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Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 58

Police Raid Swell Hotel Guns Drawn Fashion's Futile Flight Melbourne Thrill Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

CONSTERNATION was caused among the 150 guests at Carlyon's Explanade Hotel on Saturday night. when plainclothes police…

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Police Raid Hotel Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

Late last night plain-clothes constables burst open tho main door of Carlyon's Hotel, St. Kilda. Seventy men and women, seated in…

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Publican's Car Employee Charged with Theft Had No License

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 11

Arising out of the alleged theft of a Buick car, which was the property of his employer, Herbert Lancelot Robinson, licensee of the Te[?]es…

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Liquor Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday refused to grant an application by Joseph Miller, grocer. at the corner of Oliver-road and Soldiers'-avenue, Harbord, for a spirit merchants' license. Police…

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Ran Into the Car. Man Killed at Parramatta Young Lady Exonerated. Driving Without License or Permit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

"There was no horn sounded; and no attempt was made to avoid the man, although there was plenty of room." "I don't think the driver had any chance in the world of avoiding the accident."…

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Drunken Driver Two Licenses Suspended

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

Hughie Kane Miller, at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, was charged With having driven a motor car while under the Influence of liquor in Sydney-road,…

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A Lang License to Breathe? Kogarah's 44-Hours

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

The municipal representatives on the Consit[?]tion Committee asked Kogarah Council last night to furnish members with its views…

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Licenses Transferred

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 11

The following transfers of licenses were agreed to by the Licensing Bench yesterday: -- Metropolitan Hotel, Underwood St.,…

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Bruce at Hotel Australian

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 11

FROM what was said at the banquet tendered to the Prime Minister last week "to celebrate his first visit to Sydney since his magnificent victory in the…

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No Buck Mark Publican's Appeal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

AN important decision--the first of the kind--under the 1922 amendment of the Liquor Act was given by Judge Beeby in the…

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Manslaughter Charge Hotel-keeper Sentenced. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 15

At the Criminal Court, before Chief Justice Murray, Percival Henry Moore, licensee of the Lady Daly Hotel, Hindmarsh, was charged with having feloniously slain Henry…

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Penrith Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Before Mr Chippendall, on Monday last. Georpe Burns was granted a booth license for Luddenham Show, Miss E. Tolhurst and Donald…

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Licensing Breaches

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

Several licensing prosecutions were heard at Redfern Court yesterday. Ferdinand Montgomery, of the Darlington Hotel, Ivy Street, was fined…

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Rival Managers in Hotel Guerilla Warfare Lawyers Fight It Out Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

Difficulties arising from having two rival managers in the same hotel were illustrated in the course of an application heard at the…

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Hotel on Fire Guests ,Escape in Night Attire MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 5

When the Cambrian Hotel at Mary-borough caught fire in the early hours this morning, the guests escaped in their night attire, many of them losing…

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Cycle Skidded 32 Yards License Suspended

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 14

"I suspend your license for seven days, to call your attention to the fact that you must always observe caution," Mr. Peisley, S.M., told Jessel…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 9

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans licenses yesterday:Commercial Hotel, Sussex-street, city, from John…

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Caught in Hotel Police Inspector's Vigil Magistrate Rejects the Defence

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

It wasn't just by accident that Inspector Lindfield saw them enter Creasey's Hotel at Parramatta about 9 p.m. on. January 15. For forty minutes he had…

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"Both Confessed" Wife and Commander of the Anzac Divorce Court Story Fight with Husband in Sydney Hotel Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 15

The infatuation of the wife of a Melbourne bank manager for an Australian naval officer was related in the Divorce Court before Mr. Justice Macfarlane. The suit was one in which Gordon…

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Lithgow's Beer Strike Hotels Picketed "Not Workers' Movement" Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

Lithgow's beer strike continues, despite the water shortage and a temperature of 98 degrees. Four men were fined at the police…

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