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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1928

1,290 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 65

Hotel License Transferred. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 12

Mr. W. S. Arnott presided at a special licensing court to-day, when permission was granted to remove the existing license of the Pioneer Hotel, recently destroyed by fire, to…

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Loaded Revolver Didn't Have License

Evening News · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 20

DAVID R. GOURLAY. a clerk, was fined £3 at Burwood Court for having bad two unlicensed pistols in his possession, at Enfield. on November 14…

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Waterfront License. Cancellation Set Aside. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 12

The first appeal against the cancellation of a license issued under the Transport Workers Act was heard in the Melbourne District Court to-day. The appellant was Wm…

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Two in Hotel Bedroom Peter Friday Saw Man Go In

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 3

What he saw one night in the Albury Hotel, was told to Mr. Justice Davidson and a jury, by Peter Friday, when the Southewell…

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City Hotel Sold for £33,000 £6000 Profit in Seven Months

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 2

The Carlton Club Hotel, Young Street, was sold yesterday for £33,000 by Mr. W. B. Pilling, the present licensee, to Mr. D. Levy,…

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"License Them" Cafes and Restaurants Dirty Premises Questions in the House

The Sun · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 14

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Fitzpatrick asked the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) whether he had…

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Drinks at Canberra Cabinet Considers Hotel Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Cabinet sat all day, but came to no definite conclusion about the form the Territory liquor license is to take…

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New Hotel for West Wallsend Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 5

The Licenses Reduction [?] at Newcastle granted the application of William Miller for the erection of a new hotel In Carrington St…

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Ex-Alderman is Shot After Separating Brawlers in Waterloo Hotel Train Fire Returning From Races Casing Alight Warwick Farm Sensation

The Sun · Sunday 9 December 1928 · page 2

One of the carriages of a train carrying passengers from Warwick Farm races yesterday caught fire and the train had to be…

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Casino Hotel License. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 12

Matthew Dougherty, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Casino, who intended to appeal against the decision of the police magistrate, who refused to grant him a license of the hotel…

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License Suspended Drunken Motor-Cyclist

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 1

Arthur T. Walsh, at the Liverpool Police Court last Thursday, admitted having ridden a motor cycle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in the…

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Ex- Alderman's Death Murder Charge Hotel Shooting Young Man Remanded

Evening News · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 4

FOLLOWING the shooting at waterloo on day afternoon in which Robert pro[?] an ex-alderman of the local…

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Murder Alleged Young Man Charged Ex-alderman's Death Shooting Affray at Waterloo Hotel

The Sun · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 13

Charged with the murder of ex-Ald. Robert Prophett, Thomas Garvey, aged 28, stood in the dock at the Redfern Police Court to-day. He stood rigidly at attention and throughout the proceedings, which only lasted three…

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Charge of Murder Fight in Hotel Bar Ends Fatally at Waterloo Ex-alderman

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 1

ROBERT PROPHETT, 30, who was shot in the abdomen during a brawl in an hotel at Waterloo shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday, succumbed…

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Murder Charge Follows Shooting in Hotel Bar Death of Ex-alderman Prophitt Shot Down When He Tried to Pacify Men in Heated Argument Revolver Thrown on to Roof

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 December 1928 · page 3

Mr. Robert Prophitt, a former alderman of Waterloo Council, who was shot in the stomach when he tried to pacify several arguing men at the George Hotel, Elizabeth Street, Waterloo, late on Saturday afternoon, died at the…

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Beer Gardens Canberra Hotels Capital Goes Wet Canberra

Evening News · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 9

CANBERRA has [?] to be a "dry area." To-day a [?]potary ordinance permitting the sale of liquor. was agreed to by the…

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Drunken Motorist. License Suspended for Three Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 9

James Thomas Noone, 26, a master butcher, was charged at the Parramatta Court yesterday with having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor, and with having…

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Hotel Riot. Wild Scene at Leeton. Five Men Injured. Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 11

A riot occurred in a hotel bar at Leeton on Saturday. According to eyewitnesses about a dozen Italians were provoked to violence by the taunts of three other men…

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N.s.w. Catches Up More Radio Licenses Chasing Victoria

The Sun · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 12

Although there are a greater number of radio listeners in Victoria, New South Wales is gradually overhauling the southern State, as the figures…

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Five Wounded in Leeton Riot Italians Slashed at Crowd in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 5

LEETON, Monday.--There was a serious brawl between Italians and Australians in a hotel here, and several men were, wounded by…

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