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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 64

Ex-barrier Licensee

Evening News · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday, at his residence at Rushcutter'a Bay. of Mr. James Fern Henderson, formerly a well-known Broken Hill hotelkeeper and…

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Tragic Fire. in Shanghai Hotel. Ten Persons Killed. SHANGHAI, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 11

Ten persons, the majority of them Eur[?] peans and Americans, were killed in a fire which mysteriously broke out in the King Edward Hotel this morning. The killed, it is…

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Hotel Premises Condemned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 6

It was reported at the last meeting of the Granville Municipal Council by the health inspector (Mr. T. Bleasdale) that the Race(course Hotel at Rosehill had been allowed…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 12

At the annual general meeting of the United Licensed Vic[?] Association the following. among others, were [?]red elected as members of the council for [?]—Messrs…

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Rosehill Hotel Removal Granville Opposition (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 8

Sir,--Again I am directed by the Granville Labor League to crave space for the publication of a protest against the projected removal of the Racecourse Hotel…

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Licensed Victuallers Meet

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 8

At the annual general meeting of the railed Licenced Vietunalelrs' Association at the School of Arts. Pitt Street. Sydney, on Tuesday. March 5. the following members…

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Burnt to Death in Hotel Thrilling Scenes in Big Hongkong Fire HONGKONG

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 4

A disastrous fire destroyed Hongkong's leading hotel, the King Edward, in the early hours of this morning, with heavy loss…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 1

The Railway Hotel at Tallarook was destroyed by are this morning. The staff and guests escaped, and all their goods and furniture were saved…

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Hotel Cooks' Wages Appeal to Commission

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 8

Wages of cooks in hotel are regulated to a degree. according to the class of hotel in which they are employed, The class is determined by the cost of the average…

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Parramatta from Day to Day Early-Morning Crash Car Strikes Hotel Wall Girls Went Away Quietly

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 16

Early in the morning of February in a taxi cab approached the Westernroad corner, Parramatta, at a rapid rate, and the driver being unable to…

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Oriental Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 13

Melbourne, Thursday.-- No bid was made for the Oriental Hotel, Collins- street, this afternoon. The auctioneer said he would not take less than…

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"Bibling" Australia Work Among Migrants and In Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

Stress was laid at the Bible Society's Conference yesterday on the need for "Bibling" Australia. "If Australia hopes to build up…

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Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Tractors For the Farm or the Road, Business of Pleasure Motorist's License Wrongly Endorsed by a Policeman

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 18

The National Roads and Motorists' Association is inquiring into a complaint by a member that his license was endorsed recently by a police…

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Police Accused License Endorsed No Conviction

Evening News · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 12

THE N.R.M.A. is inquiring into a [?] by a member that his [?] recently endorsed by a constable without any [?] haring been recorded…

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Licensing Appeal Upheld. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 14

Charles C. Waterstreet, formerly licenses of the Raliway Commercial Hotel, Albury, appealed against his conviction by Mr, A. G, Hardwick, P.M., who fined him £20, with…

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Organisation Wanted for Hotel Slaves LITHGOW

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 3

Hotel and restaurant employees in Lithgow are beginning to wonder if there is a union to cover their calling. Even the few who are members of…

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Coach and Horses Randwick Hotel Sold £36,500 Deal

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 18

Subject to the approval of the vendor, the sale of the Coach and Horses Hotel, Randwick, was effected at auction to-day, the price being £86,500…

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Toll of Electricity Men Handling Live-Wires Should be Licensed Reform Imperative

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 March 1929 · page 4

The toll bare electric wires are taking of human life in Sydney is terrible. To keep Sydney in commission with power and light costs more human life in a fortnight than the fight for Australian freedom at Eureka…

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Chapel in Hotel Baltimore A Retreat of Peace Why a Chapel is Needed Where All Creeds May Worship

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 March 1929 · page 23

PROFITING by the example of the past, when the mediaeval traveller could find a chapel in which to meditate and pray in a wayside inn, the Hotel Baltimore, in New York, recently opened within its walls a similar chapel, where…

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Drunken Driver Coming from Races Heavy Fine and License Suspended

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 4

Geoffrey Baden Powell Keane went to Rosehill races on Saturday, March 9, and according to his own statement had five lagers…

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