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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

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Presbyterians in Hotels. a Resolution of Protest

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 3

At a meeting of the congregation of St. John's Peel-street (Ballarat) Presbyterian Church the secretary of the Young Men's Club notified that at a…

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The Licensing Bill. Death Warrant of the Government. Newspaper Comments.. [Reutor's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

English newspapers comment to-day on Mr. H. H. Asquith's Licensing Bill. "The Times," commenting on the money market in its issue to-day, states…

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The Licensing Bill. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. Asquith's Licensing Bill is meeting with fierce criticism. The licensing trade declares that it means sheer robbery…

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The Licensing Bill. Brewers and Publicans. Raising Large Sums of Money. to Fight the Bill. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

The brewers and publicans are raising £100,000 to conduct a great campaign against the Licensing Bill…

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A Hotelkeeper's Death. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

Albert Sparks (40), licensee of a hotel at Stawell, who was staying at the Hotel Vendome, Swanstem-street, fell down the stairs to-day and died…

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The Licensing Bill. Campaign in Opposition. Mass Meeting Convened. [Reutor's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 2

The London Central Board, representing 13,000 license holders, has decided to open a campaign ugainst the Licencing Bill with a mass meeting in…

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Closing the Cable Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

The six months' notice to close the Cable Hotel given by the License? Reducion Court last year expires to-morrow night, and Sub-inspector Sawtell…

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The Licensing Bill. Stock Exchange Protest. Depriving Investors of Security. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Fifty members of the Stock Exchange haye in a momorial to Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, protested against his…

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This Licensing Bill. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

Au enthusiastic mass meeting was hold at Burton-on-Trent yesterday, at which Lord Burton, director of Bass and Co., stated that the Licensing Bill…

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Licensing Bill. Crowded Meeting of Publicans. [?]Ill Strongly Condemned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

Two thousand publicans were unable In obtain acess to a crowded meeting of the trade at the Queen's Hall last [?]t, at which the licensing bill was…

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The Cable Hotel

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. A. J.Hall, who appeared for the proprietor of tho Cable Hotel who, notwithstanding that his time of closing expired yesterday, is continuing…

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The Cable Hotel. Order of the Special Court D[?]fled

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 3

The six months' notice to close the cable Hotel given by the Special Licences Reduction Court expired last night On Monday Sub-inspector…

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The Cable Hotel. Selling Liquor Without a License

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

In the Police Court this morning Francis Jones pleaded not guilty to a charge of having sold a quantity liquor without a license…

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The Cable Hotel. Selling Liquor Without a License

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 8

In the Police Court this morning Francis Jones pleaded not guilty to a charge of having sold a quantity of liquor without a license…

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Licensing Bill. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 8

The Bishop of London, the Right Rev. Dr. Ingram, advocates that the time limit' in the Licensing Bill should he fixed at 21 years…

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British Licensing Bill. a Sydney "Trade" View

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 6

Speaking to a representative of the "Daily Telegraph" on the licensing proposals of the British Government, Mr. Edwin Stocke (secretary of the…

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Victoria. Hotel Robberies. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 4

Alfred Croppey (39), a gardener, and James Barnes (24), a cook, were yesterday, arrested in connection with numerous hotel robberies that have…

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A Publican's Loss. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. O'Connor, licensee of the Queensland Hotel, Temora, yesterday sustained a severe loss. A cashbox, containing £68 that he had kept under his…

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Time Limit to Licenses. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 4

In collection with the Licesing Bill the president of the Institute of Chartered Aocountants states that even if a time limit to license be just it will…

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Licensing Bill. Temperance Society's Endorsement. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 2

The central council of the Church of England Temperance Society at a meeting (presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury and attended by…

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