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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 64

Beer Is Stolen Hotel Window Smashed

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

By smashing a window in the Wool-brokers' Arms Hotel, at the corner of Pyrmont and Allen Streets, Pyrmont last night, thieves gained access to…

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Coal and "Private Business " took Premier South Mr. Bavin Maintained His Secrecy in Melbourne Visit Partly Concerned Coal Trouble, but "Mostly Private," He Said Cornered in Lounge of Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--What was the "private business" that brought the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Bavin) to Melbourne--so secret that he gave instructions at his hotel that reporters were to be told he…

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Paragon Hotel. Four Years' Lease Sold for £36,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 16

Mr. Albert Neville, the proprietor of the Paragon Hotel, at Circular Quay, has sold the remaining four years' lease to Mr. C. P. MacQuillan for £36,000. Mr. Neville held a…

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Here's Your Chance: Do A Job The Govt. Is Too Lazy To Do! Go-getting for Tenners to Advertise Australia Official Cadging to Get £270 a Week Brace's Boy Gepp & Scott's Hotel Give Benediction

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 1

THE happy recipient of the missive is to[?] by Mr. Holmes that he may subscribe anything from £10 a year upwards; and Mr. Holmes sets down a…

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Real Safety Massachusetts Shows How Revokes Licenses

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 14

The police authorities of Massachusetts, U.S.A., are evidently determined to make their State safe for motocracy, or, at least the few remaining…

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The Hotel Metropole Results Should be Good in Current Term New Capital Highly Reproductive

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 13

The Hotel Metropole, situated in a position where it attracts the eye of every arrival by sea, is naturally able to win good figures in the face of almost adverse circumstances, and, throughout the years, has proved to be one of Sydney's most…

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Threw Glass of Beer Disturbance at Hotel Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

ARTHUR ERNEST HALL was fined £10, or three months' at Newcastle Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Beatrice Maddocks, wife of the…

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Lasted One Day Motorist's License

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 8

CHARGED with having driven a car in New Canterbury-rd., St. Peters, on January 19, while under the influence of liquor. Arthur Albert William Henry…

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Murder Charge Follows Fight Outcome of Brawl Near Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 9

After visiting a Paddington hotel on Saturday afternoon two men are alleged to have come to blows, because one refused to shake hands…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 13

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following applications for the transfer of publicans' licenses were granted:— Frederick James Price (per sarah Price) to…

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License Refused

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 11

Albury, Tuesday.-- Richmond Nathan Brewing Co. was to- day refused a spirit licence for a wine and spirit premises in Wilson- street, Albury…

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Hotels Change Hands

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 18

Junee, Tuesday.-- J. A. Morris, of Sydney, has purchased the license of the Loftus Hotel from Mr. F. J. Duncan. Mr. Gus. Lawler, of Temora, has…

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His Age Saved His License Young Motorist Fined

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

"You are a young man: I will not suspend your licence this time, but if you come before the court against it will be suspended for a long period…

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Publican's Action. Inspector Foiled. Liquor Poured Down Sink. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 13

At Grafton Police Court, Thomas McHenry, inspector under the Pure Foods Act, proceeded against Charles William Cribb, formerly licensee of the Royal Hotel, Grafton,…

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Hotel Metropole — Magnificent Additions Now the Largest Hotel in the Southern Hemisphere

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 21

Sumptuous additions and interior reconstruction of the Hotel Metropole, which has a delightfully cool and refreshing position, facing three main thoroughfares in the heart of the city, have just been completed at a cost of nearly £250,000. The Hotel, which will now accommodate over 530 guests, is replete with most modern…

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Police Get Water Instead of Beer Wily Publican's Ruse Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

Spectators in the Horsham Court became convulsed with laughter today during the hearing, of a cans in which Albert McGee, of D[?]en Hotel,…

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Sneak Thief in City Hotels Collection Boxes Grabbed From Counters

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 7

Should all charity collection boxes in Sydney hotels be chained and padlocked to the counters? Another was stolen from the…

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Bouquet and "Blue" on Same Day Licensee Exonerated by Bench

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 10

Daniel Kearns, licensee of the Hotel Crystal, in George Street, received a letter from the Commissioner of Police praising him for helping in the arrest…

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New Regulations Notification of Loss of Number Plate or License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 23

An amendment of the motor traffic regulations as contained in a recent issue of the Government "Gazette," provides that whenever a number plate is lost the…

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Death in Hotel Bar Scuffle Man Is Committed Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 1

The Deputy Col[?]ner, Mr. J. Kilby, to-day committed George Edwards, alias Everett, for trial on a charge of manslaughter on January 12…

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