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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 58

Liquor at Canberra. W.C.T.U. Opposes Granting of License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 15

Three days' conference of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at Daking House, Sydney, concluded on Thursday, when plans of…

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£55,000 Offered Langham Hotel Auction No Sale

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 12

Bids were made at the auction rooms of Richardson and Wrench, this morning for the Langham Hotel, which is situated opposite the spot on which will…

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"I Thank You" Mayor to Diggers Hotel and Memorial

The Sun · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 15

Soldiers are protesting against the proposed removal of the Hurstville War Memorial from Railway-square to the traffic bridge, because that will…

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The Debts of a Widow Hotels and Flats Flutters at the Races

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 5

The story of a widow's venture into the hotel and flat business was told to the Registrar in Bankruptcy…

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Fight for Hotel. Mudgee's New License [?]

Evening News · Saturday 1 May 1926 · page 3

A stern fight is being waged by [?] to the grading of an additions hotel [?] at [?] The [?] Board recently [?]…

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Drunken Motor Drivers Licenses Suspended

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 5

"We must set our faces against persons driving cars while under the influence of liquor,", said Mr. Jennings, S.M., in the Central Police Court…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Bofore the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon. and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) a Gloucuster Hotel, Eilercamp v Higson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 6

This was an appeal by the defendant in an action tried before Mr. Justice Ralston and a jury at Darlinghurst in November last, in which Sydney Harcourt Ellercnmp sued Horace…

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Breach of Hotel Award Nowra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 6

Mr. W.G. Parkes, licensee of Commandery Hotel, Nowra, was convicted of falling to keep time and pay-sheets. he was also found guilty of falling to [?]…

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Barbers' Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 7

For the first time, barbers' shops in the city shortly will have to be licensed by the City Council. The Health Committee yesterday adopted a set of…

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BANCO (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) a Country Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 4

An appeal was made on behalf of the defendant in the case of Sydney Harcourt Ellercamp against Horace Higson, to set aside the verdict given…

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Noise Annoys Hotel Owner "Nuisance," He Says

Evening News · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 10

THE GREAT Northern Hotel at the corner of Scott and Watt streets. Newcastle, is directly opposite the Great Northers Motor Service owned…

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WIRELESS. Interstate Conference. License Fees. Musical Copyright

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 9

The Interstate conference on wireless and broadcasting, which was continued at the Tow[?] [?] yesterday, had under consideration the report of a special committee. which…

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"Followed His Wife" Husband Stabbed Rumpus Outside Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 17

How Ivo Leslie Harper followed his Wife and another man into a Darlinghurst hotel, saw them finish off two beers, and rebuked the man "for…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Long-Innes.) an Alleged Nuisance. Great Northern Hotel Co., Ltd., v Hancock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 6

Hearing was concluded of the application op behalf of the plaintiffs in the suit of the Great Northern Hotel Company, Ltd., of Newcastle, and Basil Henry Spier, against Arthur…

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Delicensed Hotel. Becomes Health Centre. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 9

The delicensed Golden Age Hotel, owned by the Swan Brewery Co., Ltd., was opened yesterday by the State Governor as an infant health and motherhood centre, conducted by…

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LICENSING Board's Report Hotel Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 12

The Licenses Reduction Board's report for the period ended December 31 last, which was made available yesterday, states that there are 545 hotels…

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Police Early on the Job Lodgers and Liquor But Licensee Wins Wagga

Evening News · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 12

TWO INTERESTING points under tho Licensing Act were decided in the Wagga Court by Mr. J. B. Gibson, P.M., when the licences of the Riverina Hotel was…

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Wireless Inter-state Conference Abolition of Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 12

Wireless grievances, which are many and varied in form, found outlet at the inter-State conference that opened at the Sydney Town Hall on…

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Coogee Bay Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 9

The following is a list of the guests at present staying at the Coogee Bay Hotel: Mr. and Mrs. Matthews and the Misses Matthews, Mr. and Mrs…

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Licenses. Compensation Fund. £236,659 Paid Last Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 11

The report of the Licensing Reduction Board for 1925 showed that contributions to the compensation fund during the year amounted to £236,659…

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