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Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 55

Hotel Licenses Another Guildford Application

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

The hearing of another application for a hotel license at Guildford was commenced on Tuesday. and after a quantity of evidence in support had been tendered,…

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Proposed Bexley Hotel

The Propeller · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

A large and enthusiastic gathering of citizens of Bexley assembled in the Masonic Hall, Bexley, on Monday evening last to offer a very strong and united…

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Now Federal Hotel

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the Licensing Board, held at Penrith Court House on Wednesday, the plans of the new Federal Hotel, High Street, were…

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Licensed Victuallers

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 7

The first election of members of the Council of the U.L.V.A., under the new system of electoral representation resulted or follows.—Balmain Electorate: Messrs. T Flynn…

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Guilty of Graft Two Melbourne Detectives Convicted — Conspiracy to Get Money from Collingwood Publican—Was Miss Callaghan a "Fence?"— Sixteen Witnesses Swear that Olholm was Duck-Shooting on the Fateful Day

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 10

"WITHOUT Terence Callaghan there would not be a very strong case against these men. . . . It is for you gentlemen to decide whether or not his evidence is trustworthy." Crown Prosecutor Macindoe made this statement to the…

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"No, Bai Jove, I Never!" Merriwa Farmer Sets Court Laughing As He Tells How Ryde Romeo Stole His Wandering Wife What Happened When Mrs. White Came to Sydney — Fits in the Train and at an Hotel—tom Young Finds a New Role As Nurse—judge Disbelieves Denial of Both Co-respondent and the Respondent—they Declare They Never Even Kissed. "You Ought to Have Come a Little Later and Then You Would Have Caught Us," Wife Declared

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 13

LEONARD GEORGE WHITE is a heavily-moustached tall raw-boned man of the real "On Our Selection" type—a man who drops his "He's" all over the place and caused gales of lasughter with his "No Bai Jove, I didn't" He was the petitioner in Mr. Justice Owen's Divorce Court last Monday in a suit for dissolution of his marriage with Alma White (formerly Jackson), on the ground of misconduct with his cousin, Thomas Young, a tall,…

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Man Shot. Hotel Disturbance. Licensee Charged with Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 11

Many shots were fired during a disturbance outside a hotel at Carlton early this morning. As a result a man died in the Melbourne Hospital from a bullet wound in the…

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New Licensees Hotels Transferred

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 10

The following transfers were granted to hotel licensees to-day by the Licensing Court, which sat at the Water Police Court: --Enmore Hotel, Enmoro-road (Henry Fay,…

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Charged with Murder Hotel Licensee Pieman Shot Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 1

Jack Maxwell O'Shea, licensee of the United States Hotel, Carlton, was arrested this morning and charged with the murder of John Henry Dodds, a…

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Modern Hotel Another at Manly

Evening News · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 8

The new Brighton Hotel at Manly is to be demolished, and a more modern structure will be erected on the site at the corner of the Corso…

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Hotel Additions An Appeal Succeeds

Evening News · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 6

[?] licence of the Albert Hotel, Mount and Walker streets, North Sydney, applied to the Metropolitan, Licensing Court for permission…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 8

The first election of members of the council of the United Licensed Vi[?]tuallers' Association under the new system of electoral representation resulted as follows:— Balmain: Messrs. T. Flynn, L. P. Plasto, and E. C…

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Melbourne's Week-end Couple Suffocated in Bath Man Seeking Wife Stabs Sister Intruder Shot Dead at Hotel

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 9

Melbourne has had a terrible week-end. Three people are dead, and a girl is suffering from a stab wound. The girl was awakened in bed in the early morning to see a, man standing over her. As she screamed, she was stabbed in the…

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Hotel Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses:- Kilmore Hotel, Enmore-road, Enmore, from Henry Fay (as executor of the will of the late James…

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In a Cellar Midnight Chase Publican's Story

Evening News · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 9

The story of an hotel manager's midnight chase after a man, who was [?] to have rushed from the cellar, was told at North Sydney…

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Motor Drivers. License Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 6

George Alfred Nicholls, aged 27 years, a motor salesman, pleaded guilty before Mr. Jennings, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, to a charge of having driven a motor car at Circular Quay,…

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Thief Sentenced. Robberies From City Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 6

Thirteen charges were preferred against Robert Jones, aged 28 years, a clerk, when he appeard before Mr. Gale, S.M, at the Central Police Court yesterday. He was sentenced in all to 18 months'…

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Motor Licenses in the Country Old Order Wanted

Evening News · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 8

PARKES, Wednesday. Motorists are complaining of the inconvenience caused by the new regulations governing the…

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New Hotel, for Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 9

Tenders are called by Mr. C. Bohringer, architect, for the erection of the New Brighton Hotel, at Manly. The present building is to be demolished. The new hotel will…

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Coogee Bay Hotel, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 15

Including £2357 derived from tenants of shop properties a profit of £7989 is shown in the accounts of Coogee Bay Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended April 30. Including interim…

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