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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 62

Burnt to Death IN N.Z. Hotel Fire Place Gutted in 20 Minutes Wellington (N.z.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 October 1927 · page 1

Bert Roulston was burnt to death when fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel at Murchison early this morning. The others were seriously burnt, and…

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Willoughby Hotel Conditional License

Evening News · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 9

THE Licensing Board to-day granted the application of Stanley Glover Cork for a conditional publican's license for premises to be erected at…

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Drunk at 40 m.p.h. and Had No License

Evening News · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 3

DRIVING along William-street on Saturday night, about midnight, at a speed of 40 miles an hour, almost overturning the car he was driving,…

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Zigzagging Cyclist License Suspended

Evening News · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 6

JOSEPH THEODORE VOS, 28, gardener, was fined [?] at North Sydney Court to-day on a charge of having friven a motor cycle in…

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Taxi Driver Loses His License

The Sun · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 6

"I don't want to take your livelihood away from you," said Mr. Longfield, S.M.,' to Joseph Anderson, aged 32, a taxi-driver, who pleaded guilty to…

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Soldiers Fight Fire Big Hotel Burnt Out Damage at £60,000 MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 5

Fott two hours this morning members of the Garrison Artillery fought a Ore which completely destroyed the Grand Hotel…

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Ran Amok in Motor Car License Suspended Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 5

Richard Fielder 34, at the police cart on Saturday, before Mr. T. W. Cohen P.M., war fined £3 for dangerous driving, £5 for having driven…

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Saved Lives at Fire by Sliding Down Hose Clergymen, Churchgoers, and Soldiers Fight The Flames -- Big Hotel Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Breaking out at 9.30 a.m., a fire, which completely destroyed the Grand Hotel, the largest hotel at Queenscliff, to-day raged for many hours, and threatened a large business block…

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Hotel in Flames Man Killed and Three Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. -- The Murchison Commercial Hotel was burned to the ground early this morning…

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Hotel Destroyed. Inmate Burnt to Death. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 17

The Commercial Hotel, at Murchison, was destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning. Bert Roulston a boardor. was burned to death and three other inmates were injured…

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Large Hotel. Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 12

The Grand Hotel, Queenscliff, with more than 200 rooms, was practically destroyed by a fire which broke out this morning. The hotel, which was one of the largest in…

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Licensing Court. Three New Hotels. Coogee, Willoughby, and Harbord

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 8

One publican's license, and two conditional licenses were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday. A license was ordered to issue to Rodney…

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Hotel Disturbance. Two Men Heavily Fined. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 15

Before Mr. T. W. Cohen, P.M., at the Police Court, two men were fined as a result of a disturbance in a hotel, and later in the street on October 25. At the conclusion of…

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Licenses Transferred

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

Co[?]gee is to have another hotel, Yesterday the Licensing Board ordered that a license be issued to Rodney Davies Why[?] for the Oceanic Hotel…

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Their Nice Little Bills Cost of Hotel Fracas Wagga

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 6

An exciting fracas took place at the Great Southern Hotel on Tuesday last, when police were assaulted. At the police court to-day before Mr…

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Drowned in Harbor New Hotel for Coogee Found Off Ben Buckler

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 5

That John George Barr fell into the harbor from a Manly ferry boat on October 13, was a theory advanced by the police at the Coroner's Court…

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Imposing Hotel Structure Occupies Commanding Position At Coogee Bay Pleasing Italian Winter Garden

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 20

OPEN for business to-day is one of the most superbly appointed seaside hotels in the metropolitan area--the Oceanic Hotel at Coogee…

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Unofficial Opening Free Drinks at New Hotel One Crowded Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 21

Having had a wide experience in hotel administration abroad and having been sub-manager of Adams' Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney, for three years…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Licensing Board's Jurisdiction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 12

Ex parte Soutor, re Sommerville and others. The question for determination in this metter was whether the Licensing Reduction Board, conducting an inquiry pursuant to a…

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Drew Triyalve Moruya Publican's Win Laid Half Off Moruya

The Sun · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 13

There was great excitement yesterday afternoon when the wireless announced Trivalve as the winner of the Melbourne Cup…

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