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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 65

Bar Rushed New Hotel Opened 370 Thirsty Men Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 6

When the State Electricity Commission's £30,000 hotel was opened at Yallourn at 4 p.m. yesterday 170 men rushed the bar, and at 6.30 p.m. there…

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£30,000 Hotel Opened at Yallourn Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 7

Yallourn's £30,000 hotel was opened for customers to-day. All it equipments, from bar to kitchen, are electrically supplied…

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Theft From Pacific Hotel Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 5

On the night of September 22 the bar of the Pacific Hotel. Scott Street, Newcastle, was entered and [?] in money and some spirals were stolen…

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Country Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 6

"Interested" tells his experience: -- Passing through a mountain resort the other day, I called in at the local hotel and said to the lady of the house,…

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Hotel Thrill Explosives Fired Tasmanian Outrage Burnit[?]

Evening News · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 5

THE [?] dangered then an [?] made to bios up hotel a [?] coast [?]…

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A Woman's Skirt Startling Request in an Hotel Lounge

The World's News · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 15

"Kindly pull your dress down, madam. The manager sent me to tell you to do it." This was the startling message that a waitress brought the other day o a woman…

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Adelaide Watersiders. "Misled Into Licensing." Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 15

Wharf labourers refused to-day to resume work, contending that they had been misled into taking out licecses on the previous day by the promise of a conference with the…

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Newcastle. Coal Trimmers License. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 15

The coal trimmers at an aggregate meeting this afternoon decided, it is understood, unanimously, to take out licenses under the Act…

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Hotel Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 16

A protest against excessive hotel charges is made by "New Zealander," in a letter to the Editor. A party of three, he states, visited a tourist resort, and at a hotel had…

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Hotel Strike. Employers' Terms Rejected Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 16

The conference between the Hotelkeepers' Association and the industrial council was resumed this afternoon. The employers offered an increase of 5/ all round to the house staff…

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Liquor Licenses. Action at Canberra Delayed. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 14

It is likely that another two months will elapse before liquor licenses are issued in Canberra in accordance with tha result of the recent referendum…

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Many Amateurs at Newcastle Seeking Licenses Phosphates Unloaded by Free Labor Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 1

Over 500 men have applied for licenses to work along the waterfront. Many of them have never seen a ship's sling before, but nevertheless they…

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Many Hotels Black Broken Hill Liquor Trade Trouble Broren Hill

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 8

A meeting of affiliated unl[?]ets decided but they would support the strike of hotel employees and that nature of nation his catering "black" hotels should be…

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Party Cost Him £10 and His License Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 3

When James [?]emkin went to a party of Paxton recently in his car be indulged too much in interesting liquor, and was [?] to [?] the gears of the…

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Not Sufficient Taxi-Driver's License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 4

Edward Kelly (61), at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, was charged with having stolen, at Parramatta between July 1 and July 31, a lamp belonging to…

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Electricians' Licenses Early Examinations

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 7

The Minister for Local Government. Mr. Bruxner, announced yesterday that an examination under the Electrical Contractors and Electricians'…

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Hotel Strike Still on Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 7

At a conference held between the Hotelkeepers' Association and the Industrial Council, employers offered as increase of [?] round to the house staff, and [?]…

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No Extension of Strike Yet Conference Decision Application for Licenses Still Held in Abeyance Consultation with Unions Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

THE Ma[?] Conference at all day. No official statement was made but it is understood that the conference is discussing the motion passed at the previous conference, that no watersiders should apply for licenses. It is probable that this motion will be reaflirmed…

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W.A. Cartefs Decline Licenses Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 1

A largely [?]ded special meeting of the Metropolitan Drivers and Carters' Union at Frema[?] Trades Hall [?] night decided not to take…

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Bookmakers. Eligibility Doubted. Hotel Licensees. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 13

The question whether a bookmaker can hold an hotel license came up in the Licensing Court to-day, when Matthew Dougherty, who stated that he had been a bookmaker for…

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