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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

1,255 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 63

EQUITY (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) Pfahlert's Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 9

The Court was asked to determine a point arising out of a contract by the executor of the will of the late Hamilton Gilmer to sell to Mrs. Florence Maud…

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WIRELESS & Radio the Set De Luxe Have You Bought That License? No More "Last Chances"

The Sun · Wednesday 12 November 1924 · page 2

IN every hobby there are expensive branches which the average person can never hope to explore, costly heights that he knows will always be…

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NO. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Hotel at Kiama. Munro v Dunn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 6

The cause of action in this case arose out of the sale by the defendant, Thomas Dunn, to the plaintiff, Stanley Munro, of the lease, licenso, goodwill, etc., of the Grand Hotel…

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Money Stolen Hotel Safes Opened

The Sun · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 10

It was reported to the police into yesterday afternoon that a sum of about £300 had been stolen from two safes at the Fig Tree Hotel, Hunter's…

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Publicans Black As Mcpl. Candidates a Brisbane A.L.P. Brunch Resolves and is Seeking Union Support

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 November 1924 · page 8

The Alderley (Queensland) A.L.P. has resolved that licensed victuallers should be ineligible as candidates for councillors for Greater Britain…

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Police Make a Raid on Liverpool Hotels Licensee is Fined £15--Strong Comment by Abigail--A Charge Withdrawn

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 5

Russell, Chuck and Co., well known in Sydney as police sleuths with a special interest in illegal betting--and liquor--descended in full force…

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S.P. FIELDERS Should be Licensed

Arrow · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 2

Mr. Speaker, Sir,—A subject worthy of discussion is starting-price betting. With fielders who bet S.P., in nine cases out of ten they are not licenced, and in…

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Another Hotelkeeper Charged Son Takes The Blame

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 1

Ernest Charles Simmons, licensce of the Commercial Hostel, Liverpool, and David Ernest Simmons, his son, were also charged at the local police court on…

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"That Horse Won" Hotelkeeper Fined for Betting Was the Constable Drunk?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 1

A dove is universally recognised as an emblem of peace, but a certain racehorse, called Orient Dove, has been the innocent cause of much agitation and discontent at Liverpool during the past week or two. Its name was continually before the court on Thursday, when a well-known hotel-keeper was…

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Unrequited Love Hotel Tragedy Suicide in a Bedroom

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 4

The Northern Rivers Hotel, in Erskine-street, Sydney, was the scene of a shooting tragedy on Friday afternoon last. William Kirkwood, aged…

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Safe Opened. Robbery at Hotel. Theft of £229

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 9

At the Fig Tree Hotel, Hunter's Hill, on Wednesday afternoon, the safe was opened and £229 in banknotes was stolen. Notwithstanding the fact that the office…

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Hotel Safes Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 10

The licensee of the Fig Tree Hotel, Hunter's Hill, was the loser of about £300, stolen from two safes on the premises…

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Gallery Notes The Governor and Mr. Arkins Opening an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 8

After a sitting that runs into the early hours of the morning it is an easy task to count the number of members on the benches when the…

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Hotel Licensee Fined. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 18

At the Gratton Police Court, before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., Charles Cartmill, the licenses of the Nymboida Hotel, was charged with having permitted dancing in an unlicensed hall…

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Union News and A.L.P. Notes Great Railway Strike Paralyses Austria And Leads to Resignation of Ministry. and Empties Hotels--Municipal Amusement Taxes Shuts the Theatres Up "Exorbitant Demands"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 3

It is cabled that the Chaoencellor, Dr. Ignaz Selpel, and ats Government has resigned in consequence of a generally railway strike, which has para[?]…

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Listening-in. the License Fees. Prosecutions in Sydney. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 17

Charges of illicit listening-in, which have been preferred against twenty users of wireless receiving sets in New South Wales, will be investigated at the Central Police Court…

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Listening [?] the License [?] Prosecutions in Sydney. Melbourne [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 November 1924 · page 12

Charged of [?] been preferred against twenty [?] loss receiving [?] in New South [?] be investigated at the [?]…

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Hotel Toronto

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 November 1924 · page 7

The site of the Hotel Toronto is ideal, both in natural beauty and convenience— it being but 20 miles from Newcastle. The hotel itself is a pleasing…

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Reduction of Hotels. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 November 1924 · page 10

The chairman of the Licenses Reduction Board for the electorate of Cootamundra (Mr. V. G. Adrian, S.M.), and the other members of the board (Messrs. W. le Brun Brown and W…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 2

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted transfers of publicans' licenses in respect of the following premises:--…

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