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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 64

Electrical Contractor's Licenses

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 7

The expiry of over five thousand licenses issued by the Electrical Contractors and Licensing Board has been deferred for a period of twelve months after the date upon which the…

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Paradise of New Guinea Land of Strange Contradictions Tennis and Football and Modern Hotels Rabaul

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

EVIDENCE of the increasing interest of Australians in the Territory over which the Commonwealth has been awarded a Mandate by the League of Nations, is the growth of a large tourist traffic, particularly in the southern winter month, between Australian ports and New Guinea--a traffic which…

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Unpaid Fare "Mistake" Says Licensee

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

"It was a mistake," said Elizabeth Chalmers at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday. She had been charged with travelling…

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Hotel Site Council's Condemnation "Too Near School"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 7

Strong condemnation of the site chosen for a new hotel in Lidcombe was made at a meeting of the local council last night…

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Gun Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 7

Sergeant Dobbie, of Ryde, expresses a wish that newspaper readers who are holders of licenses for guns, revolvers and pistols may be reminded of the fact…

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Hotel Australia

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 9

Sir Thomas Hughes, M.L.C. has been appointed chairman and managing director of the Hotel Australia Company Mr. P. E Kelly has been appointed a…

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Motor License Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 8

William Harold Brown, aged 38, mechanic, was fined £15. In default three months' imprisonment, at the Central Police Court yesterday for having driven a motor car in…

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Council Doings Against Hotel Site "Bad Example for Children" Council Disapproves

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

Bitter opposition to the erection of an hotel in John-street. Lidcombe, opposite the public school was voiced at the Lidcombe Council last night,…

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Punched Him on the Nose Brawl in City Hotel

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 1

"I tendered a pound note in the Macquarie Hotel. Wentworth Avenue, to pas for two drinks for a friend and myself when the defendant sadchest…

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Driving Without a License

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

"On January a defendant was remanded on the charge of driving under the influence of liquor and with out a license. The following day he…

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Zig-zagging Car on New Year's Eve Fined £15 and License Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 10

That William Harold Brown's car zig-zagged for 40 yards in George Street West, on New Year's Eve, while Brown was sitting with his head over…

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Deaf Mute Drivers Disqualification for Obtaining Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 12

A conference of officials of the Australian Adult Deaf and Dumb organisations has decided to ask that deafness and dumbness should not in itself…

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Worked Without a License Watersider Is Fined Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

The City Court fined William Atkinson Clingly 10, with £246 costs for engaging as a waterside worker at Port Melbourne on November 19…

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Lost License for Assault Wharfie's Appeal Fails Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

An appeal against the cancellation of his waterside workers' license wan made in the City Court to-day. by George Wilson…

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Hotel Cecil. Happy Dances and Gala Revelry

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Cronulla’s popular cabaret dc luxe, which has for some time been the Mecca for festive gatherings, was again crowded with a happy throng of revellers. There…

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Hotel Cecil

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

The guests at the Hotel Cecil this week include:— Mr. and Mrs. Ware, Miss Ware, Mr. and Mrs. Jordon, Mrs. Regan, Mr. and…

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R.A.N.'s Desperate Gunman Shooting Drama in Bar of an English Hotel H.M.A.S. "Canberra's" Brave Days at Portsmouth

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 2

IT IS NOT OFTEN in these piping days of peace that the men of the Royal Australian Navy find a splash of color across the drab days of dull routine. JUST NOW AUSTRALIA'S brand-new cruiser, H.M.A.S…

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Pistol Licenses

The Biz · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

Licenses for concealable weapons of barrells, less than 9 inches, expired on December 31, and should be renewed at once…

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Wentworth Hotel Guests

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 17

Mr. and Mrs. B. Tripp (Timaru, N.Z.), Miss Fulfor (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. C. Danvers (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs. Riddett (Palmerston, N.Z.), Mr. Wm. Ross…

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