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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 65

Dancers Danced on Did Not Know Hotel Kitchen Was on Fire Cook Saved Chickens

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

In the ballroom of the Went-worth Hotel yesterday afternoon the ballet won rounds of applause for its cabaret numbers, happy…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Campbell and juries.) Sale of a Goulburn Hotel. McCloskey v Dulgan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 12

The plaintiff. Owen Patrick McClos[?]y, sued in this action to recover from Patrick Dulgan £135, alleged to be due as commission on the sale of the Hibernian Hotel, Goulburn, the…

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License System. Rejected by Unionists. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 17

Although a strong recommendation had been made by the Federal management committee of the Waterside Workers' Federation that the men should apply for licenses under the…

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Melb. Men Will Not License Hostile Meeting Officials' Suggestion Turned Down Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 1

Meetings of the Melbourne Wharf Laborers Union and the cort Phillip stevedores considered the advice by officials to register…

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"Hit-run" Driver Ex-Licensee Killed MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 October 1928 · page 2

Melbourne Police are exhaustively searching for the motorist who, at Collingwood last night, knocked down a man who subsequently died in Melbourne…

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Hotelkeeper's Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 October 1928 · page 12

Mr. Henry Thorpe, licensee of the Town Hall Hotel, Illawarra-road, Marrickville, reported to the police on Friday night that a sum exceeding £200 had been stolon from his…

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United Policy to Be Drafted Against Licensing Melb. Conference Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 October 1928 · page 1

[?]presentations of the Maritine and Transport Unions held a special conference on Saturday, when it was decided that the Water[?]ders' Federation…

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Have They Got a License?

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 October 1928 · page 1

These hopefuls may soon be brought under Mr. Bruntnell's new law…

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A.I.F. General Washes Dishes for His Living Discovered in Hotel at Quebec London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 1

ACCORDING to the "Daily News." Brigadier-General Charles Henry Gough, who is said to have served with the…

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Council of Action Takes Charge "No Licenses" Direction Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 5

THE Following determinations have been come to by the recently formed Brisbane Council of Action to control the waterside dispute…

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Will Wore Melb. Wharfies Under Licenses Stevedores to Fight Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 9

THE watersiders at their meeting to-day decided, by a large majority, to apply for licenses and resume work to-morrow,…

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Bullock in Hotel Bedrooms Owner and Maids Lock Themselves In

The World's News · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 2

Taking fright at a crowd in Brigg (Lincolnshire), a young bullock paid an unwelcome visit to the Wool Pack Inn. Running through the main entrance, it…

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Yellow Ticket and Dog License

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 6

Randolph Bedford in the Queensland "Worker" thus trenchantly criticises the Bruce-Page Government for its passing of the Transport Workers Act. IT is useless retracting the steps that…

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Brisbane Will License Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 11

Watersiders to-day decided to accept the Beeby-award, and take out licenses, provided free labor is taken off all wharves and ships. Shipowners have…

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Licensing Laws. Hotelkeepers' Action. Assistance for Police. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 11

In order to assist the police to enforce the provisions of the Licensing Act, the Goulburn Licensed Victuallers' Association has decided that each member shall forfeit to the…

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The Waterside Strike. Nearing the End. Sydney Communists Routed. Licensing in Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 11

Developments in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane yesterday indicated that the watersiders' strike is rapidly approaching a conclusion. Communist activities in the Sydney branch of the Waterside…

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City Gossip Usher's Hotel Pays 8 P.C. Marcus Clark's Capital Usher's Dividend Increased

The Sun · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 4

Increases of £5513 in gross profit and £1586 in net earnings are disclosed in the accounts of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., covering the…

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Rush to Work Many Wharfies Licensed Seamen Resume Special Police Closely Watch the Docks Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 14

Although it had been decided that all members of the Melbourne Wharf Laborers' Union should march in a body to the Customs House this morning to take out licences under the Transport Workers' Act, the men…

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Melb. Wharfmen Resume Decide to License Stormy Meeting

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. After a stormy meeting, 1550 members of the Melbourne Whaf-laborers' Union decided to-day to…

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A Skirmish in the Class War Barrier Hotels Dispute Settled

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 3

Following the rejection by the local Hotelkeepers’ Association of a log submitted by the Town Employees’ Union, all labor was withdrawn on…

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