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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 62

Weak Beer Story Police Investigate Round of Hotels Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 14

THE police spent £20 M the outchase of knuer in the Newcastis district yesterday. IT is not proposed to hold a police hall,…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Cohen.) Removal of a Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 8

In this action, Alexander Caldwell, Henry Ducrou, and certain residence of Drummoyne appealed against the decision of the Licensing Court in granting a conditional removal…

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Hotel Burnt. Fire at Whitton. Whitton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 12

The Albion Hotel was destroyed by fire about half-past 4 o'clock this morning. It was a two-story wooden building of 25 rooms. It is believed that the fire started in the…

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Licensing Legislation

The Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 15

"It was by local option that America laid the foundation for total prohibition, and It should ultimately prove one of our best weapons in Australia."…

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Removal License Five Dock Appeal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 7

Permission was granted by the Metro poli[?]an Licensing Court on February 14 last to Ana Crawford licensee of the Birkenhead Hotel, Bridge Street…

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Dash From Burning Hotel Townspeople Demolish Building to Save Others WHITTON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 22

The occupants of the Albion Hotel made a dash for safety in their night attire when the building caught fire at 5 a.m. to-day. They saved few of their…

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Motor Driver Was Drunk £10 Fine; £4 Costs; License Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 22

Charged with drunkenness while driving a motor car in Lane Cove Road, Chatswood, on April 13, William Park was fined £10 at the North…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

As Mr. Williams, S.M., read over the reports submitted to the Quarterly Licensing Court at Ryde, there was a monotonous concluding sentence,…

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Driving License a Warning

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 13

A police officer demanded production of an N.A.M.A. members' license drive and took it away with him. Result, N.R.M.A. inquiry, Report: A motorist…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Cohen.) Removal of a Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 8

An appeal was made by Alexander Caidwell, Henry Ducrou, and certain residents of Drummoyne, against the decision of the Licensing Court in granting a conditional…

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Slick Chinese Hold Hotel Thief Miller's Pt. Incident

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

Events moved quickly in a hotel at Miller's Point to-day. Three Chinese firemen at the Central Police Court told the story of how…

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Stabbed Publican Six Months' Gaol

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

When Walter Davies went to Larkin's Hotel on March 26, he was not Satisfied with asking others in the bar to "shout," but he went so…

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Removal of License

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

Judge Coh[?] the special of [?] an others against the decision of the Metropolitian [?] Court in…

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Removal of an Hotel Longer Walk to Shrine of Bacchus Objection That Failed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 18

There was a novel feature about an appeal dealt with by Judge Cohen in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday with respect to the removal…

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Drunken Motor Driver Fined and license Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 23

Charles James Sheeran (42) manager, was fined £15 at the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of having driven a motor car in Alison…

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Last Lap Polishing Up Canberra Get Out! Order to Old Hotel Residents Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1927 · page 5

On every hand in Canberra to-day turmoil and upheaval are evident. The preparations for the Royal visit are sweeping through the Federal Capital territory like a tornado…

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Post Skittled Motorist Punished £10--License Suspended

The Sun · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 9

"I had Just come out of hospital. I felt weak and then queer, so I stopped and had a couple of brandies. They made me feel stupefied."…

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Hotel Transfer Epping Objects

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

A special Licensing Court is to be held at Ryde to-day, when an application for the transfer of a license from Thornleigh to Epping is to be…

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Publican's Allegations Against Police Officer Constable Attacked in Liquor Case Domestic Affairs and S. P. Betting "Diabolical," Says Police Prosecutor Chief Witness Exasperates Mr. Abigail

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

That a policeman wanted to carry on S.P. betting with a publican, was among the allegation that formed a feature of a case at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday. In the course of a vigorous cross-examination, Constable Emmett—the officer in question— denied having been reported for trying to blackmail his brother-in-law…

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Hotelkeeper Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 8

John Summers, licensee of the Hotel Cecil, Cannington, was drowned at Mandurah, a small pleasure resort, near Perth, early on Sunday. From the meagre details available it appears…

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