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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 62

Ammonia Attack City Hotel Scare

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 8

Much excitement was caused at the Wentworth Hotel, Church Hill, to-day, when the value of an ammonia tube in the freezing…

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Tin Hares. Issuing of Licenses. Dr. Webb's Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 11

"Apparently, Mr. Gosling, Minister for Tin Hares,' is vainly attempting to run for cover," states Dr. J. Eli Webb, the Nationalist candidate for Oatley. "Mr. Gosling at…

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Flew Off Valve on Ammonia Tube Hotel Accident Firemen to the Rescue

The Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 10

The top of an ammonia tube in the freezing-room of the Wentworth Hotel flew off this morning, and in a very short space of time…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Official advice received from Brandon, on the Lower Burdekin, states that the Imperial Hotel there was destroyed by fire early…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 8

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were yesterday approved by the Metropolitan Licensing Court:— The Australian Inn Hotel, Riley-street, from Thomas…

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Reason Required Boiling Down License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

Recently the Liverpool Council refused the request of Mr. Lyons for a license for a boiling down pig and poultry farm at Hambro Park…

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Ammonia Fumes. Invade Hotel Kitchen. Staff Driven Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 12

The bursting of a valve on an ammonia tube in the refrigerating-room of the Wentworth Hotel at breakfast time yesterday morning caused considerable inconvenience to the…

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Charge of Manslaughter. Sequel to Hotel Brawl. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 12

After inquiries lasting for two days, detectives to-day arrested Christopher Larsen, 42, a carpenter, on a charge of slaying Edward Finane. Finane, who was 60 years…

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Liquid Gold Mine to Be Liquidated Big Hotel Mystery Phair's (Melb.) in Court Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

Why P[?]alr's [?] large city hotel) went into voluntary liquidation, while showing a profit of £16,000 annually, on a capital of £75,000, was not…

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Broke Pledge Bathurst Publican After-hours Drinks Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 10

FOLLOWING [?]tures by the Bathurst police, local hotel[?] have formed an Anti-Serving Association in respect of…

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License for Broken Hill Broken Hill

The Sun · Wednesday 28 September 1927 · page 13

Representatives of the Rufe Naylor mechanical hare system, who have an option on the Jubilee Oval, stated today that they had been granted a…

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Over Border Electoral Farce Line Through Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 13

HOW two men could stand shoulder to shoulder and take liquid refreshment in different electoral areas was illustrated in the…

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A.J.C. Committee Meeting Licenses and Permits Granted to Many Riders

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 6

Subsequent to the regular general meeting of the club yesterday afternoon, the committee of the Australian Jockey Club transacted a fair amount…

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Fight for Another Hotel "Appalling Congestion in Auburn Bars" Rival Claims for New License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 1

Has the growth of North Auburn reached such a stage that a hotel there is necessary? This question has confronted the Licensing Court at Parramatta this week Two petitions for a license have been submitted. Only the paramatta road seperates the two sites…

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Performing Rights. Offer to License Halls. Councils' Executive Declines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 15

After listening to the scretary of the Performing Rights Association (Mr. Edwards), the executive of the Local Government Association again declined the offer of the…

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No Wireless Licenses--£10

The Sun · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 12

Robert Plcone and William Denver were each fined £10, and Elizabeth Hunter was fined £3, at the Central Summons Court to-day for having…

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Protest Against Hotel

The Propeller · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic gathering of the citizens of South Hurstville assembled on Monday night last in the South Hurstville Methodist Church to…

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In a Japanese Hotel

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 8

"Now, waiter, I want three, five. eleven. and fourteen to eat, and two to drink." No talk of a lunatic, this-- you are…

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Performing Rights L.g.a. Attitude Against License Fees

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 4

What amounts to a defence of the claims of the Australian Performing Rights Association was a motion carried yesterday by the executive of the…

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Have You Seen Snakes at Barney McGUIRE'S? Q'ld. Publican Has Them On The Premises All Alive in His Back Yard

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 October 1927 · page 10

SHOULD any visitor to Mackay (Q.) be seized with the desire to see snakes he need only go around to the rear of Barney McGuire's hotel…

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