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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 64

Girl's License Suspended Fined £5 for Passing Stationary Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 5

Because she drove past a stationary tram in Lane Cove Road, on March 27, Mildred Newlands, a young woman, was fined £5, with 24 costs,…

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Gun Licenses Restrictions in the Federal Capital Territory

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Amendments of the Federal Capital Territory gan license ordinances provided that applicants for licenses must undergo tests by police officers to…

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Two Hotels Open Anzac Day Complaints Diggers Refused Leave

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

At least two hotelkeepers in the city ignored the general undertaking to close during the forenoon of Anzao Day, reported the State secretary of…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 8

Numerous Inquiries have been made by members to the N.R.M.A. for advice regarding the transfer of ear registration. Although the proceeding is an every-dar…

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Heard fey the Way A Hotel's Birthday—Historic House Demolished—Rough on the Cook Dangerous Road-Making—Railway Electrification, etc

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

Two-Uppers Hoaxed A DIRTY trick in reported to have been played on a party of "twouppers" in a centre not a 100 miles from Lithgow on a recent Sunday…

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Bus License. Hints of Bribery. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 18

Veiled hints of bribery and much personal abuse characterised a meeting of the Cessnock Council last night, during a discussion on the granting of a bus license to…

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Wine Without License

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

The proprietor and a water of cafe, Elizabeth Street, city were arrested last night by Sergeant Russel and Constables Chilled and…

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Rumored Shooting of Bruce on Train Found Sleeping Soundly at Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 2

"The Prime Minister. Mr. Bruce has been shot." Like wildfire, the rumor spread throughout Sydney and Melbourne…

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Mortgagees' Sale The Goulburn Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 May 1929 · page 9

The well-known Goulburn Hotel will be sold by auction on Friday, May 10, at the rooms of Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, 92 Pitt-street, by that firm—…

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Committee to Meet Journalists at Hotel Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 23

JOURNALISTS' Ball enthusiasts will meet again this morning at the Hotel Australia, at 11 o'clcok and it is hoped that all members will…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 9

In the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday an application for the transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel, Bondi, from Ethel Frances Richardson to William Hackett was granted…

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Strychnine in Beer. Careless Customer in Hotel. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 12

After drinking a glass of beer in a hotel Henry Ernest Mitchell, a labourer, was seized with pains, and upon being taken to hospital he was found to be suffering from strychnine…

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Mystery of Woman's Body in Tank at French Villa Two Arrests Made Police Apply "Third Degree" Test Hotel Manager Suspect Paris

Evening News · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 1

JOSEPH GIRRARD, a gardener, and Francois Pinet, manager of the Hotel de Monte Carlo at Aries, were arrested last night in connection with the murder of Miss Olive Branson, whose body was found in a water…

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New Hotel for King's Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 12

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench (Mr F. G. Adrian, L.M, chairman, and Mr. W. S. Arnott, L.M.) after sitting for several days, yesterday granted the removal of the…

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Hotel Accommodation

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 49

THE N.R.M.A.'s suggestion that some form of classification of hotels is desirable is approved by the Licensing Bench and Licenses Reduction Board in its annual report. "The question of hotel accommodation…

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Publican Complains Not His Fault

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 10

The license of the Commercial Hotel Liverpool, complained to the council that unclean and leaking pans had been supplied by the sanitary contractor, and…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 18

Numerous enquiries have been made by members to the N.R.M.A. for advice regarding the transfer of car registration. Although the procedure is an…

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No Tail Light Thought One License Sufficient

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 17

The fact that a motor cycle was careering along the streets of Ryde without a tall light attracted the attention of the police, and at the Ryde Police Court,…

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"Afraid to Apply" Collecting Without License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 4

"The object of bringing in collectors' licenses," said Magistrate Flynn at Parramatta yesterday, "was to protect the public—to prevent convicted…

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WIRELESS. Radio and Aviation. Increase in Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 6

The committee appointed by the Federal Government to investigate the forced landings of the Southern Cross and the Kookaburra, which opens in Sydney on Tuesday next…

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