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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 65

Tired Tim's Hotel

The World's News · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 6

Many luxuries will be available for tramps who call at the new Edmonton casual ward for one hundred men and thirty women, erected at a cost of £22,000. Half the casuals…

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Hotels to Close. On Referendum Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 15

In view of questions which have been raised. concerning the closing of licensed premises on Saturday next, the Crown Law Department points out that the law requires that no…

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Both Ways? F.C. Commissioners "Perks" Reduced Hotel Tariffs Query in Parliament Canberra

The Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 13

In the House of Representatives tomorrow Dr. Maloney (Lab. Vic.) will ask the Minister for Home and Territories (Sir Neville Howse) whether…

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Saturday Will Be Dry Hotels to Close Referendum Issue

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 4

WHATEVER the result of Saturday's prohibition vote, the public will, at any rate, enjoy the pleasures or regrets of total abstinence on the…

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State Will Be "Dry" for One Day All Licensed Premises Close on

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 7

Whatever is the result of next Saturday's vote, New South Wales will be "dry" for one day at least. The Crown Law authorities have…

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Loses Car License Hotelkeeper Drunk

Evening News · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 18

LIONEL AUGUSTINE DEMPSEY, 40, hotelkeeper, was fined £15 with £1[?] costs at Parramatta Court, and was disqualified from holding a…

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Publicans Fined at Hay. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 12

At the Court of Petty Sessions John Jones, licensee of the South Hay Hotel, was charged under the Pure Foods Act with selling a bottle of whisky which was not of the nature…

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Not Longer, But Shorter Hotel Trading Hours Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 7

A rumor that hotel hours were likely to be altered from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. [?]as at present to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., has been officially denied by the Home Secretary,…

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Drank Too Much Publican Loses License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 10

Lionel Augustine Dempsey, at the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, admitted having driven a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…

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Alleged Joke Licensee and Firemen Hoaxed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 1

The licensee was surprised when two fire engines pulled up at the Northern Hotel, Parramatta, last Saturday evening…

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Motor Driving License

The Land · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 16

"Omega": (1) A person must be sit least 17 years of age before he can hold a driver's license. (2) A person must bo at least 16…

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Prohibition Station Hands' Votes Hotels to Close

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 2

Inquires have been received from graziers and others as to whether station hands are entitled under the pastoral awards to a holiday to-morrow…

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On the Land. Dairy Esport Board. Diversion of Shipments. Licensed Agents Warned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 11

Complaints of failure by shippers to comply with the requirements of the Dairy Product Export Control Act were considered at a sitting; of the Dairy Produce Export Board…

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Hotel Entered Burglary Through the Night

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 1

Burglars entered the Royal Hotel, Blacktown, during the early hours of Thursday morning of last week and got away with…

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Mayor's Story "Come to Terms" Hotel Application

Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 3

A REMARKABLE story [?] told by the Mayor of Lidcombe, Ald F. N. W[?] Parramatta [?] Court [?] for a hotel…

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"To Terms?" Alleged Overtures License Refused

The Sun · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 3

Without hearing evidence for the objectors, the Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday dismissed a petition by T. Trautwein for a license for a…

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Hotels Closed; Polling 8 A.m. to 7 P.m

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 2

All hotels will be closed to-day. The polling booths will open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. By 9 o'clock to-night the first results will commence to come to the…

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City Commissioners Will License Car Attendants

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 September 1928 · page 13

At a meeting of the City Commissioners recently, Mr. Garlick submitted that it would be advisable for the Commission to sock authority to prevent any…

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The Bang Bang Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 2 September 1928 · page 54

IN our small town. Chief, and about one hundred yards from our house, stands the old Bang Bang Hotel. It is not used as an hotel now, and an old…

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For Liquor Canberra Is Wet Licenses Lead Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 2 September 1928 · page 2

Canberra to -day held its first public poll on the question of the liquor policy in the Federal Territory…

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