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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 64

Bit by Bit Famous Mansion Goes Hotel on Site London

The Sun · Wednesday 14 August 1929 · page 1

Dorchester House, Park Lane, one of London's most famous and most magnificent residences, and one of the last of the great Victorian mansions…

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Northern Hotel Licensing Marathon 75 Witnesses Called

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 6

The fate of the Northern Hotel at Praramatta is still undecided. Application has been made to transfer the license to premises proposed to be…

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Woolpack Hotel Should Balcony Be Demolished? Council's Resolution Stands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 18

"If we are going to demolish awnings in this municipality, this Woolpack awning is coming down with the rest of them."…

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Two Collisions Exciting Runaway Bolted From Hotel Yard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 6

A runaway that might easily have had more disastrous results occurred in Parramatta on Monday afternoon. Richard Sheridan was putting a…

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Aviation. Floating Hotels. Regular Atlantic Service. LONDON, Aug. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 11

M. Bleriot's plans for a regular trans-Atlantic air service, with floating aerodromes every 300 miles along the route, are almost complete…

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Old and New Historic Hotel Sold Bushranging Relics Goulburn

The Sun · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 26

Once the rendezvous of Ben Hall and Gilbert, and their, bushranging associates, the historic Collector Hotel has…

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Floating Hotels Between Aust. and N.Z. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 11

If the eight huge floating aerodrome hotels and seadromes designed by the American engineer, Mr. Edward R. Armstrong, are able to stand the…

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No Haven for Crew of "Show Boat" Publican Draws The Color Line "Cullud" Ladies Barred

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 August 1929 · page 10

THE color-line has been drawn by a Melbourne publican. He has nothing against "cullud pussons," except that he does not like them. And when a bevy of dark young ladies arrived at his hotel, seeking accommodation, it was nothing to him that they were…

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Usher's Hotel Staff Raise Charity Cheque

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1929 · page 19

AT a little informal tea party last week, the pleasing ceremony of handing over the cheque resulting from Usher's Hotel second annual staff…

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Domain Orator Threatens Jock Garden's Life Swears He Will Shoot Him Meatheringham Applies for Gun License and is Warned by the Police

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1929 · page 1

As the result of an alleged threat that he would shoot Mr. J. S. ("Jock") Garden if he were not deported, three detectives yesterday visited the home of Harry Meatheringham, Domain speaker, in Glebe-street, Edgecliffe, and warnd…

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Heavy Loss Canberra Commission Hotels Do Not Pay CANBERRA

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 August 1929 · page 3

AFTER losing £150,000 last year in running hotels in Canberra, the Federal Capital Commission is shortly to call tenders for the leasing of the…

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Three People Who Collapsed Man Dead in Bar of Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 August 1929 · page 3

Two men and a woman collapsed in Sydney yesterday, a[?]d were treated by ambulances. O[?]e of the men is dead…

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Publican's Loss £130 Taken From Wardrobe Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 9

Mr. R. Bloomfield, licensee of the Sydney Junction Hotel Hamilton, has reported to the police that during the week-end a thief entered his bedroom…

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Fed. Hotels Do Not Pay £150,000 Lost in Year Tenders to Be Called Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 5

AFTER losing £150,000 last year in running hotels in Canberra, the Federal Capital Commission is shortly to call tenders for leasing the hotels…

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"I'll Have a Petrol," Said the Taxi Violent Effort to Smash Into Coogee Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 3

A taxi made a violent effort last night to burst into the Oceanic Hotel, Coogee. Left unattended it dashed down…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 13

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved of a new publican's license for premises at Longueville-road and Little-street, Longueville to be known as the Longueville…

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Motorist Warned License in Danger

Evening News · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 11

"IF you come here again, I will cancel your license," said Mr. Blix, S.M., at the Water Court to-ay to John Ra[?] who was fined £6 and 5 6 costs…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Melbourne Hotels Placer Development Melbourne Hotels -- No Ord. Dividend

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1929 · page 4

Increased revenue and larger net earnings are reflected in the accounts of Melbourne Hotels. Ltd., for the year ended June 30 last. On the board…

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Electrical Contractor Prosecuted Working While License Was Suspended Council's Engineer Makes Startling Admission

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 20

The feature of the prosecution of John Spicer Weston at the Liverpool Police Court last Thursday was a startling admission by the electrical engineer employed by Cabra Vale Council. The cross-examination of the electrical engineer revealed the fact that…

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Melbourne Hotels, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 13

Melbourne Hotels, Ltd., reports a profit of £11,828 for the year ended June 30, compared with £6798 the previous year. Gross revenue was £91,046, against £85,993…

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