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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1926

1,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 58

Commits Murder and Then Ends Life Hotel Manager Attacked Assailant Hanged Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

A murder and suicide which occurred in the early hours this morning at Trayning, in which Horace Brown, manager of the…

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Spirit License Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 2

Judge Edwards, sitting in appellate jurisdiction at Darlinghurst yesterday, dismissed the appeal by Walter George Sarina, of 110 Pittwater Road, Manly,…

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Margaret's Afternoon Out. Trouble Follows Interlude in Metro Hotel

Truth · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 14

"WOMEN [?] a subtle tribute to the superior ability of…

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Sydney Surfers' Conduct Shocks Newcastle Ribald Songs, Beer By The Barrel—Drunken Orgies—And Senseless Skylarking At Hotels 120 Gallons Consumed at One Place Alone

Truth · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 13

SOME of the Sydney surfers thoroughly disgraced themselves at Newcastle last week-end by their scandalous and drunken conduct. NOVOCASTRIANS are far from being wowsers, but they certainly do draw the line at public exhibitions in the heart of the city that can only be likened to the orgy at…

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Son Offers Blood Licensee's Accident Jest Nearly Tragedy

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 2

Full of health and spirits, Mr. John Furlong, licensee of The Oaks Hotel Neutral Bay, made a joking remark to a friend on Friday evening. The…

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Dog and Cars Burned in Hotel Stables West Wyalong

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 10

Motor cars belonging to Mr. C. Long and Mr. Bohm and a little dog were burned in a fire which destroyed the stables at Bohm's Royal Hotel early…

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Short-paid Overtime Hotel-keeffr Punished Hay

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 3

At the Hay police court. Arthur W. Bryant hotle-keeper admitted having failed to pay Muriel Amor, a cook, and J. Amor, kitchenman, the…

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Coogee Hotel License Appeal Lodged "Too Near Church"

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 7

"That the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood did not justify the granting of the license; that the premises were in the…

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"Give Us a Chance" In Hotel After Hours Police Vigilance Rewarded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 1

Inconspicuous in their civilian attire, Sergeant Parmeter and Constable Corbett watched the Racecourse Hotel at Granville on the night of January 29…

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Betting Charges Denied Hotel at Manly Defendants' Stories

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 7

TO-DAY was the fourth day of hearing of the betting charges at the Water Court against John Robert [?] of the Ivanhoe Hotel…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 7

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, the following hotel licenses were transferred:—College Green Hotel, Meagher-street, Sydney, from Martin Garrett Sayers to William Keane; Stephany Hotel,…

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Fire at Hotel Stables. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 10

Early on Sunday morning a fire occurred in the stables of Mr. F. J. Bohm's Royal Hotel. It was a large wood and iron structure, and the fire obtained a good hold before…

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APPEAL (Before Judge Beeby.) New Hotel for Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 9

The provision of a new hotel, proposed to be erected at the corner of Carr and Arden Streets, Coogee, was again before the Court by way of an…

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Quarter Sessions Appeal. (Before Judge Beeby.) Coogee Hotel Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 10

The decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench on November 16, 1925, in granting the application of Rodney Davies Whyte for a conditional license for hotel premises to be…

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Demand to Close Hotels Liquor Trade Picnic

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 4

The Federated Liquor Trades Union at its meeting last night passed the following resolution:--"That this union of Federated Liquor…

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Quarter Sessions Appeal. (Before Judge Beeby.) Coogee Hotel Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 6

The decision of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench on November 16, 1925, in granting the application of Rodney Davies Whyte for a conditional license for hotel premises to be…

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Hours in Hotels

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 5

Mr. Sherwin, secretary of the Hotel. Club and Restaurant Union, stated yesterday that the application of the U.L.V.A. for a variation of the award…

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APPEAL (Before Judge Beeby.) New Hotel for Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 2

The judge dismissed the appeal by Edward Middleton, of 203 Bridge Road, Glebe, salesman, against the granting of an application by Ronald Davies…

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Good for Barbers Reduction in License Fees

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

Barbers' license fees were discussed at Granville Council on Tuesday, with a result distinctly pleasing to the barbers. That the new licence be fixed at £1…

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No Chance! For Hoarding License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 3

The advertising hoardings at Wentworthville and Westmead are in a disgraceful condition, and are a reflection on the towns concerned…

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