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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 58

Liquor Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 3

Compensation for Namol Holders. Componsation awarded by the Licenses Reduction Board to owners, Licensees, and lessees of the…

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Sleep-walker Killed. Fall From Hotel Balcony

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

A well-known auctioneer, Frank Ryan, employed by Messers. Baker and Campbell, of Dunedoo (N.S.W.), fell from the balcony of the hotel at…

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Closed Hotels. Old Melbourne Houses. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

Thirty-one hotels in the Melbourne metropolitan district will close finally to-night, as a result of the lienses having been revoked by the Licenses Reduction Board, Only one,…

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Gun Licenses

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

All gun aud revolver licenses expire to-day (December 31st, 1925)…

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Must Watt for Licenses Country Motorists Getting Renewals

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

CONSIDERABLE inconvenience it caused to country motorist, through their having to obtain renewals of drivers' license…

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Melb. "Push" Runs Riot Attack on Hotel Ten Men Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

TWO TAXIS full of men armed with bludgeon and iron bars drove up to the Boundary Hotel, Coeburg, yesterday, and made an…

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Hotel Fire Hongkong Sensation After the Revels Sailors Busy Hongkong

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

An alarming fire broke out in the Hongkong Hotel, a five-storied building with about 500 rooms, situated in the heart of the city…

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British Official Dies Suddenly in Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. H. R. McClure, Resident Commissioner for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, who was spending his furlough in Sydney, collapsed and died…

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Fighting Fire In Big Hotel Prince on Scene Admiral in Command HONGKONG, January 1

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A fire, unparalleled in recent years, broke out in the Hongkong Hotel, and resulted in the complete destruction of the building…

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"Push" War Several Hurt Raid on Hotel Melbourne Affray MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A "push" vendetta is thought to be behind a savage raid that was made on the Boundary Hotel, Sydney Road, North Coburg,…

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Trainer in Trouble Hotels and Billiard Rooms Warned to Get Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

I had work to go to to-day at Mr. Norman Duesbury's racing stables, at Warwick Farm." Leslie Rupert Musgrave made that…

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"Only Had Two Lagers" Bus Driver's License Suspended The Test of Sobriety

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

Was John Charles Regan drank while driving a motor bus at parramatta on Boxing Day? That was the problem that Mr. Perry…

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From Page 4 Cook's Leap for Life From Blazing Hotel Caught by Yardman Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

LENA DISNEY, a cook, had a thrilling experience during this mornings fire at the Bellevue Hotel. SHE was awakened [?] smoke, and…

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Timely Warning Fire at Hotel Early Morn Thrill Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

THERE was nearly a tragedy when a room in the Relievue Hotel caught fire at 2 a.m. to-day. Several sleepers on the last floor…

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Hotel Fire Tragedy Narrowly Averted Lucky Escapes Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 12

[?] tragedy was narrowly averted at the Bellevue Hotel, Hunter and Hansen streets, Newcastle, early this morning, when the occupants were…

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Liquor License Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench approved yesteday of the transfer of the license of the Victory Hotel, King-street, Newtown, from Thomas Toohey to Albert Samuel Phillips…

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Speedways [?]Ay Be Licensed Experts to Inquire

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 10

That he hoped to appoint a committee of experts within the next few days, to go into the question of the safety of the Maroubra and other…

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From Burning Hotel Girl Leaps 20 Feet Yardman's Brave Act Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

SHORTLY after 2 o'clock this Kurri Kurri girl, awoke to find her room in the Bellevue Hotel,…

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City Hotel Land Disputed Ownership

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 9

THE DISPUTE with regard to the ownership of the land upon which stands the Supreme Court [?] King-street, City, was again…

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Supreme Court Hotel Ownership of Land

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 11

Application was made to Mr. Justice Ferguson to-day, on behalf of James Richardson, who claimed to be the registered proprietor of land in…

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