Bus! Licensed to Carry 29 Conductor Startles Oakes

The Sun · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 9

Sydney 'bus proprietors complained of "police persecuetion" and "harassing tactics" to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes) to-day…

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Wireless Licenses. Department Issues a Warning

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 16

Radio enthusiasts can listen-in without having a license, but they will find it an expensive pastime if the Postmaster-General's Department detectives…

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Verdict for £1250 Possession of Hotel

Evening News · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 8

Before Mr. Justice James today, in No. 3 Jury Court, a claim in respect of the alleged refusal of a licenses to give up possession of the…

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Claim for £2523 Occidental Hotel, York-street

The Sun · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 8

A claim for £2523, in respect of the alleged refusal of a licensee to give up possession of the Occidental Hotel, York-street, Sydney, after the…

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Activities of Hotel. Club. Etc. Employees' Union

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 September 1924 · page 3

Since last general meeting, 133 new members have been enrolled in the Hotel. Club, etc., Employees' Union Recovery in short-paid wages in 28…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 12

At a sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday (Mr. G. F. Adrian, chairman; Mr. W. Le Brun Brown and Mr. W. S. Arnott, members) two petitions for publicans' licenses for premises…

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Recipes That Help. Fancy Butters. Maitre D'hotel Butter

The World's News · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 17

Mix one teaspoonful of lemon juice and half a tablespoonful of chopped parsley with an ounce of butter. Work them well together with a knife on a plate, then form into a pat, and…

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Land Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pike.) Hotel Compensation Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 12

Reserved judgment was delivered in the appeal on behalf of Arthur Sinclair, against the amount of compensation awarded him by the Licenses Reduction Board in respect of…

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Licensing Board

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1924 · page 8

The Licensing Board, which sat yesterday, Mr. F. G. Adrian presiding, decided to make no recommendation regarding petitions for the grunting…

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