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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 58

Hotels for Sale. in Northern Territory. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 16

Offers for the purchase of the freehold of the four Government-owned hotels in the Northern Territory are being invited by the Minister for Home and Territories (Senator…

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No Melbourne Beer Publicans Capitulate Hobart

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 1

Since the strike was constituted early in 1925 for lower prices for beer and ale. Melbourne beer has been making great inroads on the…

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Spirit License Refused

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 5

A strong fight was put up in the Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, before Judge Beeby, on the appeal of John Stace against the adjudication of…

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On the Market Territory Hotels Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 7

The Minister for Home and Territories announced to-day that in anticipation of the early passage of the amendment of the Northern Territory…

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Travellers Tell of Escapes Hongkong Hotel Fire

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 1

ECHOES of the disastrous fire at the Oriental Hotel, Hongkong, were heard on the Tarping when that vessel arrived to-day…

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Southern District News Those Overpaid Rates Another Hotel Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 7

Mr. T. G, Bratchell applied to Tuesday night's meeting of Liverpool Council for a refund of rates overpaid by him in respect of the Collingwood Hotel for 1924…

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License Suspended

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 14

This is a serious offence. You are fined £5 your license is suspended until the date of its expiration, and I declare you to be disqualified from…

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He Listened-in Without a License

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 10

At Kogarah Court to-day Arthur Foster, of West Kogarah, was fined £2 for having operated a radio receiver without a license…

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Here and There Did Not Have License

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 9

William Poole was fined £5, with 5s 6d costs, at Ryde Court, for driving a motor vehicle without a license at Eastwood…

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Hotel Ransacked Visitors Lose Money a Tell-tale Note Auckland

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 11

Burglars ransacked the bedrooms at the Terraces Hotel, Taupo, where a number of wealthy Auckland residents and also overseas visitors are…

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Listening-in Licenses

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 3

Mr A. Manning, M.H.R., for Macquarie, brought the following matter before the Postmaster-General in the House recently:—…

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My Life Story How I Reduced £10,000 to £500-- Offered Management of English Hotel at £50 a Year-- Paying for My Innocence--

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 11

ONE thing about betting on a system is that you lose your money systematically. Anyway, I did. FROM just on £10,000 I quickly…

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Drink After Hours Licensee's Liability Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 5

"I will give a certificate that the conviction shall not be recorded against the license, said Mr. B. A. Prior, P.M., at Lithgow, "but I…

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Hotels Burnt Down

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1926 · page 2

Brisbane, Saturday.--The Royal and the Commercial hotels, at Richmond, were burnt to the ground about 3 a.m. to-day…

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Drunken Driver in Collision License Suspendld

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 9

PEOPLE under the influence of [?] and in charge of [?]hicles are a don[?]er, and the[?] cannot be dead with lenient…

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Charities Benefit Hotelkeeper's Will

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 9

Probate has been granted of the will of Mr. M[?] retired hot[?]keeper, of [?] Rand[?] who died on November 27 last…

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A Roaring Inferno Mountains Afire Cooma To. Coast Kosciusko Hotel Saved

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1926 · page 1

How large an area is affected by bush fires raging In the southern portion of the state can only be surmised…

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Liquor Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted an application for the transfer of the publican's license for the Nevada Hotel, Foster-street, Sydney, from Jessie Surgenor to Frank Richard Nance yesterday…

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Drunken Drivers Licenses Suspended Magistrate Warns

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 7

WHEN Mr. Mardougall, S.M. suspended the [?]eenses of two ma[?] at Paddington Court to-day. he said there seas too much…

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Motorists Warned "Too Much Drinking" Licenses Suspended

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 10

At. the Paddington Court to-day the magistrate (Mr. MacDougall) suspended the licenses of two motorists. Alexander John Burns, aged 41,…

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