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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 64

Transfer of License Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 22

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench refused an application for the removal of the Manchester Hotel. Kent-street, to premises known as Tudor House, Phillip-street, on the ground…

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Sydney Feels the Crush All Hotels Booked Out for Easter 30 P.C. More Than 1928

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 2

All city hotels are booked up for Easter, and Mr. J. Alt, Sydney stat[?]nmaster, expects the show traffic to be 30 per cent. greater…

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Manly Hotels, Ltd. Further Shrinkage in Profits

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 22

Manly Hotels, Ltd., runs the Hotel Pacific, at Manly. Its earnings have been on the down grade for the past four years…

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Hotel Plea Fails Not for Gladesville

Evening News · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 11

THE Licensing Board, sitting at Ryde Court, to-day, rejected by [?] the petition of ex-Senior [?] John Hawe for a publican's license…

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City Traffic Constables Should Have Driver's License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 18

That the calibre of the traffic police in Sydney is at least equal to that of the men on point duty in any of the other capitals cannot be denied, says the…

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Visitors to Sydney Guests from Other States at the Hotel Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 4

Among the visitors from the country and other States at present staying at the Hotel Sydney are the following:—…

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Slaughter of Sheep If Mutton be Sold a License is Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 8

"Slaughterer" desires to know whether he can supply a tenant living in one of his houses with half a sheep a week without obtaining a slaughtering license…

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License for Hotel Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 7

After sitting at the Ryde Courthouse for several days, the Metropolitan Licensing Bench (Messrs. F. G. Adrian, chairman, W." Lo Brun Brown, and W. S. Arnott),…

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Rush Sets in at Canberra Clean Sheets at Premium at Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 7

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Booked out, Canberra's Government? owned hotels have run short of linen. Sheets are at a…

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Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 12

The following applications for publicans' transfers were granted by the Licensing Court yesterday: Thomas Sawyer, family (May's) Hotel, Forest Lodge, to John Gordon Kiteley;…

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Theft From Hotel. Man and Youth Arrested. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 19

Smart work by the police following a reported theft from the Valley Hotel, Brunswick-street, ended in the arrest within two hours of a man and a youth, who were charged…

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CANBERRA. Hotel Accommodation. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 18

After the rush of visitors to Canberra during the week-end a slack period is anticipated. During Easter approximately 4500 people were shown over Parliament House. The Hotel…

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Anzac Day. Closing of Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 16

The Minister of Justice (Mr. Lee) has decided that the same course as was followed last year in the closing of licensed premises on Anzac Day is to be followed this year…

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Anzac Day Closing of the Hotels

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 4

The Minister of Justice has decided that the same course as was followed last year in connection with the closing of licensed premises on Anzac…

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Barber's License Fee Not Paid "Granville Will Get a Bad Name"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

A certain Granville barber has neglected to pay his license fee. The amount is only five shillings, but that aspect does not come into the…

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Electricians Should Be Licensed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 14

It is common knowledge that Death lurks in practically every wire carrying electric current, but it is only when a fatality is caused by an electric shock that we realise how small the margin of safety is. Last week, at the conclusion of an inquest concerning the death…

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Country News Hotel Theft Money Bag Found But £100 Cone Albury

The Sun · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 9

A thief entered the bedroom of Thomas Barnes, hotelkeeper. at Gerogery, last night, and stole a leather bag containing between £90 and [?]100…

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Hotel Charges Night Rate Defended

Evening News · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 10

MOTORISTS on country toors [?] (says the N.R.M.A.) have objected from time to time to having to pay for bed and breakfast, when they required only sleeping…

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Serious Fall Down Hotel Steps

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

A man whose identity is not yet known fell down the entrance steps of the Hotel Australia last night and was critically injured Suffering from [?]…

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Hotel Transfer

The Biz · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

At Liverpool Court on Thursday the license of the Smithfield Hotel was transferred from Arthur Edward Blandell & Mrs. Gelia Garey…

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