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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 64

Burst Into Tears Hotel Thief's Arrest Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 25

For having stolen £21 10s from underneath the pillow of Mrs. Lilian Cross, at the Club House Hotel, George Cornwell, 22, of Sydney, with…

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Hotels to Close Token of Respect for Dead Man Branxton

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

The whole of [?] hotels in the Rothbury, Greta, and Branxton districts will be closed to-morrow (Tuesday) as a mark of respect to [?]man Brown, who was shot by the [?]…

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Wentworth Falls Hotel Burnt Out Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 8

The Wentworth Falls Hotel was completely gutted by fire between midnight and 1 a.m. to-day. The license, Mr. H. H. Barrell. at…

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Lost His License for One Year

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 4

Pleading guilty to a charge of driving a motor car in King St., Newtown, under the influence of liquor, on Saturday. William Reginald Niabet…

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Licensee, Barman, and Customer Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5

For having permitted a drunken man to be served, Seigmund Thomas Sumpers, licensee of the Bow Beils Hotel, Redfern, was fined £3 at…

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Guests Arrested at Hotel Sequel to Robbery at Katoomba

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 9

Two popular guests at the Hydro, Medlow Bath, suddenly changed their quarters on Saturday night for the Katoomba lock-up…

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Theft in Hotel. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 16

George Cornwell, 22, against whom there were previous convictions, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for having stolen £21 in notes, the property of Mrs. Lillian…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire at Wentworth Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 20

The Wentworth Falls Hotel was gutted by a fire which broke out early on Monday morning. Occupants has narrow escapes. Damage was estimated at £10,000. The building was the property of Mr. H. Barrell…

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Hotels Closed Throughout Northern Coalfield. (From Our Special Representative.) Branxton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 16

Action was taken to-day to close the hotels throughout the coalfields in accordance with the prcclamation of the State Government. The hotel at Branxton, having received no…

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Won't Object Aldermen and Hotel Petersham Debate

The Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 32

Lengthy argument as to the value of beer in a well-ordered community and the efficacy of rum as a soother of savages was forthcoming at last…

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Epileptic Drivers "Shouldn't Be Licensed" Manslaughter Charge

The Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 24

It is the bounden duty of medical men to prevent, as far as possible, epileptic patients from obtaining motor drivers' certificates…

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Raid on Hotels

The Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 26

Junee, Wednesday.--Inspector Moroney, of Wagga, with other police, raided the hotels in Junee, in one of which they found a score of men…

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New Hotel Not Council Matter

The Sun · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 19

"We threw away £19 in opposing an hotel at Haberfield and we found that we could do nothing," declared Ald. Phelan at last night's meeting of the…

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Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 18

More interest than usual was displayed in the business of the Licensing Court at Ryde last Thursday. Quite formal was the business of transferring a hotel…

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Rabbit Licenses Department's Warning

Evening News · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 15

MR. Sydney Smith, Jun., secretary of the Stock and Brands Branca, 66 Bridge-street, draws attention to the necessity for all persons In the counties of…

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New Hotel for Croydon Park Crowded Bars

Evening News · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 14

THE Licensing Board, sitting at Parramatts, has decided to recommend the petition of Australia Chapman for a hote license in…

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Hotels Closed. Drastic Restrictions. Branxton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 12

Yesterday's closing of the bars of the coalfields' hotels has been followed by the enforcement of even more drastic rules on licensees. At Branxton, instructions were received…

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Business Drama End of Hotel Cecil Aged Shareholders London

The Sun · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 1

Shellinex, Limited, has contracted to buy the famous Hotel Cecil, and is taking it over on June 30, when it ceases to be an hotel, for conversion…

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Explosives Stolen from Colliery Magazine Lock Forced, Case and Detonators Taken Firearms Prohibited: Branxton Hotels Closed: Conflicting Rumors Is Another Attack Brewing?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 3

BRANXTON, Wednesday.--Officials of the Stanford Merthyr No. 1 Colliery discovered this afternoon that the powder magazine at the colliery had been broken into,, and, a case of explosives and a large number of detonators stolen…

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Rabbit Farmers Must Hold Licenses Penalties of Neglect

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 19

The secretary of the Stock Branch, Department of Agriculture, Mr., Sydney Smith, Jnr., draws attention to the necessity for all persons in the…

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