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Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 62

Hotel Mystery Victim's Widow in Hospital Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 15

The widow of John Robert Hindmarsh, who was killed and robbed of three diamond rings at the Grosvenor Hotel on Saturday, is still a patient…

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License Suspended

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 6

While under the influence of intoxicating liquor on February 8. Christopher McCarthy, 40, commercial traveller, drove ills motor car along…

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Another Hotel Lithgow Wants It Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 February 1927 · page 5

The question of hotel accommodation in Lithgow is coming to tho fore. A petition is being promoted for the licensing of another hotel, and the…

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Gun License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 1

We have been requested to make known the fact which the police have been busy impressing upon parents recently, that it is illegal, without a license, to carry any…

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Fruit Export. Licenses Necessary. Levy Imposed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 14

The Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr. Paterson) announced to-day that on and after Monday next, February 14, no canned apricots, clingstone peaches, or pears would…

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Hotel Building. Scheme Abandoned. A.M.P. Society Purchases Site. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 14

It has been decided to abandon the project to erect a large modem hotel at the corner of Collins and Market streets, city. It was announced to-day by Mr. T. M. Burke, who…

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Hotel Murder. Police Researches. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 13

There was a development to-day in the police investigations into the murder of Mr. J. R. Hindmarsh at the Grosvenor Hotel on Saturday afternoon, when £180 worth of…

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BB Hearth and Home and Highway Bb Are Women Vandals? Hotel Manager Says "Yes"

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 7

ACCORDING to the manager of a leading city hotel, women generally speaking are cruelly indifferent to the value of the furnishings of…

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Camping Where Hotels Are Crowded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 1

It is expected that thousands of motorists will camp in the Federal Capital Territory during the Duke of York's visit…

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Mainly for the Beginner License Fees -- Who Pays Them Steadily Increasing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 2

The figures recently published by the Postmaster-General's Department show that the number of licensed listeners is still increasing, particularly in…

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For Palm Beach Hotel Ranted Two Appeals

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 24

The question whether a new hotel is to be built at Palm Beach is embraced in two appeals begun before Judge Edwards yesterday in the Quarter…

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Driving Without License

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 1

A F1NE of 10/-, with 5/6 costs, was imposed on Robert Osboun, at Penrith Police Court on Monday for driving a motor car at Emu Plains, when…

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"Please, License Us" Greengrocers' Request to Council Want Protection Against the Casual Hawker

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 1

Greengrocers of Penrith want Council to license people engaged in that trade, as a means of protection for them against the…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Edwards.) Appeals Against Licensing Court Decisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 12

An appeal was made on behalf of Carl Beeston Gow againas the adjudication of the Metropolitan Licensing Court of using to recommend his petition for the giant to him of a…

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Hotel Murder Two Men Detained Tell-tale Envelope Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 8

The finding of an envelope, bearing the name "S. Dutton," among the possessions of two men, caused them to be remanded, without bail, on a charge…

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Barmaid Shot by Burglar in City Hotel Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1927 · page 2

Ida Hutchinson, a barmaid employed in a Queen-street hotel, was entering her room to-night when she disturbed an intruder, who drew a revolver and fired…

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Double Murder Dreadful Discovery in Fremantle Hotel Mother and Son Killed Grim End to Pretty Woman's Gay Life

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1927 · page 6

The discovery in a bedroom of a Fremantle hotel of the dead bodies of a young woman of 24 and her four-years-old son has brought to light one of the most fiendish acts of murder in the criminal annals of the State—and West Australia has a grim record. The history of the murdered Woman provides a sad, but sordid story, and the dreadful slaughter of the little…

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Stolen Frock Hotel Bar Discovery

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 9

WHEN Moll[?] Williams 33, was charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen dresses valued at [?]…

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Shooting Affray. In a Hotel. Barmaid Wounded. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 12

A sensational shooting affray took place at the Stock Exchange Hotel, Queen-street, city, early on Saturday evening, as a result of which Ida Hutchinson, 23, a barmaid, is in…

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Is It Murderer's Body? Revolver Found by Side Death Cheats the Police Fed'ral Hotel Tragedy Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 1

While walking along the foreshores at South Perth, a resident of the district came across the body of a man in an advanced…

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