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Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 58

Tram Conductor's Skull Fractured in Fall in Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 November 1926 · page 1

Michael Crowley, 23, a tram conductor, of Walker-avenue, Haberfield, fell down a flight of stairs at the George Hotel, City, yesterday. His skull was fractured…

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Disturbance in a Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 November 1926 · page 12

James Ragusln, residing at 261 Crown-street, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday night suffering from a fractured skull and concussion.It is stated that he was…

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The Dinner Wine Its Prohibitive Cost Hotel-keepers As Price-fixers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 November 1926 · page 6

It is a rather remarkable tiling that Australian wines are making relatively more rapid progress in other countries than they are in the land of their manufacture. Why?…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 8
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The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses:—Captain Cook Hotel, Flinders-street and Park-road, city, from Percival W. Williams to…

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Industrial Commission. (Before Mr. Piddington, Industrial Commissioner, and Members.) Hotel and Club Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 8

The matter of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union and the Registered Clubs' Association of New South Wales concerning the appeal against an order of the…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Scholes.) Objection to a Wine License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 8

The healing was commenced of an appeal by Rev. G. A. Craike, pastor of the Petersham Baptist Church and others against the adjudication of the Licensing Court at…

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Woman in the Case Hotel Robbery Smart Police Work Hobart

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 5

To have a robbery reported at Launceston on Saturday and to arrest the alleged thieves at Hobart on Sunday. was the work of the Criminal…

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Melba Taken Ill In Paris Hotel Engagement Cancelled Paris, Monday, Nov. 8

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 1

Dame Nellie Melba, who arrived from London on Sunday, was taken ill in her rooms at the Ritz Hotel yesterday…

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Put His Wife in Dock: Wedded 28 Years Charge of Theft Hotelkeeper's £600

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 9

A CASE, in which a husband, after 23 years of married life, had caused his wife to he place in the deck, was heard at [?]…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Scholes.) Objection to a Wine License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 10

The hearing was continued of an appeal by the Rev. G. A. Craike, pastor of the Petersham Baptist Church, and others against the adjudication of the Licensing Court at…

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Two Years Afterwards Publican's Suspicions

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 6

On the aftenoon of September 19, 1924, a man walked into the bar of the Belmore Hotel, Phillip Street. near Circular Quay, punched the proprietor…

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Petersham Wine License Transfer Refused Successful Appeal

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 6

JUDGE SCHOLES, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, sustained an appeal by Rev. G. A. Craike, pastor of Petersham Baptist…

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Church and Wine License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 5

Rev. G. A. Craikie, pastor of Petersham Baptist Church, with others, yesterday succeeded in preventing the transfer of a wine license. On…

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Wrong Whisky Costly to Licensee Fine and Costs £33

Evening News · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 7

THE case in which Albert V. Coutin, [?] of the Covent Garden Hotel, Hay-street, was pr[?]dd against by thomas…

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Tuggerah Hotel Appeal Dismissed

Evening News · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 14

THERE is a very large inflow of holiday makers at The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes." said Judge Scholes, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court…

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Wrong Whisky Publican Fined

The Sun · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 19

For selling whisky not according to label, Albert B. Costin, licenses of the Covent Garden Hotel, Hay-street, was fined £2, and costs totalling £31…

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Appeal Dismissed Hotel for the Entrance

The Sun · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 16

Judge Scholes, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day, dismissed the appeal of a number of objectors against the decision of the Gosford…

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Child of Five Served with Liquor Mother and Publican

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 4

"It's appalling indeed when a child of five can go to a hotel and got liquor. I, can't understand how any licensed publican would serve a child like…

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Call for Liquor Tuggerah Lakes License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

Judge Scholes is satisfied that there has been an increase in the population at The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes. During the season from November…

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