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Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 55

A New Hotel

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 7

At Picton yesterday, the Licensing Board granted the petition of Mr John J. Cleary for the erection of a new hotel, to cost over £8000 at…

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Graft Charges Search" for a Missing Man Publican's Writ for Damages Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 9

The opinion at the Criminal investigation Branch is that Detective Fowler, for whose arrest on charges of "graft" warrants have…

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Hawked Without License

The Propeller · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 5

Ernest Rochester (44) was proceeded against for hawking at Banksia without at first obtaining a hawker's license Constable Vale said defendant was…

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Earl Balfour Reaches Damascus His Hotel Stoned London, April 9

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 1

It is reported from Damascus that the Earl of Balfour has arrived there. Crowds demonstrated outside his hotel, and the manager rushed into the…

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The Hotel Bible. 1500 in One Building

The World's News · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 7

Just before a huge new htoel was opened in New York recently, 300 Boy Scouts, headed by a brass band, paraded from the Bible Society offices to the hotel building, each…

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S.S. Lesson April 19, 1924. the Pharisee and the Publican. Luke. 18:9-14

The Methodist · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 15

Golden Text: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."—James 4:6. The Pharisee and the Publican.—Among…

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The Wrong Jockey Rumours of a Cancelled License Bunty Wasn't the Man

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 April 1925 · page 5

A RUMOUR that had all the elements of a sensational turf story has been going the rounds in racing circles during the last week. One of Sydney's most prominent jockeys, it…

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Publican Resented Being Called "Dirty Dick" School-teachers Libelled In Letters to Department the Imitation Tombstone Reid's Flat Entertained

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 13

THE bonifacio's literary attainments do not include a vocabularly of first-class invective. but the journalist supplied the needed…

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Earl Balfour's Plight Angry Mob Again Attacks Hotel Escapes on French Steamer Damascus, April 10

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 1

Yesterday the shops and offices were closed, and crowds thronged the roar of the crowd was audible from Earl Balfour's hotel, a…

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Drunken Driver License Suspended

Evening News · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 10

[?] was [?] £7 at Burwood [?] for having driven a motor [?]…

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Cronulla Stabbing Hotel Chef Charged at Police Court Story of Tragic Argument

The Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 12

The chef of the Hotel Cecil, Cronulla. a short, neat, well-groomed Greek, stood in the dock at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with the murder of a waiter. According to a brief police statement, the chef was cutting…

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Man Stabbed to Death Hotel Sensation at Cronulla Chef Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 1

As an outcome of a dispute between Jules Resgaud (or Regmund), a French waiter, and Samuel Abraham Pepperuo (or Papprays), a…

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£80 a Week? Hotel Licensee's Income

The Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 10

The pending suit for judicial separation by Josephine Annie Kerr (formerly Hall) against Edward George Kerr, of the Union Hotel,…

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Hotel Burned. Occupants' Narrow Escape. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 14

Awaking at an enrly hour this morning, Constable Cole found his room at the Broadmeadows Hotel, Broadmeadows, full of smoke, and heard the crackling of a fire, which, he…

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Fire at Hotel. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 14

At 1.30 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at the Australian Hotel, a large wooden building in the main street adjoining a number of similar structures. With the aid of…

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Ford Works. Hotel to be Closed. Dry Area. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 13

The Ford Motor Company has purchased the only hotel in the vicinity of the proposed works at Geelong, with a view to closing it…

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Motorist's Lapse His Fourth Offence License Suspended

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 4

"I believe in tempering Justice with mercy," said Mr. Perry, S.M., at Burwood Court yesterday, when dealing with William Roy Boyd,…

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Wild West in City Steer Runs Amok Maddened Brute Invades Hotel Tosses a Youth

Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 9

SEVERAL STEERS which escaped from a mob of cattle earned wild excitement in the City to-day. One of them rushed at everybody who…

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Wild Steers at Large Policeman With Mop As Gallant Toreador Fight in Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 10

Citizens of Sydney, walk carefully round corners to-day. Keep a weather, eye lifting, and if you see steam issuing from any spot, accompanied by roars and angry snorts, run for your life-- or call a policeman…

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"Whatta Da Use ?" License, But No Sales Mixed Traders Again

The Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 10

An Italian fruiterer charged with selling tobacco after hours-- "Well, there's a tobacconist…

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