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Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 58

Quarter Sessions Appeals. Hotel at Tuggerah Lakes

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

The hearing was concluded of an appeal by William Henry Savage and a number of other residents of The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes, against the adjudication of the Licensing…

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Not Licensed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 6

Norman Milliam has a motor car, but it Is not licensed to ply for hire. Therefore his action, one Sunday, afternoon during last month, in carrying passengers…

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BROADCASTING. 175,298 Licensed Sets. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 14

Of every 100 persons in the Commonwealth 2.9 are holders of licenses for wireless receiving sets. The percentage is highest in Victoria. The number of new licenses…

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Hotel Lease Question of Rescission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

Mr. Justice Long Innes, sitting in Equity yesterday, was asked, on behalf of the plaintiff in the suit, George Henry M'Garrity against James Condy,…

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A Tourist Hotel at Kurrajong Heights

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 7

A modern tourist, hotel is to be erected at Kurrajong Heights at a cost of £25,000. For this purpose the license of the…

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No Free Licenses Wireless Regulations

Evening News · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 2

There is no provision in the wireless regulations for the grass[?]ng of free licenses. That fact is ma[?]tioned by the Postmaster-General. Mr. [?]z…

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Theft From Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 12

Charged with having stolen a suit case containing household goods, valued at £50, the property of Rose Rooney, between November 3 and 6, Jack Paton, aged 22 years, labourer,…

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Old Sydney The Sydney that Never Dies Some Happenings in Governor Bourke's Time— Robert Hoddle, Surveyor of Melbourne— At Canberra 1831-37 — A Poisoning Fatality in a Sydney Hotel

Truth · Sunday 14 November 1926 · page 24

SIR RICHARD BOURKE, who ruled in New South Wales and territory adjoining from 1831 to 1837, was born in Dublin in 1777 and educated at Westminster School and Oriel and Exeter Colleges, Oxford, a B.A. 1798…

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In Hotel Row Man's Skull Broken Laborer for Trial

Evening News · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 10

HENRY JAMES REYNOLDS, laborer, was committed for trial by the City Coroner to-day, on a charge of mangin[?]hter…

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Abolition of Hotel Tax in Italy

Italian Bulletin of Australia · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 23

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the weekly sittings of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench the transfers of the following publicans' licenses were approved:--Cronulla Hotel,…

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Hotelkeeper's Loss. Packhorse Joins Brumbies. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 11

A pack horse, carrying luggage in which had been placed a wallet continuing £100 in notes and a gold watch, broke away from an Innamincka hotelkeeper when on his way to…

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Hotel Musicians. Award Rates Not Paid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 12

Reserved decision was given yesterday by Mr. G. C. Addison (Chief Industrial Magistrate) in the complaints laid by the Musicians Union of Australia against the Australia…

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Short Waves Number of Licenses

The Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 8

Figures issued for October by the Postal Department make the total number of listening-in licenses for Australia 175.298. The numbers in…

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Drug Case Night Visit to Hotel Another for Trial Wingham

The Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 13

At Taree Police Court, John Connell, on remand, appeared to answer a charge of having administered cantharides to Nita Cameron with intent to…

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Dissenting Judge Publican's Appeal Discussed by Full Court

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 5

BY MAJORITY the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Gordon and Mr. Justice Ferguson, yesterday discussed an…

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Below the Award Rate Musicians' Pay Australia Hotel Fined

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 5

MR. G. C. ADDIDSON, Chief Industrial Magistrate, yesterday fined the Australia Hotel Co., Ltd., £2 on each of three complaints by the…

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Another Hotel Cronulla's Requirements Is It Justified?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 5

Is the number of hotels at Cronulla sufficient to meet public requirements? This question is involved in the appeal by Joseph Hicks Tredennick, Thomas…

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Wireless Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 6

Departmental figures just issued indicate that Victorian wireless listeners head the States in the popular rush for licenses. Something over 8000 were taken out in October,…

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