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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 62

Burglar Shot? Hotel Robbery Early Morn Chase

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 11

ASUNGLAR who was ra[?] ing a bedroom at the woolpack Hotel early this morning disturbed Mr. Alexander Blackadder a boundary who gra[?] with the…

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Shots Fired. Hotel Burglar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 7

Early yesterday morning the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, was broken into, and two boarders robbed of sums of money. The sum of £9 was stolen from Joseph Gorman, and…

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Hotel Burglar Knocks Man Down Shots Fired by Police

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 1

Early yesterday morning the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, was broken into, and two boarders robbed of sums of money. The sun of £9 was stolen from Joseph…

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Sequel to Smash Lorry Driver Convicted Magistrate Suspends License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 1

Whether or not Patrick Geary drove a motor lorry while under the influence of liquor was the question Magistrate Gibson was called on to decide at the…

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Damage at Enfield. Hotel Partly Demolished. Guests Rush Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 9

Motorists passing through Enfield late last night found that they had two difficult and dangerous places to negotlate, where the gale had strewn masses of iron across the…

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Liquor with Meals Hotels Granted Permits

The Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 2

The first batch of applications for permission to serve liquor with meals after 6 p.m. was granted by the Licensing Magistrates. Mr. Adrian…

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Tourists' Trials Bookings Disregarded Hotelkeepers Must Pay London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 2

The Cannes correspondent of "The Times" says that in view of the frequency with which French hotel-keepers break agreements to reserve…

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Hotel Thief Struggle in Dark

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 11

[?] daring thief, caught in [?] room at the Woolpack Hotel, Parramatta, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning, knocked one of the boarders senseless with a…

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Unpaid Hotel Bill 14 Days Hard Labor Goulburn

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 9

When a man was given in charge by a Goulburn hotelkeeper for refusing to pay for his accommodation, the suspicions of the police…

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"Quite Innocent" Hotelkeeper's Wife

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

BEFORE Mr. Perry. B.M., at the Central Court to-day, Norrie Kennedy, 38 was charged with having broken and entered the shop of Rhoda Ashton,…

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Dead Man's Estate Claim for £2000 Over a Hotel Deal

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 13

AN ACTION for £2000 damages for alleged breach of warranty, which was before Mr. Justic James and a jury in No.3 Jury Court to-day,…

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Hotel Robbed

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 19

During dinner-time at the Hotel Steyne, Manly, last night, thieves entered two bedrooms, and stole jewellery valued at over £10. The losers…

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Indoor List Hotel and Shops Raine and Horne's Sale

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 18

Shops, homes, investments and an hotel are included in the list of properties which Messrs. Raine and Horne will offer at their indoor auction sale…

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Sold for £4000 Newcastle Hotel Executors Sued

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 2

A claim for £2000 damages for alleged breach of warranty was to-day heard in No. 3 Jury Court before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four…

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LETTERS. Blue Mountain Hotel, Lawson

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 46

My dear Gumblossom,—This is my first letter to the Page. I am a friend of Pattie Ryan, find our birthdays are on the same day—St. Patrick's Day. 1 will be nine years old, and…

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Had No License Produce Co. Fined

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

The first case of the kind under the Farm Produce Agents Act. 1926, was dealt with in the Central Summons Court to-day, when the…

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NO. 3 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice James and jury.) an Exchange of Hotels, Clark v Permanent Trustee Company of N.S.W. Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 8

George Clark, hotelkeeper, of Newcastle, the plaintiff in this action, sued the Permanent Trustee Company of N.S.W. Ltd., claiming £2000 damages for an alleged breach of…

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Alleged Shooting. Disturbance at Hotel. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 12

Information was received in Albuiy of an affray at Punt Hotel. Howlong, 16 miles from Albury. A party of four men and three women caused a disturbauce at the hotel and about…

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Publicans' Deal Supreme Court Sequel

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

A transaction between two publicans, Involving the exchange of hotels, was before Mr. Justice James and a Jury yesterday…

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Sale of Hotel Claim for £2000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 10

An action arising, out of the sale of the lease, license, goodwill, and furniture of the Rawson Hotel, Newcastle, engaged the attention of Mr. Justice…

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