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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1924

1,255 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 63

Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 11

At a sitting of the Licensing Bench yesterday the following transfers of licenses were granted:-- Coronation Hotel. George and Park…

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Accommodating the Tourist New Hotel at Robertson

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 12

With New South Wales so rich in the possession of ideal tourist resorts it is necessary to keep abreast of the times in providing first class accommodation…

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One=legged Man Alleged Blow in Hotel Acquitted of Manslaughter

The Sun · Wednesday 26 November 1924 · page 3

Frederick William Burton, aged 25, who, after, committal on a charge of manslaughter, suffered amputation of his right leg, pleaded not guilty when…

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CANCELLED. Publicans' Licenses. Board's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 9

The Licenses' Reduction Board delivered its determination yesterday in respect of certain hotels in the Cootamundra electorate. The board decided to deprive the…

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Licensing of Operatives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 5

Referring yesterday to the proposed registration and licensing of electrical contractors, the secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, Mr. G. Black, said that while the union…

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Something Movies Missed Conspiracy Story Attracts 1 a.m. Queue Scene in Paris Hotel Woman's Acting Too Realistic for Fellow Plotter

The Sun · Thursday 27 November 1924 · page 1

The sensation-seeking section, of the London public has found a choice tilbil in the case against the Midland Bank in which a bookmaker's, wife and an Indian potentate are the pricipal figures. Such interest has been arroused by the latent developments…

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S.P. FIELDERS Should be Licensed

Arrow · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 2

Mr. Speaker, Sir.—In supporting the Member for Beauford in his speech of the 14th inst., on the above subject, I think they should be, especially from…

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Last of Doctors' Commons. Marriage License Office Moved to Westminster; Dickens' Satire

The World's News · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 38

All that is left of "Doctors' Commons' (London), famous for hundreds of years, and a target for Dickens' satire and scorn, has moved recently from the City to…

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State Session. All-night Sitting. Electrical Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 17

The Legislative Assembly sat throughout Thursday night and rose at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and…

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Paddy Must Pay No Credit in Hotels Liquor Bill Proposals London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 29 November 1924 · page 1

The Free State Senate has restored to the liquor bill a proposal to close hotels on St. Patrick's Day, and…

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AfTER Hours in Waverley Hotel Publican Escapes Lightly

Truth · Sunday 30 November 1924 · page 14

Some old legal authority said it is possible to drive a carriage and pair through any Act of Parliament. Whether that assertion was right is not the…

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Doesn't Win Often But Makes a Bird of It When She Does Melia's Appreciation of Jimmy Abbs' No. 1 Trainer's License

Truth · Sunday 30 November 1924 · page 2

JIMMY ABBS, who trains Melia amongst others, was recently granted a No. 1 trainer's license by the A.J.C., and just to celebrate the occasion, Melia toddled home a winner in the second division of the Highweight at Canterbury yesterday…

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State Governor Called to the Bar Premier and Ministers Drag in the King s Representative to Baptism of Hotel Robertson-Fuller is Blissfully Unaware That His Name is Included in Pub Advertisements Publicly Paid Ministers Lend Patronage to Private Tavern

Truth · Sunday 30 November 1924 · page 1

After all his Excellency did go to Robertson - "desirable allotments at moderate prices"—and officially open that super-pub. And what is more to the point—or pint—the King's Vice-Regent led the gay revelry, drew the cork from the first bottle of Moet, so…

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Conflicting Tales of Closing Time Brawl T.B. Soldier Killed in Saturday Night Skirmish Outside Chatswood Hotel Plasterer Charged and Acquitted

Truth · Sunday 30 November 1924 · page 12

Between fifty and sixty men began a series of fights outside the Railway Hotel, Chatswood, ant Saturday last October, just after…

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"To See His Girl" Why He Was at Hotel JUNEE

The Sun · Sunday 30 November 1924 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon at the local police court a young man was charged with being in an hotel after hours. He pleaded that he was there "to see…

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Somnambulist's Fall. From Hotel Balcony. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 December 1924 · page 10

A serious accident, through somnambulism, occurred to Ray Purcell, hotel license at Opotiki, early on Thursdny morning. He fell from the roof of the verandah of the hotel…

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Transfer of License. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 December 1924 · page 10

A hotel licensee from Illabo appeared at the local court yesterday and applied for the transfer of a license from himself to another man. The police magistrate (Mr. Gibson)…

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Ten Hotels Have New Landlords

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 6

Sitting at the Water Police Court yesterday, the Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses:--…

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City Hotel Property Equity Suit Company Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 11

An interesting suit was begun yesterday, before Mr. Justice Harvey, in Equity, in which Belfield's Hotel, Ltd., Chester Athelstan Clarke, and Edward…

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