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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 62

Objection to Hotel License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 12

At a meeting of residents of Cremorne, Neutral Bay, and Mosman, a resolution was carried protesting against the proposal to build a hotel at Cremorne. A committee was…

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Not Wanted Hotel at Asquith

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 7

Residents of Asquith are not prepared to let the proposal to establish a hotel there go unchallenged. The forces in opposition are being actively organised,…

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Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 7

Tuesday last was the day on which all licensees of hotels and wine bars in the Ryde licensing district lad the applications fog renewal reviewed…

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Had Two Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 17

William James Hatcher had a driver's license. William James Hatcher also had a bus driver's license…

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Slashed Throat "Good Bye" in Hotel Alleged Razor Attack Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 11

While shaking hands with Dennis (34), single, in the parlor of an hotel in the Valley, Brisbane, last night, a man is alleged to have snatched a…

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Lost All at the Races Shire Clerk's Suicide in City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 22

Thomas Leopold Keith M'Allister (34) was found dead in his bed in his room at the Gresham Hotel, York St., on the morning of June 10, with a…

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Anzac Day Hours for Hotel Trading Diggers Publicans Form Alliance

Evening News · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 1

ARISING out of the decision of the State Full Court, declaring invalid the proclamation for the partial closing of hotels on Anzac Day…

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Failed to Renew License

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 1

FOR failing to renew his motordriving license Jack Freyer was fined 10/, with 8/ costs, at Penrith Police Court on Monday…

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License Renewals

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 5

The annual renewals of licenses for the Penrith Licensing Districts were dealt with at Penrith Court House on Monday. Licensees are reminded that…

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Anzac Day Closing of Hotels L.v.a. and R.s.l. Meet

The Sun · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 3

It is not likely Hint the Returned Soldiers' League will ask for Legislative enactment to force the closing of hotels during the period…

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Is There Any Hotel in Aus

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 8

BAR CARLTON'S, MELBOURNE, where one may enjoy comfort and thorough refinement at such reasonable rates? The luxurious…

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Tobacco Licenses. Canberra Ordinance Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 12

In future no person is to be allowed to sell tobacco, cigars, or cigarettes in the Federal capital territory without having obtained a license to do so from the Federal…

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License Suspended Builder and Booze Couldn't Pass the Doctor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 2

The portion of the Sydney-road at Auburn that is under repair wasn't wide enough for Cecil Francis McCue on Saturday night…

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Canberra Hotels. Suggested Leasing. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 8

Following the intimation by the chairman of the Federal Capital Commission (Sir John Butters) that Canberra hotels and guesthouses win probably be leased to private…

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Inverell Hotels. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 12

The Licenses Reduction Board sat at inverell during last week and dealt with the cases of the Royal, Byron, Railway, and Federal Hotels, which were cited to show…

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Jug From Hotel Man Who Took It Fined

The Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 12

At Central Police Court to-day, Ernest Slater (29), salesman, of Anzac-parade, Kensington, was fined £3 for stealing a silver water jug from…

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Flappers, Boys and Motor Licenses "Brainless Things" Disgust of Newtown

Evening News · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 10

HARSH words about "brainless things" to whom motor licenses were issued—"bits of [?]appers and bits of boys"—were said at…

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Where Publicans Make Big Profit

Evening News · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 14

A PUBLICAN, giving evidence at Parramatta Court, said motorists who asked for a "pony" glass of larger were the most profitable customers…

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Two Hurt in Chase After Miscreants Crashed Into Lorry Sequel to Hotel Brawl

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 6

In an exciting chase through city streets about 6.30 last night, after two men who had smashed doors and windows of a hotel, a police constable…

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Police Injured Disastrous End to Chase Havoc in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 3

A chase after two men who ran amok in a city hotel ended disastrously last night. In the chase, two police and a civilian…

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