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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 65

License Suspended Drove on After Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1928 · page 14

Stanley J. Harrison was, at the Parramatta Court to-day fined £10, and had his license suspended for three months, for having failed to stop his…

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Purchase of Hotel. Licensee Loses £120. Confidence Teick. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 11

A confidence trickster has been successfully operating in Albury district. In a township near the border a hotel property was acquired, and the business…

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Hotels' Closing Hours Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 7

Prohibitionists in Victoria would close at 1 o'clock on Saturdays. At the Prohibition League's annual conference to-day, it was announced…

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Canberra Hotels Lose £60,000 a Year Higher Tariffs Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Although their rates already are high, the Federal Capital Commission hotels are still losing money, and guests soon will be…

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No Refunds Unexpired Licenses Departments Rule

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 15

THE Chief Secratary's Department, according to the N.R.M., remains immovable in its opposition to any amendment of the existing system, which refuses…

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Cannot Sell Cable Licenses British Safeguard London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

MR. BALDWIN was asked in the House of Commons to-day what guarantees existed to prevent the transfer of privately-owned cable and wireless…

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Drove Past Tram Man Without License

Evening News · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 10

WHEN Arthur Lupple, of Gould-street, Bondi. was charged at Redfern Court to-day, with having driven a motor car past a stationary tram in…

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Holiday Rush. Hotels Crowded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 18

Next week is likely to prove Sydney's most crowded Easter. Managers leading city hotels and accommodation houses are agreed on that point. They declare that all…

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Hotel Robbery. Liquor Wasted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 14

Among the goods found on a man arrested after a long chase by Constables Kerr and and Knowles late last night, were bottles of brandy, whisky, and rum, and some pockets…

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Hotel Fight Gaoled for Assault "Associate of Gangs"

The Sun · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

There was mention of the shooting affray near Foveaux-street, City, on March 14, at the Rodfern Police Court to-day, when George Williams, aged…

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Licenses Reduction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

Balmain Electroate.—Deprivation Sittings.—At the Water Police Court. Phillip-street, at 10 a.m., the [?]d will [?]e its deter[?]on in regard in the licensed publi[?] premises in the Balmain elec…

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Bicycle Contests. European Licenses. London, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 17

The French Cyclists' International Union announce that it never had any intention to disqualify Australians. Misunderstanding on the [?]int was due to the fact of the congress…

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NO. 3 Jury Causes (Darlinghurst). (Before Mr. Justice Campbell and Jury.) Sale of Hotel. Gordon v Burnett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 14

George Gordon sued William Burnett (trading as Burnett and Co.) on a claim for £49/9/, as portion of the amount paid for the licen[?]se, goodwill, and furniture of the…

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Mrs. Miller Gets a Letter From Her Husband "Red Rose" Lancaster Now Takes Orders Like Chauffeur Metamorphosis in a Longreach Hotel

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 3

AT LONGREACH (Q.) a mercurial boyish figure, in white shirt and knickerbockers, incongruously called Mrs. Miller, got out of the Avro Avian…

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Wild and Wide One on the Publican

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 16

It was near closing time and the bar on Spring Hill was packed. The publican had been having a birthday and was boasting of his virtues, when a…

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Thrice De-licensed Aviator Again in Bad Books Nelson's Crime

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1928 · page 10

Reg. C. Nelson, one of Sydney's best, aviators, is in the bad books of the aviation authorities. His offence was that late in the…

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STABBED Darlinghurst Hotel Brawl Man Charged

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1928 · page 3

A free fight between about a dozen men, and which lasted ten minutes, was responsible for Reginald Jenkins, 22, of Dowling-st…

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Hotels to Go Balmain's Three License Board Fiat

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 7

THE chairman of the Licenses Reduction Board, Mr. Adrian, announced at the Water Police Court to-day that three hot[?] in the…

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"Blackmail Me" Ex-bishop's Plea Gardeners License London [?]

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 1

THE Right Rev Gerord [?] ex-Bishop of North-West[?]tralia and now rector of C[?] fined 40-at Newport. Isle of W[?]…

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A Fact a Day About Sydney Old Centennial Hall Now Civic Centre: Council Meetings in Good Old Days: Mostly Held in Hotels: Former Commission's Regime

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 17

NOT one person to a thousand in Sydney would know where Centennial Hall is If you asked to be directed to It. It was the original name, not…

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