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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 64

License Probe England Moves Prohibition Study London

Evening News · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 13

THE Royal Commission on the working of the licensing laws in England and Wales will next week begin its labors, which are expected…

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Publican's Appeal Black Mark Removed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 8

Extenuating circumstances placed before judge Cohen in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court yesterday, led to the removal of a bad mark against…

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Flew Without a License Bad Luck -- Crashed and Prosecuted!

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 2

The first prosecution in New South Wales for flying without a license was launched at the Parramatta Police Court…

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When Whisky Was Medicine Judge Lightens Penalty for Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 October 1929 · page 12

"Yes!" said Magistrate Cohen. "No!" said Judge Cohen. THEIR answers were to a question which arose over a liquor…

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Followed Father Into a Hotel

Evening News · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

PEARL ELIZABETH MANN told the Kogarah magistrate, Mr. Williams, that when her husband was served with a Munitions for having assaulted her, he…

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Hotel and Shops Destroyed

The Sun · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 13

Cairns, Friday.--A disastrous fire at Tully at 3 a.m. to-day destroyed the Mount Tyson Hotel and four shops. Only the hotel was insured,…

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Hotel Fracas Described in Bakewell Suit New Votes North Sydney Outlook May Turn Scale Both Sides Confident

The Sun · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 14

Ten thousand new votes which have been added to the North Sydney roll since the last election may have the effect of turning…

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Rockdale Riot. Three Hurt in Hotel Rockdale Stic

The St George Call · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 6

Three men were injured in a riot in a hotel at Rockdale lost Saturday afternoon, daring which fists and boots were used, and glasses and bottle were…

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£22,000 Damage Q'land Blaze Hotel : Shops Burned Cairns

Evening News · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 1

DAMAGE estimated at £22,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Mount Tyson Hotel and three adjoining shops owned by…

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Hotel Ablaze. Lodgers' Narrow Escape. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 18

The Mount Tyson Hotel, at Tully, and three adjoining shops, owned by Demosthenes Syrmiss were destroyed by fire early this morning. The absence of a water supply allowed…

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Hotels to Close

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 17

Licensed premises throughout the State, will be closed during the hours of polling to--day This applies not only to electorates where polling booths will be open, but also to…

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Live Rabbits for Fur Must Be Licensed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 8

Mr. Sydney Smith, Jnr., Secretary Stock and Brands Brunch, again invites attention to the fact that persons having live rabbits in their…

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Slick Thief Grabbed £560 From Car "A Marvel," Say Police; Bag Found in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 13

"Something of a marvel," was how police summed up the thief who took £560 from a car in the city yesterday while the driver was adjusting side…

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Stabbed Affray in Hotel Man Arrested

The Sun · Sunday 13 October 1929 · page 5

Daniel Toohill, licensee of the Yantabulla Hotel, 75 miles from Bourke, is in the Bourke Hospital suffering from the effects of knife wounds -- the…

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Wet--but Dry Hotels Closed--20 Caught in Police Net

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 October 1929 · page 4

Drinkers found polling day wet but "dry." Drizzling showers were wet--and the hotels were closed--after 8 o'clock in the…

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Fire in Hotel. Caused by Water-heater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 15

An electric water-heater, which had not been switched off, caused a fire in the York Hotel, King-street, city, early on Saturday morning…

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Issuing Licenses for Fur-farming Many Sidelights on Rabbit-keeping-- With and Without Permits

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 17

The inquiries incidental to the granting of licenses under the new regulations for the farming of fur-bearing rabbits have brought to light an astonishing number of persons with rabbits in confinement in contravention of the law…

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Transfer of Publicans' Licenses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses. United Service Hotel. Oxford Street…

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Age of License Dean Attacks the Bedroom Drama London

Evening News · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 1

PREACHING at the University of Cambridge on Sunday. Dean Inge drew up a striking indictment of what he described as this period of License…

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Opposed to Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 5

The Mayor of Marrickville, Aid. Richards, has asked the "Evening News" to state that the local council is strongly opposed to a license being granted for a…

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