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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 55

Trainer's Car Had No License R. Baillie in Court

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 7

Robert Baillie, the well-known Granville horse trainer, was fined £3, with 5 6 costs, at Parramatta Court to-day, on charge of having…

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Out on License But Again Arrested

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 7

John Maloney was released recently from Parramatta Gaol on license, before the [?] of sentence of two years' hard labor, for breaking and…

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Drove Without License Bailie Again in Court Police Had Information

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

Robers Baille was caught in the act of driving a motor car at Granville on December 27. As his license was at the time under suspension—well, Ballie…

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Must Be Licensed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

Cabra-Vale Council has decided to tighten up the regulations in regard to the installation of electric-light at ratepayers premises. Electrical contractors…

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Milson's Point Hotel Besumption. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

Sir,—Now that the holidays are over, and affairs are settling down to normal, I desire to direct attention to a matter that was a subject of consideration before the…

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Publican Fined. Christmas Gift of Beer. Illegally Supplying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 7

A case of interest to hotelkeepers was heard before Mr. M. J. McMahon, S.M., at the Glebe Police Court yesterday, when George Patrick Peoples, license of the Royal Hotel,…

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Cheerful Chuck Honor Satisfied Fight in Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

"I AM satisfied: We had a good so and he [?] after words:— So said Constable Chuck, answering…

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Broadcasting. Fourteen Station Licenses. Nine More in Prospect. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 17

It was announced to-day by the Secretary to the Postal Department (Mr. H. P. Brown) that the department has issued 14 licenses for broadcasting stations, and…

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Chuck's Jaw Not a Glass One "Good Go" in Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

"Apparently It wasn't a heavy blow," said Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., to Constable Chuck at the Central Police Court to-day, "or, perhaps, you haven't got a…

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Keystone-Oil-Expedition Intrepid Explorers with Hotel As Base West Australia Gets a Close-up of Yankee Oil Expert the Only "Gusher" Is Discovered in His Report

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

"Smith's" calls him Dr. Claptrap. Really, he is Dr. Clapp, the sort of exploring geologist you see in moving pictures…

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Beer After Hours Licensee Fined £7

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 8

Frank Burge, licenses of the Golden Grove Hotel at Darlington, appeared at Redfern Police Court yesterday charged with having delivered…

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The Dunlop Deal Booking a Hotel Floor

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 7

I arrived in London in the early part of 1895 determined to make a million or go smash. I did not reach the metropolis with the proverbial…

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A Car But No License Bob Baillie Fined

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 18

Robert Ballie well-known in racing circles struck another bad patch at the Parramatta Court About a month ago Bob was fined a fiver for driving a motor…

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Making Haste to Be Fined University Student Hits Up the Pace — S.M. Threatens Loss of License

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 19

Young Albert Wearne's a student At the University, And gen'rally behaves himself! With strick propriety:…

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Parramatta Girl's Sorry Plight Publican, Parent and Nurse Indicted on Serious Charge—Father Said He Was Told His Daughter Had Appends citis—Police Submit Statements Suggesting Unlawful Operation Four Accused Sent for Trial

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 11

AN illicit relationship which was alleged between a man and a maid was responsible for the appearance of a girl, aged 16, a domestic: Edward James Jeffs, 31, a hotelkeeper; and Elizabeth Starkey, 50, domestic duties; and the girl's father, at the Central Police Court on Wednesday last. THEY stood up to answer the charge that at Sydney on August 16, 1924 and other dates they…

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Xmas Beer for the Milkman Leichhardt Publican Who Left Two Bottles In the Kitchen Tell-tale Shirt's Story

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 19

Dick Samuels a milk-oh, breezed into the bar of the Royal Hotel, Carliste and Norton streets Leichhardt on Christmas Eve, and had…

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Driven to Madness by Unrequited Love Desperate Hotel Useful Goes A-Gunning Sensational Shooting at Northern Rivers Hotel—Kirkwood with Murder in His Heart Pursues Housemaid — Bertha Linger's Noble Sacrifice Rejected Lover Sends Bullet Through His Brain

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 17

"This is to state that I, William Kirkwood am of a sound mind and known what I'm doing If in the event of anything happening to me should I die I herby leave and bequesth all I possess to Reginald…

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Intrusion Resented Chuck Stops a Punch Fight in City Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1925 · page 5

While on an inspection of the York Hotel on Friday night. Constable Cecil Joseph Chuck and Sergeant Russell entered the bedroom of Laurence…

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Queer Tangle Coronation Hotel Question of Lease Council Nonplussed

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 7

A queer situation has arisen in respect of the Coronation Hotel. at the coroner of Park and George streets, recently acquired by the…

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Eight Bags of Beer Carried From an Hotel

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 3

"There is a possibility that the defendant is shielding the real thief. Willie one can't throw him bouquets for this action, there is still a certain…

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