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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 55

Motorists Fined Two Licenses Suspended

The Sun · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 9

Mr. Perry. S.M., dealt with motorists at the Ashfield Police Court yesterday for breaches of the traffic regulations…

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'Take That Insult' "Reds" Cause Strong Feeling Scene in English Hotel London, September 10

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 1

The "Daily Express" quotes instances of strong feeling between Labor "Reds" and ordinary holiday-makers at Scarborough…

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"Unfit for License" Wine Transfer Refused

Evening News · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licencing Bench, Messrs. T. G. Adrian, chairman, and W. S. Arnott, to-day, refuted an application for the transfer of an…

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Here and There License Refused

The Sun · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 9

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench to-day refused the application of Henry Faulds Sutcliffe to transfer his wine license to Charles Stonehouse…

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His Motor License New Zealand Visitor

The Sun · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 7

"I had a New Zealand motor driver's license, and I got a New South Wales license 15 minutes after being questioned by the constable for…

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Hotel Robertson, Ltd. Evidence in Bankruptcy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 6

George Harry Bruce Abbott, of Macleay-street, Sydney, who had carried on the business of investor at Pitt and Hunter streets, Sydney, and whose estate was sequestrated on…

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Another Hotel for Bondi? Petition Prepared

Evening News · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 8

Will Bondi have another hotel? Residents of the district have been asked to sign a petition in favor of the erection of licensed premises at the…

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Licensee's Appeal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 4

John Inch, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, appealed against the adjudication of the Licensing Court in refusing an application for the…

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Thefts From Hotels. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 8

The detective forces of Adelaide are endeavouring to unravel a series of raids on hotels in the Adelaide Hills region, and in the metropolitan and seaside areas early last…

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Bandit's Fate Hotel Hold-up Sequel Chicago

The Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

Joe Holmes and Jack Woods, the survivors of the quartette of bandits who held up the Drake Hotel on July 29, have been sentenced to be hanged…

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Wanted—more Hotels. To the Editor of “The Call.”

The St George Call · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 2

Sir, Having returned to Kogarah after an absence of 14 or 15 years, I was greatly surprised to learn that there…

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Non-union Trouble Adelaide Hotels

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

There is a possibility of trouble in the near future between members of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union and the hotelkeepers…

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When there were Many Hotels

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 2

Ninety years ago there were more hotels in the town of Parramatta than there are to-day in Central Cumberland combined; more in Windsor…

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Hotel for Bexley Conflicting Opinions

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 9

In the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, before Judge Scholes, the hearing was begun of the appeal of Joseph Lila Hunte and others…

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Radio "Slugs" License Fees and Royalties the "Copyright People"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 11

AT PRESENT Radio in Australia isbeing throttled by the following factors:--(1) The demands of the holders of musical copyright who style…

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Hotel Robertson White Elephant Story Told Anew Ambitious Abbott Still Wondering Why £90,000 Holiday Resort Failed Promoter's Tale of Big Bung Business That Went Bung

Truth · Sunday 20 September 1925 · page 12

FORTY years ago George Harry Bruce Abbott opened his eyes in Auckland, N.Z., and looked about him for traces of a golden future. HE stood in the Bankruptcy Court on Monday and paradoxically, looked back on that rosy future which now, alas, for…

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Hotel Burglaries Arrests in Adelaide Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 6

A considerable number of hotel burglaries lately led the police to investigate the matter, with the result that five young men were arrested…

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No License. Tested Himself

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

On July 27, Arthur James Ridley applied at Parramatta for a motor driver's license. Constable Hackett tested him, and…

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Mystery Murder in a Java Hotel Sydney Society Woman's Throat Cut Strange Case of Telepathy Husband Wakes Here the Same Night Shouting "Mary! Mary!"

Evening News · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

THE news of the brutal murder of Mrs. H. Campbell Macfie, the wife of H. C. Macfie, of the well-known Sydney firm of actuaries, hat caused a sensation in society circles. Mrs. Macfie, according to a Reuter cablegram to the "Evening News," was…

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Popular St. Kilda Hotel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 6

Readers of the "Labor Daily" visiting Melbourne, should Journey to M. Kilda and inspect the "New Hotel Ritz," Fitzroy Street, which is within…

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