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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 58

Delay in Licensing Electricians. Incompetency and Fatal Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 4

The Electricity Supply Engineers’ Assn. of N.S.W., requested the co-operation of the County Council in urging that the Electrical Contractors’…

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Three Fined £5 No Wireless Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 11

Three owners of unlicensed wireless sets, Henry John Little, John Francis O'Dowd, and Alan Sailes, were fined £5 each, with 9 costs, at the Central…

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Liquor Campaign. Wentworth Hotel Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 22

The case was concluded at the Central Summons Court yesterday in which Reginald Phillip Bates, secretary of the Wentworth Hotel, Ltd., proceeded against Crawford…

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Vaughan and Stitt Case Is Dismissed Hotel Prosecutions

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 3

Messrs. Crawford Vaughan and Hugh Stitt, the prohibition agents who invaded the Wentworth Hotel recently bent on acquiring evidence…

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Drunken Motorist Fined £15; License Lost

The Sun · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 9

Alexander John Rose, aged 34, a commercial traveller, was fined £15, by Mr. Gates, at tho Central Police Court to-day, for driving a motor car…

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Largest Bar Schools and Hotels Coalfield Towns

The Sun · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 8

Cessnock, Kurri,"Weston, West Wollsend. are towns which in any other setting would be regarded' as amongst tho most important in New South…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted an application for the transfer of the publican's license at the Metropolitan Hotel, Castlereagh-street, city, from James Alfred Dancan to Timothy Patrick…

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License Suspended

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 2

Victor Browne, at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating…

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Hotel Convictions Judge Upholds Appeal Young

The Sun · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 17

Judge Bevan to-day gave his reserved judgment in the Australian Hotel appeal case from last week's District Court. Bert Hassell, licensee…

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Drunken Driver Entertains 500 License Suspended

Evening News · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 4

"ABOUT 500 people were watching the performance," said Sergeant Jones at the Central Court to-day, describing the driving of C[?] dainty…

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Dash for Life Hotel Boarders Big Brisbane Blaze Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 4

THE [?] Hotel and three shops were completely destroyed by fire in Railway-street, the main th[?] of Gatton,…

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Fire at Gatton Hotel and Three Shops No Water Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 7

The Scariff Hotel and three shops in the heart of Gatton were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning…

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Petition for Hotel License.d Lkjkxsu, Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 12

After hearing evidence for two days and inspecting the locality, the Special Licensing Court, at Cosford, recommended the grating ot the petition for a new hotel license an…

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Compensation. Licenses to Insurers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 12

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Baddeley) stated yesterday that the Workers' Compensation Commission had issued 33 Licenses to carry on in Now South Wales the…

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Many Licenses Are Issued Workers' Insurance Covers Expiring

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 5

MR. BADDELEY, Minister for Labor and industry, stated yesterday that the Workers' Compensation Commission had issued [?] licensed to carry on in New…

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Tuggerah Hotel GOSFORD

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 7

The Licensing Bench, by a majority verdict, recommended the granting of a petition for a new hotel license for The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes…

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Our Letter Box Hotel License. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 5

Sir,-Licenses have recently been granted for new hotels at Coogee and Bondi. No opposition was presented by our churches in the localities, Will…

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A Wine License Fight

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 1

THE lengthy inquiry at Penrith Court House, by Air Le Brun Brown, of the Licensing Board, into the application of William Henry Hobbs…

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Tasmanian Betting Bill to License Books Shop=betting Legalised Hobart

The Sun · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 6

The racing clubs of Tasmania are considering the draft of a bill for the purpose of licensing bookmakers in Tasmania, At present it is a private measure, but…

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