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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

1,255 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 63

License Suspended Couldn't Drive Car Home

The Sun · Monday 3 November 1924 · page 7

Frank Herald Cogan, aged 38, a builder, was lined £5, in default one month's hard labor, and also had his license suspended until March 10,…

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No Beer Yet a Licensing Anomaly TAREE

Evening News · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 1

A peculiar position hu arisen under the Licensing Act. Last year the. Licensing Board, comprising a police magistrate and two local members,…

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NO. 2 Full Court. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon, Mr. Justice Harvey, and Mr. Justice Owen.) Tivoli Hotel Lease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 5

Aydon and others v Leete and others. This was an appeal from a decree in Equity made by Mr. Justice Street on an originating summons in respect of a clause in a lease…

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License Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' Heenses:—Castle Connell Hotel, Regent-street, city., from Thomas Hennessy to Hubert Steele; Australian Hotel, Botany…

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Drunken Drivers Licenses Suspended Protecting the Public

The Sun · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 3

"He was so drunk that he had no control over the gears, and when he went to put on the hand-brake he fell over to one side," said Sergeant…

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Fatal Habit Aurora Hotel Tragedy Sailor on Trial Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 7

The trial has commenced of Benjamin. Harris Schutes, an American seaman. who is charged with murdering Reginald Louis Short, by stabbing him…

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Woman Drowned in City Hotel Escapee From a Mental Asylum--body Found Floating I in a Bath Fled From a Nurse

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 1

A [?] ago Mrs. Matilda New [?]. While being escorted by a must from [?] Asylum to an [?] in the city escaped at Centeral…

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CAN H. D. McINTOSH Alter Tivoli Hotel?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 6

The will of the late Harry Richards, theatre proprietor, was before the Full Court yesterday, when an appeal was heard concerning the right of…

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Hotel Brawl Ends Fatally Ex-soldier Dies Later From Effects of Blow--committed for Trial. Manslauchter Charge

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 8

After hearing evidence the City Coroner Mr. Jamieson, yesterday [?] that Russell Lambers on October 22, died from the effects of injuries…

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Tivoli Hotel Shops or Theatre? Appeal to Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 November 1924 · page 11

An appeal from part of a decretal order by Mr. Justice Street, Chief Judge in Equity, was made to Mr. Justice Gordon. Mr. Justice Harvey,…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 November 1924 · page 2

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted transfers of publicans' licenses as follow:--Castle Connell Hotel. Regent Street, Sydney. from Thomas…

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Removal of Hotel License. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 November 1924 · page 14

A peculiar position has arisen here under the Licensing Act. Last year the Licensing Board, comprising the police magistrate and two local members, approved the building of…

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Bridge and a Hotel Strange Story Mr. Ball's Ignorance

Evening News · Wednesday 5 November 1924 · page 10

The Minister for Works, Mr. Ball, did not know until recently that the Milson's Point Hotel would be resumed in connection…

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Country News. Issue of Hawkers' Licenses. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 10

Mr. Flynn, P.M., in reserving his decision on an application for a hawker's license made by a young Syrian newly arrived in the State, said yesterday that the Patriarch of…

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Motorist's License Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 6

Before Mr. Giles Shaw, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court, yesterday, Herbert George Davis, aged 39 years, a hotclkeeper, was charged with having driven a motor car upon P[?]tt-street on October 27 whilst under the…

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Driver's License Suspended

The Sun · Thursday 6 November 1924 · page 9

For having driven a motor car whilst under the influence of liquor, Joseph. Murphy aged 26 was fined £5, at the Central' Police Court to-day,…

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ROBERTSON. New Hotel to Open

Evening News · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 10

The expectations of this town, which have been growing consistently for the last twelve months are about to be fully realised, for the large sum of money…

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Shooting Tragedy in City Hotel Man Dead, Woman Wounded Drama of Unrequited Love Shot the Wrong Woman

Evening News · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 9

AS the result of a sensational shooting affray at the Northern Rivers Hotel, corner of Sussex and Erskine Streets, City, at 11.30 a.m. to-day, William Kirkwood, 30, is dead…

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ROBERTSON The New Hotel Official Opening Shortly

The Sun · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 15

The expectations of this town, which have been growing consistently for the last 12 months, are about to he fully realised, for the large sum…

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Tragedy in Hotel Woman Badly Wounded; Man Dead End of Love Story

The Sun · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 9

A love story came to a dramatic end in the Great Northern Rivers Hotel, in Erskine-street, to-day. Now a man is dead, and a woman is lying in the hospital, seriously wounded…

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