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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 62

Put Your House in Order Greg. M'girr! Court Issues Fiat Bathurst Hotels Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

Having refused tc effect ma[?] improvements in 1 sotel accommodation. Roland Currie and John Grecory…

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Landlords Worry Ended in Suicide Hotel Was "Black" Wharf Workers' Vendetta Cairns

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

Worried by the action of waterside workers in declaring his hotel "black," George Randall, publican, bought a sun and blew out his…

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Reception House Deaths Woman and Publican

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

For six days Mary Corcoran, a single woman of 35, lay unconscious, hovering between life and death. Yesterday she died at the Reception House…

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Did Not Refuse to Improve Hotel Mr. M'girr's Case Big Rebuilding Plan

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 3

TN CONNECTION with the Licenses Reduction Board proceedings at Bathurst, when improvements were ordered to be made to the…

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Supposed Murder. In Adelaide Hotel. Jeweller's Death. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 12

Murder and robbery are believed to be connected with the finding of a dead body in the Grosvenor Hotel this morning. The man was identified as John Robert…

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Hotel Workers' Record Year Thanks to Lang Govt

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 3

During the past year the membership of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Employees' Union has been increased from 4431 to 7136, the highest total…

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Hotel Gutted Fire at Condobolin Brigade Has Hard Fight Condobolin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

Damage estimated, at £2500 was done when J. Gaywood's Imperial Hotel in Bathurst Street was gutted by fire at 3 o'clock this morning…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses yesterday:— Junction Hotel, Cleveland-street and City-road,…

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Special Service Catechist Licensed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

"We have left all and followed Thee" was the text of a special sermon delivered by the Rev. Jos. Poole, in St. Mary's Church of England, Guildford, on Sunday…

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Got Car License Though He Is Deaf Queer Affliction

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 9

MR. BLIX. S.M. at the Traffic Court to-day granted a car driver's licence to a man suffering from deafness of a peculiar nature…

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Licenses for Roadside Stalls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 12

The Blacktown Council has decided to license all roadside stalls, where persons sell to motor tourists, in order to supervise the quality of the goods sold, and the conditions…

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Lured to Death Search for Robbers Hotel Mystery Where Is Victim's Wife? Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 11

The tragedy at the Grosvenor Hotel is still an unsolved mystery. The criminals are thought to have left for the eastern States…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the licenses of the following hotels were transferred: -- Junction Hotel, Cleveland Street, Darlington,…

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Betting in Sydney Bookmakers' Agents : Licensed Shops Would Not Be a Blessing

Referee · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 1

In a recent discussion in Parliament it was stated there were bookmakers' agents in Government departments and shops and offices in…

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Deaf Car-driver. Granted License. Vibration Improves Hearing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 16

At the Traffic Court yesterday John Archibald McKillipp appealed against the decision of the Commissioner of Police not to grant him a license, on the ground of deafness…

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Hotel Murder. Still a Mystery. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 16

Mystery slill surrounds the death of John Robert Hindmarsh, 35, manager of Budgen's Jewellery establishment, whose body was fouud in a room at the Grosvenor Hotel on…

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Hotel Murder Was Premeditated S.A. Police Have Clue Detained Man Released Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 1

IN connection with the murder at the Grosvenor of John Richard Hindmarsh detectives are following important clues which…

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FOR £50,000 City Hotel Purchased

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 13

The property known as the Supreme Court Hotel, situated on the corner of King and Phillip Streets, was purchased yesterday for ft price in the…

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Inclusive Hotel Charges. at Carlyon's, Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 6

In claiming to give the greatest hotel value in Melbourne, Carlyon's Hotol Spencer Street, invites comparison of service, luxuriousness of appointments…

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Hiding Under Bed Hotel Thief Caught Pathetic Appeal

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 15

"I have the greatest sympathy for your mother, but I must do my duty," said Mr. Gates, C.S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, when he,…

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