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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 65

Thieves at Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 9

Theirs who broke into the Fig Tree Hotel, Hunter's Hill, last night, opened the till, and stole money and jewellery valued in all at £75…

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Nicol Beats Miller Right Uppercut Causes Disqualification Offender Further Punished by Stadium Authorities : Too Much License for Wrestlers

Referee · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 10

Just when one was wondering on Monday how much further Referee Tom Bannon would tolerate the extremely rough work by wrestlers Miller and Nicol at the Stadium, he disqualified Walter Miller for delivering a right uppercut to the chin, after being himself thrown over the ropes into…

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£200 FINE. Hotelkeeper Charged. Illicit Spirit. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 15

John Thomas Lindsay, of the Commercial Hotel, Port Kembla, was fined £200 on a charge of having illicit spirit on his premises. The defendant, who pleaded not guilty, was…

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Historic Hotel. to Be Demolished. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 16

With the sale of the old Bushmen's Home Hotel the remaining link at South Forbes with gold-mining days and Ben Hall and his gang has been lost. This old structure was erected…

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GRABBED £180 and Ran Audacious Hotel Thief Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 1

The basement of the Palace Hotel was the scene of an audacious robbers at noon to-day. An unknown man entered the office and snatched a…

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Applications for A.j.c. Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 28

Trainers, jockeys, bookmakers, and bookmakers' clerks, who wish to be licensed by the A.J.C., are reminded that their applications must be lodged…

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"Hard Drinker" Coroner Outspoken Driver and License

Evening News · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 16

CAUSTIC comment concerning the driver of a car which was involved in a fatal smash, was made by the City Coroner, Mr. E. A. May, to-day…

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Growers Want the Barrows Licenses Should be Increased, Not Reduced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1928 · page 7

That the decision of the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) in upholding the policy of the Civic Commission to gradually eliminate…

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Turned Down Hotel License Transfer Not for Trippers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Announcing that the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood did not justify the removal of the present hotel license, from Rooty Hill, to a new site…

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Broadcasting. "B" Class Stations. No Revenue From Licenses. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 10

The proposal of "B" class broadcasting stations to ask the Postmaster-General (Mr. Gibson) to allocate portion of the revenue received from broadcasting licenses to them was…

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Hotels Raided by Police. Bar-room Bettors Fined

The Propeller · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 8

Acting under special warrants Sergeants Harrowsmith, Fergusson, and Dean, accompanied by Constables Hardy and Gee, made a raid on two hotels at…

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Hotel Transfer Penrith to Glenbrook Application Lodged

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 1

Application, has been made for the transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel, Henry Street, Penrith, to premises to be erected on…

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Gossip and Gossips Family Hotel Family

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 June 1928 · page 13

MELBOURNE'S millionaire-pub owner - financier, James Richardson,…

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Assault in Hotel

Evening News · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 4

At Parramatta Court to-day William Ryan, 58, was fined £5, with 10/- cost and ordered to pay £10 compensation on a charge of having annulled John…

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"Police Pimp" Man Assaulted at Hotel "Run for Your Life"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 1

"There's a police pimp!" William Ryan thus referred to John Wm. Bell in the bar of the Locomotive Hotel at Auburn last Saturday…

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Fight in a Hotel After Football Match

Evening News · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 12

AFTER a football match at Campsie on Saturday, a number of members of the two teams repaired to a local hotel where an argument arose between two…

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Hotel Safe Robbed. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 12

A safe at the Grand Junction Hotel, West Maitland, was robbed between 10.30 and 11 o'clock this morning. A cash box containing £142 in cash and cheques was stolen. Later…

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Country News. Booth Licenses Refused. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 12

Mrs. Lena Bellotti, of the Aberdare Hotel, Weston, made an application to the Licensing-Court to-day for booth licences at the Weston soccer ground for football matches…

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"Spotting for Spots" a Publican's Lottery Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 6

An unusual breach of the law relating to gambling was disclosed at the Bathurst Police Court to-day, when Percy Edwin Pardey, licensee of the…

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Design Keeps Us 10 Years Behind the Times Dr. Hamilton's Statement Finds Support "Hotel" Hospitals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 10

The opinion expressed by Dr. Hamilton, Medical Superintendent of Newcastle Hospital, that Australian hospital planning was ten…

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