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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 65

"Extravagant !" City Hotel Keeper "Speculated at Races"

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 14

"The evidence clearly shows that the bankrupt mismanaged the hotel from first to last. He kent no proper books of account, and…

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Parkes Publican Sandbagged Thief Escapes in Car with Rich Haul

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 9

It was reported at Police Headquarters yesterday, that H. T. O'Neill, the licensee of the Railway Hotel at Parkes just before midnight on Friday, was…

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Motor Licenses Not Renewed Victoria Gets a Bombshell Country Roads Board's Drastic Action Sydney Concerned, Too : "Rocket" Car After World's Record : Will New Speedway Overcome Hoodoo?

Referee · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 17

Indignation has been created in Victoria by the action of the Country Roads Board in refusing to renew licenses for motor services on country roads, and thus preventing them from competing with the railways. THIS is a more drastic step than one…

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Mr. Coates' Charge. Against Prohibition Bodies Hotelkeepers' Subsidies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 15

Serious charges against unspecified prohib[?] tion bodies were made by the secretary of the Citizens' Rights and Liquor Refrom Association (Mr. P. H. Coates). speaking in…

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Publican's Bankruptcy. Certificate of Discharge Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 10

In delivering his reserved judgment concerning the application by Thomas Patrick Coffey for a certificate of discharge yesterday, the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. N. C. Lockhart)…

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Liquor License Increases. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 12

Sir,—Mr. Lee, Minister for Justice, in asking for an increase in hotel license fees, contends that, because no reduction took place in the price to the public consequent…

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"Mismanaged Hotel"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 14

The Registrar in Bankruptcy yesterday stated that he could not grant a discharge in connection with a certificate application by Thomas' Patrick…

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Rose Bay Hotel New License Granted

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 10

On December 22 last year the Licensing Court refused a petition for the granting of a publican's license to William Mathias Westphal for premises…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. a Rose Bay License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 8

Hearing was commenced of an appeal by Frank Alfred Wyatt, of 9 Balfour-road, Rose Bay, crude mineral merchant, and other residents of Rose Bay, against the adjud[?]cation…

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777 Rooms London's New Hotel London

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 1

London s latest hotel,The Royal, opens on Friday in Russell-square,when the entire 777 bedrooms will be occupied. The maximum standard…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. a Rose Bay License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

Hearing was concluded of the appeal by Frank Alfred Wyatt, of 9 Balfour-road, Rose Bay, crude mineral merchant, and other residents of Rose Bay, against the adjudication of…

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Rose Bay Hotel Judge Grants License

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 3

William Matthias Westphal applied to the Licensing Court on December 22, 1927, for a hotel license for premises proposed to be erected and…

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Cost of Divorce Drama Is Wine Too Dear? What Public Thinks Industry Shackled Suggested License Reform

Evening News · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

RESPONSIBILITY for the lack of organised control of the wine industry, it is contended, lies not with the Minister for Markets, Mr. Paterson, or his department, but in the main with the industry itself…

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Hotel on Wheels Luxurious Land Cruisers Pyle's Staff Car

The Sun · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 18

Though he may like to see other people run, "Cash and Carry" Pylo prefers to ride--and to do that in comfort…

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Secrethistory of the Day The Trickster, the "Tenner" and the "Good Thing at the Races"--On the Job With the Wrong Telephone Number Dance Club--One on a Wowser Who Brought the Fleas to the Artists' Studio?--How a Publican Saved His License--There They Were Waiting at the Church--Heiress Who Wasn't

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 19

A QUIET, suave, middle-aged trickster left bitter memories behind him in Darlinghurst, (Sydney) recently. Calling at…

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Robberies. Hotels and Shops. One Man Arrested. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 18

Three hotels and three business premises were broken into on Thursday night. More than £90 worth of goods, said to have been stolen from one shop, were found in a stolen…

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Man's Allegations. Disbelived by Police. "Stabbed in an Hotel."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 18

The police, after full Investigation, disbelieve the story of George Robert Allingham, 36, a shearer, of Franklin-street, Glebe, who complained yesterday afternoon that he bad…

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Once Hotel Edgecliff P.o

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

The Woollahra Council, which is in hopes that the department will build a new post office at Edgec[?]ff on the site of the existing one has been…

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Hotel Robbery Money & Clothes Stolen

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

Clothes and money to the value of £52 19s were stolen from the bedroom of McQuillan's Hotel, Liverpool-road. Bankstown, yesterday…

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Fire at Hotel Arcadia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Three brigades raced to an outbreak of fire in the basement of the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt Street, City, yesterday. A big blaze was feared, but the…

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