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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 65

License Suspended Motorist "Under the Influence"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 2

Very much under the influence of liquor, Patrick Joseph O'Keefe came out of the hotel at Fairfield and got into his motor-car. He had barely…

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No Distinction Magistrate Suspends License "All Over the Road"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 1

James Johnson Lennon, at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, pleaded guilty when charged with having driven a motor car while under the influence…

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Hotel Metropole Profit of £22.898

Evening News · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 9

DURING the year ended June 30 the Hotel Metropole. Limited, showed a trading profit or £22,898. and £1414 was received as Interest. Land and income…

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No License Premier's Official Dangerous Driving

Evening News · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 9

JAMES Forties Fletcher, described as an investigation officer of the Premier's Department, appeared at Balmain Court to-day on charges of…

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No License Taren=pt. Fatality Car Driver Fined

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 19

There was an echo of the Taren Point drowning fatality last month at the Kognrah Court today, when John Shepherd Affleck, of Maroubra…

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"Caught Every Time" Driver Without License Fourth Conviction

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 19

"Defendant uses, a cor very seldom, but when he does he gets caught by the police every time," said Mr. Finlay, solicitor, at the Balmain Police Court…

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Nose Cut Off Newcastle Hotel Assault "Not Going to Squeal" Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

Jack Whalen, 48, wharf laborer, win assaulted in the co[?]dor of a local hotel about 6 p.m on Saturday…

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Helped Himself to Hotel's Whisky

Evening News · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 10

IT was stated at the Central Court to-day that about 3 p m yesterday [?] Waliace Tanner, 98 laborer, went into the Blue Anchor Bolel,…

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The Turf. No. 1 Trainers' Licenses. the Likely Ones

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 16

It is the ambition of a majority of trainers to have a No. 1 license, which entitles them to train their horses on the Randwick course. A number of vacancies occurred within a…

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Hotel Metropole Reduced Profit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 15

Hotel Metropole, in its annual accounts, shows a profit of £16,766 for 1928, after providing for land and income taxes, compared with £18,026 the previous year. With…

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Building Industry. the Grand Hotel. New Building in Hunterstreet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 10

The license of the Grand Hotel, which stood for many years In York-street North (Princess-street), has been removed to Hunterstreet. The old building has been demolished…

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Hotel Metropole Profit Well Maintained

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 18

The year ended June 30 was a difficult one for Hotel Metropole. Ltd. Building operations interfered with the conduct of the business. Unsettled…

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Mans Face Cut Affray in a Hotel Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 5

CHARGED to-day with having inflected [?] harm on John berer [?] for a week…

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Lost License

The Sun · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 9

On a charge of having driven a motor car along Hilltop- crescent on Saturday night while under the influence of drink. Frederick Arthur…

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England Swelters in Heat Wave Nineteen Fine Days and No Change Signs Seaside Hotels Half Empty; Are Cars to Blame? No All-night Parking London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4

A heat-wave, extending from the Red Sea across Europe and to New York, is giving England the longest spell of fine weather since the…

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Car Hotel Eleven Floors Garage Part of Office Building

The Sun · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 16

The first modern ramp garage built as an integral part of a metropolitan office building has just been opened in Detroit (U.S.A.) for the use of…

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Government May Speed Up Broadcasting Scheme Taking Over Plant Before Present Licenses Expire No New Department--P.M.G. Still to Have Control--Fate of "B" Stations Labor Antagonistic to the Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 3

Though existing broadcasting licenses do not expire until towards the end of next year, it is possible that a move will be made to enable the new policy of Government control to be put into effect before then…

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Country Hotels More Accommodation Graziers' Protest

The Sun · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 8

Two resolutions of the Graziers' Association, protesting against the lace of accommodation in many country hotels and the effects of de licensing…

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Sport and Sportsmen. Bookmakers Who Scale Country Racegoers Clubs Should Not Let Wolves Into the Fold on License Day a Guarantee System Needed

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 July 1928 · page 5

AN amazing fact brought to light by experiences at recent country meetings is the case with which unendorsed bookmakers can operate and catch the public for their cash…

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Unknown Old Woman Falls Heavily in Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 July 1928 · page 2

A woman of the following description fell down in an hotel in Norton-street, Leichhardt, last night, and is in Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious condition:…

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