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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 62

When Beer Was Off Assaulted for Upholding Law Attack on Publican's Brother

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

A publican's lot is not altogether the proverbial bed of roses. Subject to strict supervision, they receive no quarter when detected in…

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Canned Fruits Export Restrictions Licenses Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 18

Last Monday a new regulation came Into force regarding the exporting of canned apricots, clingstone peaches and pears, and such product will not…

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Deaf Driver Motor License Granted Interesting Tests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 15

At the Traffic Court in Sydney last week, John Archibald McKillep appealed against the decision of the Commissioner of Police not to grant…

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"I Won't Sink" Says Chinese Wife the Hongkong Hotel

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 10

ASKED in the Chinese Court to-day [?] had written on her [?] her to join him in [?]…

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Hotel Murder. Inquiries Not Completed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 14

The City Coroner (Dr. Ramsay Smith) to[?]ay opened the inquest into the death of John Robert Hindmarsh, a jeweller, whose body [?]as discovered in a room at the Grosvenor…

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Fatal Fall at Hotel Sydney Dropped Over 40 Feet

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 13

Henry Clyde McKenzie, aged 52. an upholsterer, of Murray-street, Bronte, fell 40 feet from a window at the Hotel Sydney last night. He died at…

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Wireless Licenses Radio Dealers' Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 2

Some interesting facts concerning wireless in Australia as compared with other countries were related yesterday by Mr. L. A. Hooke, deputy general…

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Plumbers' Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 11

Provisional plumbers' licenses will not be issued by the Water and Sewerage Board after the present year, except in special circumstances. Those…

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Coronation Hotel. Mr. Minahan's Land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 17

Alderman Courtenny, at the meeting of the finance committee of the City Council on Wednesday, stated that Mr. Minahan was "not meeting the council in any way" in order to…

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Last Race Edition No Bail Suspects Still Held Hotel Murder Counsel Vainly Protests Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

Though nobody has yet been charged with the murder of John Robert Hindmarsh, who was lured to the Grosvenor Hotel to meet a bogus customer and…

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Haunted Hotel Clanking Ghost Joke "Spirit" That Was Bin

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 7

Spiritualists all over England have been deceived by a facetious letter about the "clanking ghost" of East Barnet. Hertfordshire, written by Mr…

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Coopernook Cuddles What Happened in Hotel Parlor? Two Men Acquitted of Serious Charge

Truth · Sunday 20 February 1927 · page 17

IT was a little party of ten, five very young girls and five not very young men, that set out from the town of Taree on September 6, last year, for Coopernook, 14 miles away. AS a result of that trip John Connell, a burly bookmaker, aged…

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Hotel Safe Survived the Cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1927 · page 2

Though It was reported last week that the roof of the Strand Hotel at Cairns was swept to sea in the cyclone, there was no Interference with the…

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No Bail Suspects Still Held Hotel Murder Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1927 · page 2

Though nobody has yet been charged with the murder of John Robert Hindmarsh, who was lured to the Grosvenor Hotel to meet a bogus customer and…

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Minister Among Snowballs Kosciusko Improvements Enlarging the Hotel

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 February 1927 · page 5

(From Our Special Reporter.) MT. KOSCIUSKO, Sunday. The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lezzarini, and party, today inspected…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved of the transfers of the following publicans' licenses: Crown Hotel, Cleveland Street,…

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Can Ride in Cup Callinan's License

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 10

The term of suspension of A. Callinan, the leading A.R.C. jockey, will expire on Thursday. When he visited the A.R.C. office on…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 13

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses:— Crown Hotel, Cleveland-street, Sydney, from Leopold Solomon to Augustus William Thomas Lusher;…

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Stole Liquor. While Hotel Burned. Burrigan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 16

Earnest Cook, Patrick McHugh, and William Charles Nelson, whe were arrested on Saturday night for stealing liquor while the fire was raging at the Royal Hotel, were brought…

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Empire Hotel. Tender Not Accepted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 16

It was resolved at last night's meeting of the City Council that as only one tender was received for a six years' lease of the Empire Hotel, at the corner of Pink ands…

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