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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 62

Wife Gave Him Away Publican on Perjury Charge

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 6

On January 14, 1920, Joseph Carroll, then licensee of the Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Windmill Street, City, was fined for selling liquor after hours…

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Hotelkeeper Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

Joseph Carroll (65), licensed victualler, was charged, at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice James, with having falsely sworn,…

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Hotel Sydney Slight Fall in Profit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 10

Alterations and additions to buildings carried out by Hotel Sydney, Ltd., during the past year, are said to have interfered considerably with the…

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License Suspended Drunken Car-driver

The Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 11

"I don't touch it as a rule. It was a bit of bad luck I took it that day," said George James Duffy, aged 32, in pleading guilty at the North Sydney…

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Fewer Hotels Higher City Land Values Board's Busy Year

The Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 15

That the appointment of the Licenses Reduction Board to the Licensing Bench had imposed on the latter body a vast amount of…

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Varnish in Cocktails U.S.A. Prohibition Derided Hotelkeeper's Satire Vienna

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 1

ASCOT 120 delegates, representing every country in Europe, attended the Convention here of the international Hotelkeepers'…

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Licensee Fined Drunkenness on Premises

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 7

Ellen Mary Darge, licensee of the Hotel "Wynyard, was fined £5, with 8s costs, at the Central Summons Court yesterday on an information alleging…

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Good Hotels But Some Exceptions Warning to Publicans Meals Compulsory

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 11

HOTELS in New South Wales compare favorably with those of any other State in the Commonwealth, states the annual…

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Goldfields Hotels to Close. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 13

The Licenses Reduction Board has decided to dolicense 11 hotels on the eastern goldfields from December 31 next. These comprise four at Kalgoorlie, one at Williamstown, one at…

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Hotel Fight Sergeant Steps In

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 1

Just as the Railway Hotel, at Lidcombe, was about to close at 6 p.m. on Friday night, John Joseph McDonald (21), butcher, had an argument with one…

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"Only Ponies" Sequel to Collision Motorist Loses License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 8

After two motor cars had collided on Windsor-road, Baulkham Hills on Friday, March 11, William Porter orchardist of Dural (30) the driver of one of…

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Liquor Licenses. Rising Land Values Cause Reduction. Board's Annual Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 12

The annual report of the Licensing Bench and Licenses Reduction Board for the year ended December 31, 1926, mentions that deprivation courts held at Forbes, Condobolin,…

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Failed to Report License Revoked

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 7

William Hayes, alias Tom Wood (34), polisher, was convicted fit the Central Police Court to-day of having failed, since November 21, 1926, to…

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Hotels Are Fewer Sydney Area Due to Rising Site Values Housing Difficulty

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

THAT the ever-increasing value of land within the central city area is tending automatically to decrease the number of hotels is the conclusion…

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Hotel Lease and License

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 21

Annie Mary Fisher was defendant in Mr. Justice Campbell's court at Darlinghurst in a suit by Percival Walter Johnstone, claiming £150 in respect of…

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When Hotel Was Burnt Anxious Creditors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 9

A number of people in a Queensland country town will be relieved to hear of the arrest of a mother and her daughter in this State…

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Crowds for Sydney Big Hotel Bookings

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 10

Sydney will be a busy city during the Duke's visit. Leading hotels are booked up almost to the last room. Many country people have decided to…

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"Dry" Canberra Gets Wet Queanbeyan Hotels Are Happy Queanbeyan

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 5

That at least one section or the community has anticipated a marked Increase in business as the result of the establishment of Canberra, is…

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Publican's Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 8

The following applications for the transfer of publicans license were granted at the Licensing Court yesterday: Lord Dudley Hotel, Paddington, Jemima…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 10

The Metropolitan Licensing Board granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses yesterday:--Lord Dudley Hotel, Paddington, Jemima…

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