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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 62

"Close-ups" of the Harbor Collision-- Proposed Hotel for Cremorne

The Sun · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 24

SHATTERED SIDE of the Kanimbla-- a "close-up" showing the extensive damage done when the nose of the Balgowlah crashed through into…

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W.a Bartenders Want 44 Hour Week in State Hotels

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

One would naturally think that the W.A. Labor Government would have long ago granted the 44 hour week in State Hotels, But this is…

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Hotels, Not Politics Cootamundra

The Sun · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 12

Mr. Greg. McGirr stated to-day that he had not the slightest intention of standing for Parliament at the coming election. His hotel interests in various…

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Local and General Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 4

The quarterly licensing court for tho licensing district of Penrith will be held on 18th July…

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Shots Fired Burglar Escapes City Hotel Thief

The Sun · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

During the night two cases of shooting were reported. Fred Hollingshead. licensee of the Evening Star Hotel, Elizabeth-street, fired at a burglar…

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Hotel Licenses in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Saturday. -- As a result of an investigation by the Licenses Reduction Board this week, it would appear probable that at least two…

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Revolver Fired Shock for Intruder in Hotel Alert Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 4

Hearing a window being opened early yesterday morning, Frederick Hollinghead, licensee of the Evening Star Hotel, Elizabeth Street, got out…

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Photograph in "Grit" Paddington Publican Loses Suit for Libel Claim Against Rev. Hammond

Truth · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 24

WHEN Nicholas Hurry Connelly, a Paddington publican and alderman, went with a party to Canberra last year, he thought it was the wettest "dry" place in the Commonwealth…

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Hotel Question Again at Cremorne Rival Petitions

Evening News · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 3

CREMORNE resident are again agitated by the question whether Cremorne Junction is to have a hotel or not…

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Revolver Fired in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 22

BRISBANE, Sunday.--There were some moments of intense excitement in the public bar of the Palace Hotel, South Brisbane, before closing time on…

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License Transfers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved the following Applications for transfers of publicans' licenses…

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License Suspended Motorist "Under the Influence"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 1

Norbert Davis, at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, admitted having driven his car while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor, in Church-street,…

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"Cowardly" Assault in Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 12

Two stokers, Arthur Bertram Jackson or Cocks, 23. and Frank Jones, or Street, 19, were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with assaulting…

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Licensing Court. Hotel at Harbord

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 12

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has recommended that the petition for a new publican's license for premises to be erected at Harbord should be granted. Ernest Hope…

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Cruel Slaughter Wiping Out the 'Possum How Act Evaded Licenses to Be Issued

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 6

THE possum is apt to be raided on false pretences and obliterated because of his valuable fur, and all sorts of dodger are resorted to in order to…

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Hotel Robbery Two Greeks Arrested

Evening News · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 13

A week age the that of £120 from the office of the Wesbley Hotel. Yur[?]-street, city, was reported to the police…

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No Radio License

Evening News · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 9

Hannah Mallard was fined £2 at Manly Court to-day for having maintained a wirel[?] set in a flat on the Corso, Manly, without having first…

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Churches Fight Cremorne Hotel Plan Canvass of District

Evening News · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 9

THE movement in favor of a hotel license being granted for premises proposed to be erected at Crsmo[?] Junction is likely to mest…

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In Hotel Bedroom Two Women Charged Young

The Sun · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 16

The unusual sight of two women appearing as defendants charged with being found on licensed premises after hours was seen at the Young Court. The police stated that…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 13

A banquet and presentation was tendered at Adams' Hotel to Ald. N. H. Connolly, retiring president of the United Licensed Victuallers'…

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