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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 58

£11,000 Diamond Haul at Hotel From Suite Millionaire's Loss

The Sun · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 11

Mr. Saul Newbury, a Chicago millionaire, and his wife, were robbed last night, at the Hotel Australia, of diamond…

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Gems Worth £11,000 Are Stolen From Hotel Australia Millionaire's Losses

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 July 1926 · page 5

Saul Newbury, a Chicago millionaire, has informed the police that diamonds and other Jewellery to the total value of 11,000 were…

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COMPENSATION. Licenses Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 10

The Minister for Mines and Labour and Industry stated last night that, at its meeting this week, the Workers' Compensation Commission decided to issue [?]censes to carry on…

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Gladstone Hotel. Floor Gives Way. Council Work Criticised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 8

A proposal to reconstruct a floor in the Gladstone Hotel, William-street, the property of the City Council, led to an interesting discussion at the finance committee yesterday…

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Coal Hawkers' Licenses

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 6

No reduction will be made in the license fees for wood and coal hawkers during the next half-year. This was a decision of the Finance…

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Licenses to Insure Companies Come in Some Big Figures

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 July 1926 · page 6

THE Minister for Labor and industry stated yesterday that under the Workmen's Compensation Act the total number of licenses granted to insurers…

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Hawking Without License

The Propeller · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 2

For hawking without a license Joseph Morris was, fined £2. and 8 costs…

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Did Thief Post Letter? Hotel Robbery New Development

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 3

THERE was a startling development in the diamond robbery yesterday. Through postal officials, the police…

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Hotel Accommodation. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 16

At the Lithgow Police Court the police magistrate said he had again to complain of the accommodation of some hotels in the district provided for the travelling public. He…

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"Smith's" Probes Into 2Fc More About Sydney Wireless Combine Farmer's Taits', and Williamson's Collect £24,500 of Your License Fees

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 1

LAST week "Smith's Weekly" showed how Theodore Fink and his allied interests were interwoven into the finances of Station 3LO, Melbourne. Investigations into the operations of J. C. Williamson and Station 2FC, Sydney, are equally interesting…

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A Scone Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 9

The suit of William Joseph Bowen against Tooth and Co., Ltd., was again before Mr. Acting-Justice Davidson, in Equity, yesterday, by way of an…

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A Spirit License Transfer Directed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 9

An application was made to Mr. Acting-Justice Davidson, in Equity, yesterday, on behalf of the plaintiff in the suit of Victor Hannam against…

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A.J.C. LICENSES Hoysted and Smedley Promoted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 8

Yesterday the Australian Jockey Club made public the licenses which it had declared for tho 1926-27 racing season. R. Longford, T. Nierlker, and J. Phoenix, former Randwick…

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Oceanic Hotel, Coogee

The Sun · Sunday 1 August 1926 · page 4

With nominal capital of £150,000, in £1 shares, Oceanic Hotel, Ltd., Coogee, is being formed with the principal object of establishing and conducting at the seaside…

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Council Hotel Big License Value Tenders to Be Called

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 1

TENDERS for the purchase of a thirty years lease of the site of the proposed Council hotel in Park Street, with a license valued…

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Rockdale Blaze Old Moorefield Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 6

A dwelling occupied by John Garvill. In Rockey Point-road. Rockdale, was damaged severely by fire to-day. The building which is the formerly the…

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Coronation Hotel. Lease of New Site. Public Tenders Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 9

An interesting development in regard to the proposed re-building of the Coronation Hotel, in Park-street, took place at a special committee meeting of the City Council…

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Short Waves N.s.w. Licenses Increase

The Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 6

Listeners' licenses for this State, up to the end of July, totalled approximately 40,000; an increase of 5000 in a month…

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Barmaids Dismissed Hotel Declared "Black" Trouble Over Towels Brisbane

The Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 12

Two barmaids at the Criterion Hotel, city, were dismissed yesterday, and the hotel was declared "black" by a mass meeting of the Liquor…

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Coronation Hotel Lease Recommended

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 August 1926 · page 11

An entirely new aspect of the problem of whether the hotel license should be retained in the building which the council proposes to erect to replace…

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