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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

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Special Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

A special court, under the new Liquor Act, to consider the reduction of licenses in the Richmond and Rous electorates, has been…

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Licensing Bill's Fate. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The President of the Board of Agriculture (Earl Carrington) considers that if the Licensing Bill now before Parliament is defeated there will be no…

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Licensing Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 4

The quarterly Licensing Court was held at Bellingen on Monday, before Mr. H. A. Evans, chairman. Murdoch McLean was granted a renewal…

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Licensing Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 9

It is too soon to say what will become of the Government's new Licensing Bill in England. The measure proposes to nearly double the rate of license extinction, which…

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Hotelkeepers' Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 6

Amongst the subjects to be discussed at the first annual conference of the hotelkeepers of N.S. Wales, to be held on the 21st instant. in Sydney, will be that monetary compensation…

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Special Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 April 1908 · page 2

The latest issue of the "Government Gazette" contains a notice to the effect that the Special Court constituted for the purpose of carrying into effect the…

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Hotelkeepers' Conference. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

The first annual conference of the New South Wales Hotelkeepers, was commenced at the City Bank Chambers yesterday, under the presidency…

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Reduction of Hotels

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

The courts appointed for the purpose in different parts of the State have been holding sitting the past few weeks, with the result that where local option was…

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Hotelkeepers' Troubles

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The first annual conference of the N.S.W. hotelkeepers was hold on Tuesday last. Mr. J. J. Power presided. The following resolutions were adopted:…

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The Licensing Bill. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 5

The Irish Catholic bishops are urging the Nationalists to support the Licensing Bill…

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Licensing Court

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

Samuel Gilkison was granted a renewal of his publican's license for Royal Hotel, Bowraville, license fee £20 on assessed annual rental of £98,…

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English Licensing Bill

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

In the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister (Mf. Asquith) moved the second reading of the Licensing Bill…

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Hotel License Cancelled

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 15

At Ballina Licensing Court on Monday, before the P.M. and Messrs. E. mackinnon and R. Gibson, [?] s.P., Peter John Peterson was proceeded against on a charge of having been…

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British Licensing Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 16

A London correspondent writes:—The hill which is producing more discontent than all others is the new licensing measure. It will do enormous harm outside the…

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British Politics. the Licensing Bill. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 3

The second reading of the new Licensing Bill was moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Asquith, who declared the Government was not…

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The Licensing Bill

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6

A great meeting of the Liberal Party at the Reform Club, London, urged Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister, to persist with the…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 8

On Tuesday, before the P.M. and Mr. S. See, L.M. John Simpson Smith was granted an extension of six months for the…

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British Licensing Bill

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 8

The main objects of the bill now before the House of Commons are (1) the reduction of licenses, and (2) the complete recovery by the State of the…

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Rev. Dr. Clouston and the Hotel

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 11

In blazing the spiritual track into the outback the pioneering minister of religion comes across some rare incidents. Rev. Dr. Clouston related one to the…

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Special Licensing Court. Adjourned to June 4

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 2

The Special Licensing Court, under the Amended Liquor Act, was opened at the Grafton Court House on Friday, Judge Gibson presiding, and…

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