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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1910

285 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 15

License or No-License

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 4

On Friday next, in addition to exercising their franchise in the election of ninety gentlemen to serve as their representatives in the State…

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No-License. Opinions of Eminent Churchmen

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

The late Bishop Doyle, of Lismore, N.S.W.:--"I am not prepared to accept your No-license campaign. My reasons are, briefly : (1st) If you have…

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No-License Misrepresentations. a Convincing Reply

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. John McKeague, writing in the "Casino Courier" of 21st Sept., 1910, in answer to a previous letter by the Rev. T. M. Taylor, says:--…

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"Fairly Wet." New Zealand "No-license" Districts

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--A return presented to the House of Representatives to-day shows that during the twelve months to June 30 there were…

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The Case for License. the Value of Evidence

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

Day by day the general public is deluged with what is advanced as evidence based on practical experience in New Zealand, of the operation, of…

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A No-License Barque. Its "Wet" Manifest

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

On June 30, 1909, Ohinemuri (M. L.) locked up its liquor bars under the No-license vote of 1908, and on July 1 the cutter Wholesale Jag…

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No-License in New Zealand Police Magistrate's Experience

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--Mr. V. G. Day, police magistrate at Timaru, says his experience is that there are more temptations to drink in…

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No-License Campaign. Debate at Casino

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 9

Long before the doors opened to admit the crowd to hear the debate between Messrs. T. Kennedy, (Continuance) and G. B. Nicholls…

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No-License in America. a Pitiable Record. Crime and Insanity Figures

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 10

"Sidelight" writes to the "S. M. Herald" of Sep. 29, 1910:--Sir.--Mr. Nicholls, in Monday's "Herald," says that, "though I have…

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No-License Disastrous. Deplorable Efects in New Zealand. Straight Talk by Theatrical Manager

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 10

Mr. George H. Barnes, one of the best known theatrical managers in Australia, at present in Sydney in charge of the Besses o' th' Barn…

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The Failure of No-License Story of a Man Who Knows. (Reprinted from the "Grafton Argus," September 26, 1910.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 10

At the open-air No-license meeting in Prince-street, Grafton, on Thursday night (as briefly reported in Friday's issue), Dr. B. Searby--the lecturer…

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The Man on the Land. Why He Should Vote for License. Prohibition Would Mean Ruin

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 10

The "man on the land" is the back bone of the country. It is to him the country looks for its producing sources; and it is he again who is the…

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The No-License Vote

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 3

BEFORE the dawn of another Saturday the electors will have an opportunity of voting on the question of the liquor traffic, and I hope that…

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Mo-License

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. Pyers, an Independent candidate for the Richmond, says:—"Re the continuance of License or No Licehse, you have the question in your power to decide…

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Advised to Vote No License

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A manifesto has been signed by 15 clergymen recommending the members of their churches and others in the electorate of Sherbrook[?] to…

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The No License Campaign. Disgraceful Proceedings

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

On Thursday evening Mr. G. B. Nicholls, no license lecturer, opened his campaign with an address in Prince-street. There was an attendance of about 500 assembled…

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Thursday's No-License Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—On strolling down Prince-st., about 9.15 p.m., I noticed at the monumental clock tower a large congregation of people. The people contained in that…

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No License v. Continuance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

The Rink was well filled last night to hear a public debate between Mr. T. O'Shanessy and Mr. G. B. Nicholls on the no license question…

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License v. No License

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—In your issue of Thursday last, a writer, blushingly concealing his identity under the beery, nom de plume of "Continuance," lightly professes…

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The No License Question

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. T. O'Shanessy addressed a large gathering from Austen's Hotel balcony, Maclean, on Thursday night, on the subject of the liquor question, Mr. E. A…

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