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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 62

In Revolt Publicans v. Brewers Schedule of Prices Hobart

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 5

A brewers' boycott of publicans is in progress in Tasmania. For a number of years there has been an agreement between the…

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Not the Licensee

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1927 · page 3

Mr David Jacobs, of Lightning Ridge, wished it stated that he has not been the [?] of the imperial Hotel, Lightning Ridge, recently destroyed b fire,…

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Suspicious Fires Hotel at Blackheath Katoomba

Evening News · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 10

TWO fires in different portions of the Ivanhoe Hotel at Blackheath were inquired into by the District Coroner at Katoomba Court. The…

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Hotel Employee Fined

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 17

"They all take them." said Natale Vincent, aged 39, a butcher, when Constable O'Donnell stopped him in Castlereagh - street last night. At the…

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Ready to Shoot Housemaid Horrified Suicide at Hotel Rockhampton

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 3

When a housemaid went to a room at Tattersall's Hotel, Longreach, occupied by John Joseph Kelly, she was horrified to see him pressing a rifle…

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Beer Cut Off Publicans in Revolt Hobart

The Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 13

Tho publicans who have hod their supplies of beer cut off by brewers because they did not comply with the terms of an agreement as to prices and…

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Hotels Change Hands

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 5

At the Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers were approved and granted:-- Park View Hotel, Rose Street, City,…

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Drunken Woman Motorist Has Her License Suspended, and is Fined £25

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--What is believed to be the first prosecution of the kind in New Zealand has resulted in the conviction of a…

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Brothers at Law Over Hotel Deal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 22

An Equity suit arising out of a disputed partnership in connection with dealings in hotel and other businesses was begun before Mr. Justice Long…

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Hotelkeepers. Brewer' Boycott. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 10

On account of certain hotels in southern Tasmania, numbering about 35, having failed to comply with the conditions of sale of liquor, the Brewers' Association put its powers into…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1927 · page 6

The Licensing Court yesterday approved the following transfers of publicans' licences:- Park View Hotel, Rose-street, from Arthur Lock to Charles D'Arey; Half-way House Hotel, Waterloo, from…

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The Library History, Mystery, and The United States "The Story of the Royal Hotel," by Charles H. Bertie. "The Travellers' Library"—five new volumes. "The White Brother," by Michael Juste. "Mellow Sheaves." by Violet Tweedale. "America Comes of Age," by Andre Siegfried

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 20

SYDNEY, like most cities, keeps on changing; but of late it seems to us who love her that she changes more quickly than ever. Each day we find some old familiar landmark gone; each day…

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American Airman Honored Sandwiches and Water at Savoy Hotel Dinner LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 June 1927 · page 5

Captain Lindbergh, on taking his seat at a dinner at the Savoy Hotel, at which he was guest of honor, was confronted with a plate of five…

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Hotel Closing Illegal on Anzac Day Those Two Hours Full Court Decision

Evening News · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 13

The Full Court to-day decided by a majority judgment that the proclamation by the Governor-in-Cesnell, compelling all hotels to…

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Driving Without License. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 10

Kenneth James Cullen, who had his motor driver's license suspended on two occasions for driving while under the influence of liquor, was fined £6 at the Goulburn Police Court…

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Illegal? Anzac Day Closing Hotel Test Case

The Sun · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 13

The legality of the action of the State Government in closing the hotels for two hours on Ansae Day was tested by the Full Court to-day…

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No License Removal

Evening News · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 9

Ryde Licensing Court to-day refused the application of Robert Roberts to have the license of the Royal Hotel Thornleigh, removed to premises…

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Anzac Day. Closing of Hotels. Proclamation Declared Invalid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 11

The Full Court decided yesterday that the proclamation issued by the Governor-in-Councll, ordering that hotels should remair closed from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Anzac…

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WIRELESS. Receivers' Licenses. Serious Local Position

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

The serious position that now exists regarding receivers' licenses in New South Wales calls for immediate Government action. Official figures supplied by the Post Office…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Closing Hotels on Anzac Day. Cant v Dejaney and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 6

The Court, by majority, Mr. Justice Gordon dissenting, granted a rule absolute for prohibition to restrain the licensing inspector and magistrate from proceeding on an order by…

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