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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 62

A.J.C. Committee Meets J. Simpson Granted a Jockey's License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 6

J. Simpson, who has met with great success on registered courses during the past six months, was yesterday granted a jockey's license by the A.J.C…

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Licensed Listeners Victoria Beats N.S.W.

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 8

Members of the Royal Commission on Wireless has, spent considerable time during the Sydney sittings of the Commission trying to discover why…

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End of the Queue License Facilities

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 7

THERE are still many men who have to work on Saturday mornings, and if they happen to be employed where there is difficulty in securing time off. It is…

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Dead in Hotel Bedroom Man's Throat Cut; Blood-stained Razor in Hand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 21

With a deep gash in his throat, Thomas Leo Keith M'Allister (32), clerk, was found dead in his bed at the Gresham Hotel, Druitt Street,…

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About a Nose Threat to Pull it Wasn't Appreciated Hotel Broker Fined

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 24

WHEN Robert Steele, a hotel broker, fancied his dignity— and his trouser-legs—were being damaged by some dust which an…

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"OUT" Cecil Hopkins, Bookmaker License Withdrawn by the A.R.C.

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 3

IN its last issue "Truth" let the air in on the doings of Cecil Hopkins, licensed Leger bookmaker at the pony courses. HOPKINS laid £1000 double—Don Moon and Piastoon—for the Doncaster and Sydney Cup to Mr. E. J. Kellett, a…

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Defaulting Bookmaker Loses License Two for Triplex Backers Again Dubious Payten's Second Double

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 3

AT Randwick, on Monday, Bailey Payten won a double with Grosvenor and Triplex. AT Randwick yesterday, Bailey Payten won another double. IT was also with Grosvenor and Triplex…

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"Hotel Imperial"

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 10

STIRRING realism; every action and scene breathing with life. Such is the quality of the latest film, "Hotel Imperial," opened at the Haymarket Theatre…

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Darlinghurst Vendetta Now Over Peace Arranged in City Hotel Parlor the Unwritten Law of the Underworld

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

IN possession of reliable information supplied by actual members of Darlinghurst gangs, the "Labor Daily is in a position to state that the vendetta. if it can be termed such, is definitely off. Peace was declared on Saturday, following a conference between…

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Working It Off £30 Hotel Bill Tamworth

The Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 18

At Tamworth Police Court to-day, before Mr. E. A. May, P.M., Alfred Joseph Baker pleaded guilty to a charge of refusing to pay £30 due for meals and accommodation…

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Hotel and Cafe Destroyed by Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 16

Brisbane, Tuesday.--The Commercial Hotel and ail adjoining cafe at Morven, in the South-West, were completely destroyed by fire early tills morning…

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Too Many 'Public Rows' Why Victoria Sells More Radio Licenses Fisk Gives Evidence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 4

There are too many "public rows" in Sydney over broadcasting, according to Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 12

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has approved the following transfers of publican licenses:— Sir John Young Hotel, Sydney, from John Charles Henry Venn Husking to John Collins: the Grand [?]…

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Hotel Licensee Killed. Scone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 16

Mr. John Boswell, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Moonan Flat, was killed to-day when erecting slaughtering yards near his premises. He was carrying a piece of timber, when[?] it…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon and Jury.) Claim for Hotel Stock. Thomas v Walter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 12

This case remnins part heard…

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Painting Damaged. Incident at Melbourne Hotel. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 16

A young man, who was later medically examined and declared to be insane, threw an empty glass at the oil painting entitled "Chloe" in the lounge bar of Young and…

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Picture Shattered by Madman Offer of 3000 Guineas Refused in Melbourne Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The' well-known painting, "Chloe," which even "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the great prohibitionist advocate, insisted on seeing…

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Grand Hotel, Gladstone

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 33

One of the most important towns in Queensland is Gladstone, and its harbour and railway facilities, as well as its natural beauties cause it to be visited by…

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Robbery From Hotel. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 12

William Michael Burke, 8 commercial traveller, was robbed of property valued at £60 from his bedroom at Roche's Hotel. At 5 o'clock this morning he found the room had…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Claim for Hotel Stock. Thomas v Walter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 8

The plaintiff, George David Thomas, sued John Rogers Walter on a specially endorsed writ claiming £148/18/7, alleged to be due for stock, liquors, etc., at the Great Western…

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