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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 55

gTHE Use of the Humble Pie Justifies a Drink Licensing Point a Magisterial [?] was

Evening News · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 5

recently given in Sydney that a person could be served a drink with a meal at a hotel after hourse. The "New subsequently called…

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Over 500 Hotels in City Sydney Well Served

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 5

Applications for improvements to city hotels during the year amounted to £1,183,034 This is according to the annual…

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No Car Driver Trainer Censured License Suspended

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 6

Robert Skelton, the well-known horse-trainer, was severely censured by Judge Curlewis, in the District Court yesterday…

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Licensing Appeal Guildford Application

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 4

On Thursday, Mr. John Inch, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Parramatta, who recently applied unsuccessfully for a transfer of his license to Guildford,…

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Bowden's Club House Hotel Sydney

Truth · Sunday 16 August 1925 · page 20

A front view of Bowden'a Club House Hotel, which used to stand on the corner of Hunter and Castlereagh streets…

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Old Sydney Historic Corner—The Old Club House Hotel— More Reminiscences Regarding Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowden — The Ancient Cockatoo of Tom Ugly's Point — Performance of Early Racing Ponies — Meetings on Old Moore Park—Two Informative Letters

Truth · Sunday 16 August 1925 · page 20

"OLD CHUM'S" instalment this week consists chiefly of two letters which throw interesting sidelights on various phases of old Sydney life. IN connection with recent articles on…

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Coogee's New Hotel Conditional License Application Succeeds

The Sun · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 8

A conditional license to build a new hotel at Coogee Bay, the Oceanic, was granted today by the Metropolitan Licensing Court, which sat at the…

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New Coogee Hotel

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 5

The Licensing Bench, sitting at the Water Police Court to-day, granted, on a majority verdict, the application by Mr.R.D. Whyte for a new License for…

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Hold-up in City Hotel Countryman Robbed Thieves Secure £117

Evening News · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 7

TWO men assaulted another in a George-street hotel on Saturday, and robbed him of £117, according to a report to the police…

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New Hotel for Coogee License Granted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 7

After some months of litigation, a conditional publican's license was granted yesterday to Mr. Rodney D. Whyte, in respect of premises at the corner of…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench dealt finally with two applications which had been occupying its attention for some time past, when it sat at the Water Police Court yesterday…

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Perished in Flames Sensational Hotel Fire Woman Who Turned Back Long Branch (N.y.)

The Sun · Tuesday 18 August 1925 · page 1

Although safely beyond the danger zone, Leona Allen, a waitress, returned to get some money from her room while the New Atlantic Hotel was…

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Hotel Juts Out

Evening News · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 11

The Town Clerk of Randwick, Mr. Percival, reported to council last night that the Doncaster Hotel had been erected partly on the footway of…

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"Revelry by Night." Cremorne's Fears Bitter Opposition to Hotel Fighting Committee

Evening News · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 7

CREMORNE residents are up in arms over proposal to build hotel at Cremorne Point. They will fight the proposal tooth…

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Proposed Hotel at Cremorne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 10

A public meeting was held at the Cremorne Club last evening to protest against the granting of a license for a hotel at Cremorne Point. It was stated that it was…

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Free State's Liquor Drought Threatened 5000 Licenses May Go London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 11

The commission which investigated the liquor trade conditions in the Free State recommends the cancelling of 5000 public house licenses, of which…

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"Cream From Cremorne" Meeting is Horrified Hotel and Couples

The Sun · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 19

"It would be taking the cream out of Cremorne to allow ouch a scandalous thing as a mere drinking shop to be erected over Cremorne Point" said…

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Robberies from Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 11

The police are inquiring into the reports of two robberies from the Gresham Hotel, Druitt-street, city Florence Nopes, staying there, lost a diamond…

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Escape From Hotel Chase and Arrest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 5

There was excitement at the Hotel Burlington shortly after 6 o'clock last night, when it was alleged a man smashed a window to escape…

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Pumping Licenses. 6

The Land · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

"That the conditions in connection with Pumping Licenses for irrigation purposes be altered to £1 per year for each application instead of…

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