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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 65

Bigger Crowds Railway Figures Hotels Filling

The Sun · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 12

Bigger crowds for the show than last year are anticipated by the Railways Department "About 6800 people travelled to…

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Pony Licenses

The Sun · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 20

Permits to ride have been granted by the Associated Racing Clubs to R. G. Craft, J. W. Manning and. J. Ellis. Permission to ride in races was…

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Man Stabbed in Brawl Outside Hotel Police Make an Arrest

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

Believed by the police to have been the sequel to a long-drawn-out tight between a number of men at Darlinghurst, Reginald Jenkins. 22. carpenter…

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Record Easter in Sight Many Turned Away from Hotels "Station for a Bed"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 2

Signs are that, with the weather gods in kindly mood, it will be a record Easter. The big hotels are already booked out…

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Fierce Hotel Battles Victim Refuses to Name His Attacker

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 5

In furious fights at [?]otels at Waverley and Darlinghurst on Satday, two men were badly injured. One was stabbed, and refused to…

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Three Hotels. Deprived of Licenses. Board's Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 20

The Licenses Reduction Board yesterday announced its decision to deprive three hotels of their licenses in the old five-member electorate of Balmain, from October 28 next…

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Man with Gun at Hotel Window Heavy Fine Imposed

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 13

IT was stated at the Central Court to-day that Samuel Ed word Lavern, 21, was sitting at a third floor window of a hotel in…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved the following transfers of pu[?] licenses:- The Carlton Hotel, Cast[?]gh-street, from Henry Clemens Holden to James Alfred Duncan; the…

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Drunken Motorist. License Suspended. for Five Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 7

Frederick George Blundell, aged 37 years, an engineer, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with having driven a motor lorry wh[?]st under the infl[?]ce of liquer…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into Hotel, Metropole Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 5

The City Coroner, Mr. Fletcher, opened an inquiry yesterday into the collapse of scaffolding at the Hotel Metropole on March 22, in which…

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No Refund License Fee Motorists Suffer

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 18

WHEN a motorist surrenders his number-plate, because he intends, temporarily or permanently, to discontinue the use of a motor car,…

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Lapsed Driver's License

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 53

A COMPLAINT against what is considered to be an unduly harsh prosecution following the lapsing of a motorist's driving license has been…

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Motor Licenses

Evening News · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 12

The attention of the Chief Secretary. Mr. Bruntneil was drawn yesterday to the fact that when a motorist surrenders his number plate the traffic authorities do not make him any…

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FINED £20 License Cancelled Peter A. McINTOSH

The Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

Peter A. McIntosh, motor merchant, was lined £20 at the Central Police Court to-day, for driving his car while under the influence of liquor. His…

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No Refund on License

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 8

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell's) attention was drawn to the fact yesterday that when a motorist handed in his number plate and…

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How Sydney Will Spend Good Friday Hotels Theatres and Picture Shows Will be Closed Many Church Services

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

To-day is the most sacred day in the year, and there will be services at all churches, both in the city and suburbs…

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Grazier's Death. Collapsed in Hotel Lounge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 13

Mr. Albert Eckford, a grazier, residing at West Maitland, died in a city hotel last evening. Mr. Eckford was sitting in the lounge of the…

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Philanthropist Askey First Hotelkeeper to Get in "Who's Who"

Truth · Sunday 8 April 1928 · page 12

IF you happen to be wandering around the environs of the City Beautiful, and you observe a small stone-colored car, and in that car a sharp-eyed, keen, alert little man throwing handfuls of pennies to crowds of delighted kiddies—well, that's Askey…

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Novel Features in New York Hotel

Evening News · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 4

SOMETHING new in hotels has been constructed in New York. The decorations and details, it is stated, found their inspiration in certain everyday…

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Kiss-and-be-Friends Curtain to Royal Oak Comedy Navy First "Good-bye", "Good Luck" Hotel Lounge Scene Gibraltar

The Sun · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 1

"Good-bye, old man!" said Rear-Admiral Collard warmly. "Good luck," replied Captain Dewar. This was the cordial conclusion to a most friendly…

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