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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

1,255 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 63

Licensing Prosecutions. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 10

Before Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M., at the Wingham Police Court, Frank Green was charged with carrying away liquor from the Australian Hotel, Wingham, during prohibited hours…

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Milk—oh ! Shock for Boy Publican's Toy Gun

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 5

At the request of George L, walden a milk carter, of Reservoir street, city, william charles paskins, a hotalkeeper, of…

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Hotelkeeper's Bluff Revolver or Toy Pistol ?

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 10

At the Paddington Court to-day William Charles Paskins, hotelkeeper for 32 years, living in Jersey-road. Paddington, was ordered to enter into a…

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"Hotel Rats" Tell-Tale Black Tights Reality-- Not a Dream London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 1

A woman visitor to a Paris hotel, in reporting the loss of a fur coat from her bedroom, added that during the night she saw in her room a…

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Application for License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 2

Patrick O'Keefe applied to the Parramatta Quarterly Licensing Court on Monday for a spirit merchant's license at Abbotsford. Mr. D. G. Patterson…

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Hotel Employee's Claim. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 14

In the Small Debts Court, before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., Charles Stephens proceeded against Francis Riddett, proprietor of the Imperial Hotel, for the recovery of £76,…

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Hotel Burned Down Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 9

At Linville yesterday two buildings, including the Commercial Hotel, were burned down. The damage is estimated at £2000…

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Hotel Licensee Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

William Manning was charged at the Balmain police Court with keeping his licensed premises, the Unity Hall Hotel, open for the sale of liquor after house. On the application of Mr. E. R. Abigail, who…

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Erica's Post Bag. Queensland Hotel, Lismore

The Catholic Press · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 47

Dear Erica.—I have been reading the letters in the "Catholic Press," and would like to write to you. I go to school to St. Joseph's Sisters at Alstonville. I…

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Licenses Reduction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

Compensation Sittings—Sturt Electorate.—At 11 a.m., at the board room. Dalton House, 115 Pitt-street, the board will announce the amounts of compensation awarded…

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GENTLEMAN=THIEF Former Actress's Jewels Arrest in Hotel London, January 29

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 1

His trial disclosed that Frederick Smith, who clad in evening dress, was detained in the corridor of a Piccadilly hotel by Ola Humphries, the…

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Refused Hawker's License Judged by His Company

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 10

Giving evidence at the Paddington Court to-day on an application, by Harty Lane, of Oatley-road, Paddington, for a hawker's license, Sergeant…

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Temperance Hotel Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 9

A campaign will be commenced next month by the Queensland Prohibition League to raise funds for the erection of a temperance hotel at the corner…

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Licensing Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:- Kent Hotel, Pitt-street, city, from Clifford Lawes to Lewis Bye; Park View Hotel, Mitchell-road,…

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Strange Hotels. In Singular Situations

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 24

On Samoa Island there are hotels where guests are catered for free of charge. Every village on the island possesses a guest house, known as a…

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Fourfold Tragedy Hotelkeeper's Murderous Assault Slays His Wife, Son & Daughter Then Takes Own Life London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 1

THE Vine Inn, near Portsmouth, a well-known hunting rendazvous, was the acene of a fearful fourfold tragedy to-day. The victims are the licenses of the hotel, his wife, an son, and daughter, all to whom were found dead by two sons under…

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Fire Outbreaks. Licenses for Electricians

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 15

Reterring to a letter by a correspondent, "Fuse," which appeared in Thursday's "Herald," and in which the opinion was expressed that it was very likely that the cause of…

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Compensation. License Reduction. Sturt Electorate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 8

The Licenses' Reduction Board of N.S.W. yesterday announced the following assessments of compesation to be paid in relation to licensed houses in the Sturt electorate,…

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Hawker's License Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

The police objected to the granting of a hawker's license to Harry Lane, of Oatley-road, Paddington, at the Paddington Police Court yesterday Mr. J. C. J. Ryan, who…

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Queanbeyan Wants Another Hotel Witness Say Demand is Warranted--Increase of Traffic--The Dryness of Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 3

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--The fact of the Federal Capital territory being dry has acutely affected the hotel accommodation at Queanbeyan eight…

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