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Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 62

New Hotel Proposed

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 6

North Sydney Council last night approved of an application by Messrs. J. E. and E. R. Justelius, architects, for permission to erect a three-story…

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Betting in Hotel. Licensee Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 8

Arthur Vincent Kelly pleaded guilty at Parramatta Police Court jesterday to using a room in the Commercial Hotel, Parramatta, for the purpose of betting…

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Hotel Betting Two £30 Fines

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 6

ARTHUR VINCENT KELLY was fined £30 at Parramatta Court for having used a room is the Commercial Hotel for the [?] of betting, and [?] his…

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Menace of Undesirables Alderman's Fears If Maroubra Gets Race License Randwick Threats

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 5

OBJECTIONS to the [?] of the Crown lease occupied by Maroubra Speedway [?] so as to enable that company to conduct [?]…

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Constable Plays Dominoes and Bets with Publican "Ten Bob on Jack McGEE" Licensee Appeals for "A Fair Go"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 1

It was once a popular theory that a policeman could always be detected by the size of his feet. But this has been disproved so often that it was now been discarded. The difficulty of detecting a policeman, by the size of his feet or anything else, was recently demonstrated most forcibly to John Make, Licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Parramatta, And if it…

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Protected Animals. Licensed Operators

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 18

The Glen Innes (N.S.W.) Pastures Protection Board has been notified by the Chief Secretary that the skins of protected animals, which…

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Hotel Transfer

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 1

AT Penrith Licensing Court, on Monday, the license of the Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill, was transferred from William Benjamin Lavelle to…

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Hotel Metropole, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 17

Hotel Metropole, Ltd, in its report for the year ended June 30. discloses a net profit of £18 026, compared with £17,980 for the previous year. With £50 brought forward and…

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Hotel Company's Good Year

The Sun · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 2

The year which closed on June 30 last was a profitably period for the Hotel Metropole. the net earnings being £18.735 as compared with £17,580 for the previous 12…

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Wine-shop Siege Licensee Refuses to Leave Forcible Entry Made

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 18

LOCKHART, Friday. -- An unusual incident occurred here yesterday in connection with the transfer, granted by the Urana Licensing Court on…

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Brawl in Hotel Three Men Fined

Evening News · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 10

A BRAWL which [?] in a hotel in [?]warra-road, Marrickville, on Saturday evening, [?] in the appearance at Newton Court to-day…

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Amok with a Pot in Hotel Andrew Clears the Bar Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 6

Brandishing a pewter [?] pot, a man ran amok about closing time in on hotel at Brunswick on Saturday evening…

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Licensing Court. Two New Hotels. Willoughby and Matraville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday decided to recommend that a petition for a publican's license, for premises proposed to be erected in Wllloughbyroad. Willoughby, should be granted…

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Wentworth Hotel, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 13

The report of the Wentworth Hotel, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, discloses a net profit of £8775, compared with £5007 for the provious year. Dividend of 10 per cent,…

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New Hotel for Willoughby Matraville, Also

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 8

Willoughby is in line for a new hotel. The Metropolitan Licensing [?] bird. [?]the granting of a [?] for a [?]…

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Success of Wentworth Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 18

MRS. MACLURCAN, managing directress of Wentworth Hotel, Ltd. The company's accounts, published to-day, reveal much…

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"Court in Error" K.C's. Contention Appeal for License

Evening News · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 13

POINTS of interest arose to-day at the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court before Judge Curlews in the appeal of Micheal M'Cole…

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Transfer of License Police Objection Hotels at Goulburn Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 3

"Hotel accommodation is insdequate and visitors are frequently placed at a serious disadvantage in being unable to obtain lodgings." were statements made by…

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Hotel for Kogarah Shall There be Another License ?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 5

Whether a license should be granted for the old de-licensed Moorefield Hotel premises in Prince's Highway, Kogarah, which it is proposed to alter,…

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Hotel at Kogarah Reserved Judgment

Evening News · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 13

JUDGE CURLEWIS, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court to-day, reserved judgment in the appeal of Michal M'Cole and other petitioners…

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