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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 62

Liquor with Meals. On Licensed Premises. to Be Made Legal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 11

A bill will be introduced during the present session of the State Parliament, to amend the Liquor Act. This amendment will make it legal for liquor…

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Civic Hotel. Investigation to be Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 11

"The discrepancy between the rental value, as disclosed in the tender, and the value of the compensation paid, makes some further explanation necessary," said the…

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"You Deserve More" Hotel Lease Criticism Candid Alderman

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

"Complaints have been made about Press criticism of the City Council. From the way you handle your business, I think the Press should be…

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Licensing Anomaly Hours of Closing London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 1

A curious anomaly exists in the British licensing laws, owing to which an hotel on the north side of a certain tared closes at 10 p.m. and another…

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Empire Hotel to Have Full Inquiry Labor Springs Surprise Ald. Walder Objects

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 5

WITH regard to the leasing and resumption of the Empire Hotel, the City Council last night decided to appoint a…

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Meals in Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 8

At yesterday's meeting of the Parliamentary Labor Party the Minister for Justice (Mr. M'Kell) submitted a bill providing for proposed…

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Hotel Man's Death

Evening News · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 13

The death to-day of Mr. John Inch. Decease of the Guildford Hotel, at the age of 50 years, removed a man with more than 25 years' experience in the…

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London's New Hotel Bathrooms for All London

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 12

The Park-lane Hotel, me skeleton of which has been a familiar landmark in Piccadilly for two years, is to be opened on February 29. It will be the first…

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Why the Difference? Motorists and Publicans Lang's Discrimination

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 15

"To rob the road-users of this State of about £650,000 in the current year on the score that the Main Roads Board has more money than it can…

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Liquor with Meals Up Till 9 Till Licensing Reform

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 1

The decision of the Ministry to amend the Liquor Act to enable licensees of hotels where meals are served to provide liquor to…

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Drunken Motor-Driver Young Man Imprisoned. Three Years Without License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 16

A man was charged at the Richmond (Vic.) Court on Friday last, with having been under the influence of drink when driving a motor-car, and with having…

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New Hotel Auburn Proposition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 3

Application is to be made by Mr. Greg. Keighery shortly for permission to erect an hotel at the corner of Station-road and Parramatta-road,…

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Motorists' Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 15

The prosecution of a member of the N.R.M.A. in the country for failing to produce his driver's license when called upon by a constable on street duty has…

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Not Serious Licensing S.p. Shops Bigger Tote Grab?

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 7

The suggestion to license starting-price betting shops and to establish a State lottery to raise the amount which the family endowment scheme…

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A Veteran Publican

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 6

The death occurred yesterday at the Hotel Guildford of Mr. John Inch, the proprietor, at the age of 30 years. The late Mr. Inch, who was among the…

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"Soft" Music Schubert with Sherbet License Battle

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

An amusing controversy raged at Hastings, England, over the proposal of the Town Council to apply for a licence to sell intoxicating liquor at the…

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Wild Fight Brutal Attack on Publican Men in Lane Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5

At noon to-day, in Stanley-street, Wert Melbourne, two young men attacked Harry Schwartz, licensee of the…

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Liquor Bill Provokes Bitter Assembly Debate Wild Charges of "Corruption" Proposal to Enable Hotels to Serve Liquor with Meals After Hours Bavin and Lane in Fistic Mood "Legislation for Privileged Few"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 5

THE average worker is not in the habit of dining at fashionable hotels--he could not afford to. Consequently he will seek the reason why the Government, with all variety of important Labor legislation hanging fire, has found time to introduce an amending Liquor Bill…

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A Gold Mine Coronation Hotel Lessee's Faith

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

An astonishing revelation of hotel values in the city is provided by tenders received for the lease of a building to replace the…

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Head-scartching and Hard-thinking Over Empire Hotel Statistics

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 2

How is the Finance Committee of the City Council going to get over the Empire Hotel bungle? The problem has been sent buck to the committee by the City Council, and now…

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