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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1925

1,100 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 55

Moter Drivers' Licenses Production on Demand

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 7

Will the Colonial Secretary take into consideration the desirableness of relaxing the regulation providing for the license of a driver of a motor…

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Thief Surprised. Hotel Ransacked. Dramatic Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 15

A thief, who had ransacked most of the rooms at the Captain Cook Hotel, Botany, last night, and who had his booty ready for removal, escaped in a dramatic manner when he…

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Barbers' Licenses Councils Fix Fees a Labor Reform

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 8

The Local Government Department has informed the Hurstville Municipal Council that it is proposed to so amend the local…

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Daring Thief Escapes His Agility Sensation at Hotel Search at Botany

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 6

Jumping 20 feet from a hotel balcony, and twice escaping from the police by means of his extraordinary agility, a well-known…

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Shore License Transfer

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 11

Judge Rolin yesterday inspected the site on which it is proposal to erect a new hotel in Alfred Street. North Sydney, in [?] of the Milson's…

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Radio Licenses Should They Go? Conference to Discuss Issue

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 7

Should the fee for radio [?]ing-in sets be abolished altogether and other means adopted for revenue raising for the existing…

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Appeal New Hotel for North Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 9

Hearing of the appeal by objectors in this matter is part-heard…

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Coming, Sir! Hotel Waiter as Artist Clever Caricatures

The Sun · Sunday 18 October 1925 · page 3

IN one of the big city hotels there is an artist who is a waiter--or a waiter who is an artist. Most waiters In most hotels are…

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Hotel Banned at North Sydney Residents Appeal

Evening News · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 7

JUDGE ROLIN, in the Quar[?] Sessions Appeal Court to-day, upheld the appeal of a number of residents of North Sydney against the…

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He Was Out on License Fell Foul of Law

Evening News · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 7

[?] He[?] de Arman with several al[?] guilty at the Central Court to-day to two charges of [?]…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 6

Transfers of publicans' licenses were granted yesterday by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench as follow:— Glebe Tavern Hotel, Greek and Franklin streets,…

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Valueless Cheques "Getting Very Common" Licensee Taken In

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 1

"This offence of presenting valueless cheques is becoming very common," said the magistrate Parramatta yesterday. The defendant before him was Robert…

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Without License Number Plate Borrowed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 4

At. Ryde Police Court on 15tlh instant, Aubrey Allison, who falled to put in an appaerance last week, pleaded guilty to two charges—-that he had driven a motor…

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APPEAL (Before Judge Rolin.) a North Sydney Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 7

The judge upheld the appeal by 3 number of North Shore residents against the decision of the Licensing Court, granting to George Barton,…

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Trotting ­­­Sheik's Dam License Applications

The Sun · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 5

Francesca, dam of Shelk, who won the last New Zealand Cup for Peter Riddle, has been sent to Lochinvar to be mated with Mr. Albert Cooper's sire Marble Arch…

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Wants the Buses Why Refuse Licenses?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 7

Prospect and Sherwood Council has decided that bus proprietors should not be refused licenses. At its meeting on Tuesday, Council…

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£56,000 REFUSED For a City Hotel

Evening News · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 3

Wenke's Hotel, at the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets, was submitted at auction to-day by Richardson and Wrench. It called to…

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Body in Street Fell from Hotel Window MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5

Having said good-night to two [?] Thomas Ryan, a farmer from Tallarook, went up to his room on the second floor of the Sunshine Hotel in…

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Liquor Law Reform Hotels and Wine Bars Saturday Closing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 16

Among the reforms for which the Women'S Christian Temperance Union pledged itself to work during the past year was the closing of hotels and…

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