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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1929

1,277 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 64

Publican for Trial Boarder, Also "Wilful Perjury." Says S.m. Sly Grog Echo

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 5

"I am quite satisfied that wilful and deliberate perjury ha- been committed by the defendant and by his principal witness," said…

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Two Committed on Perjury Charges Publican and Boarder for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 7

"I am satisfied there has been wilful and deliberate, perjury by Ivelle and his principal witness, Pugsley, and I direct that both be…

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Local Hotel Licenses

The Propeller · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 7

Sir,--I wonder if any of your readers can tell us what has become of that "noble" hand of reformers, self-styled "The Citizens'' Rights and Liquor Reform…

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Law Report. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice James.) Proof of License Disputed. Ex Parte McIntyre, Prohibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

This was an application for a rule nisi for prohibition. William Duncan Robert Mcintyre, licensee of the Royal Hotel at Trangie, was charged with a breach of the Liquor Act in…

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Aged Drivers No Limit for the Holding of a License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 13

The fact that there was no limit to the age at which a person may hold a motor-car driver's license was commented upon by the…

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Drunken Driver Disqualified for Ten Years from Holding License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 13

For having driven a motor-car through a city street while drunk, William John Carroll, aged thirty-six years, was fined £20 and…

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Surrendered Licenses

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 11

Compensation has been assessed by the Licenses Reduction Board for two hotel licenses surrendered in Sydney. The licensee of the Grosvenor Hotel,…

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Quarter Sessions Appeals. (Before Judge Edwards.) Publican's Appeal Succeeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

Joseph Henry Ellison, licensee of the Empire Hotel, appealed against his conviction at the Central Police Court on December 5, 1928, when he was lined £6, with costs, an…

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New Hotel for Lidcombe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8

The Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday granted the application of Robert Tripp, for a new hotel license at the corner of Charles and Board streets. Lidcombe…

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Liquor Reform. Requests by Alliance. Limitation of Licenses. Closing of Wine Bars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 14

A large deputation, representing various organisations interested in liquor reform, waited upon the Premier (Mr. Bavin) yesterday, and submitted requests for amending…

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Among the Parasites How a Nurse Girl See a Swagger Hotel

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 3

During the Christmas holidays I had the Job of nursemaid to the children of one of the biggest Sydney seaside hotel owners…

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Lidcombe's New Hotel

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

The Parramatta Licensing Court yesterday grunted the application of Robert Tripp for new hotel license at the corner of Charles and Board…

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Licensee's Appeal Upheld

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

The appeal of Joseph Henry Ellison, licensee of the Empire Hotel, castle reagh Street, against a conviction and fine of £5 for having sold liqour after…

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COLLISION Motorist Fined License Suspended

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

For driving a car, which collided with another, while he was under the influence of liquor and for using indecent language, Alex. J…

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Drunken Driver. Heayy Eine Imposed. Disqualified From Holding License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 11

Rupert de Peyster Chance, 21, who appeared at the Central Court yesterday, charged with having driven a motor car in Alfred-street, while under the influence of liquor, was fined…

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Twelve People Trapped in Ruined Hotel as Flood Swirls Through Gloucester Man Drowned? Buildings Washed Away Rain Still Falling Water Three Feet Deep in Shops at Kempsey Gloucester

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 5

The biggest flood in the history of the district is sweeping over the surrounding countryside, and is assuming alarming proportions. The Royal Hotel is in ruins, and in danger of…

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Was "Big Four" Officer Ordered Out? Hotel Scandal Suggested in Federal House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 7

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Further light on the Big Four expenses may be given in answers to a series of questions asked by Mr. Long, new member for…

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Stock of a North Sydney Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday. -- The new Milson's Point Hotel, North Sydney, figured in a charge against Agnes Eliza Clatworthy (50), a dressmaker, in the…

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P. Foley's License Is Cancelled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 30

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Jockey P. Foley, Who was associated with Bootlegger in his recent wins, and who won the Brisbane Cup on Kentle and the Queensland Cup on…

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Founding Fortunes Ex-Policemen Grow Rich Pensioners in New Role With New Rolls Hotels, Real Estate, and Undertakings

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1929 · page 2

'Way back in the dim political past when Sir Joseph Carruthers, then Premier, passed the Police Superannuation Act, he knew he was conferring a boon upon every member of the N.S.W. force, and providing for a continuous influx of new…

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