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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

168 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 9

Sudden Deaths. Proprietor of the Cable Hotel

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. F. Jones, for a number of years proprietor and licensee of the Cable Hotel, died suddenly at a little after 5 o'clock to-day while at the hotel…

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In Australia. Six O'clock Closing of Hotels. Petition Signed by 4000 SOLDIERS. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 2 January 1916 · page 1

A petition asking that the hotels should be closed at 6 p.m. has been Signed by over 4000 members of the A.I.P. forces now encamped at…

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Soldiers and Six O'clock Hotel Closing. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 2

A percentage of men at Liverpool and Casula military encampments have signed a petition in favor of closing all hotels at 6 p.m. during the progress…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 3

In the Licensing this morning, before Messrs. T. W. Cohen, P.M., and G. C. Bowen, L.M., an application by H. S. Bass, licensee of the Newmarket…

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Hotel Safe Robbed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3

A robbery was committed at a hotel at Lithgow on Tuesday night, nearly £150 being taken from the sate…

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Hotel-keeper Charged with Killing. a Bar Dispite. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Sunday 9 January 1916 · page 1

Albert Henry Biggs licensee of the Exchange Hotel, and well-known in sporting circles was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of…

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An American Raid. a Township Terrorised. Hotels Looted and Burnt

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

The following cable has been transmitted by the Independent rabie Service:- Youngstown (Ohio). Sunday…

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Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the Hotel Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union (reports the A.M.A. official newspaper, but for its accuracy…

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The Pickets and the Publicans. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 3

Sir,—There are, roughly speaking, 70 odd hotels in this city. Mostly all of them are called upon to supply free bear to the pickets and strikers out of…

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Royal Hotel Bar

Barrier Miner · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 1

At about a quarter to 2 o'clock this morning Constable Morgan arouned the members of the Central Fire Brigade and informed them that smoke was…

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Wyalong Hotel Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. Airken's Australian Hotel, a two-storey brick building at West Wyalong and its contents were totally destroyed by fire on Friday night…

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New South Wales. Accountant Found Dead in Hotel. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

Frederick Henry Green (40), an accountant, living at North Sydney, was found dead in his bed with bullet wounds in his head and chest at a hotel…

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Man Shot. While Sitting in Hotel. an Arrest. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 30 January 1916 · page 1

While in the parlor at the Belmore Park Hotel, at the corner of Reservoir and Mary streets, yesterday afternoon, Charles Gerth (35), a married man…

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Man Shot. While-sitting in Hotel. an Arrest. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

While in the parlor at the Belmore Park Hotel, at the corner of Reservoir ane Mary streets, yesterday afternoon, Charles Gerth (35), a married man…

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Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

A special summoned meeting of the H.C. and R.E. Union was hold on Thursday night, the president, (Mr. J. M'Cubbin) being in the chair…

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Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

At a meeting of the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union, held on Thursday night (reports the A.M.A. official newspaper), correspondence was…

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Defence Department Closes a Hotel. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Under the powers granted by the War Precautions Act the Defence Minister has directed the closing of a hotel near the principal Victorian military camp…

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An Early Morning Card Party. Three Men Charged. with Being Unlawfully on Licensed Premises

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 2

Pleas of not guilty were lodged in the Police Court this morning by Joseph Ryan, Kenneth Horton, and George Griff, who were charged with…

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The Death of Mr. I. Cohen. Fall From Hotel Window. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 8

Mr. L. Cohen, of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council, who with Mr. C. J. Bennetts returned to Adelaide on Friday (yesterday) from Broken Hill,…

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Soldiers on Strike. Desert the Camps and Invade Sydney. Shops, Hotels, and Hawkers' Barrows Looted. Heads Injured and Windows Smashed. a Charge by Mounted Police. Strikers Fired On. One Killed, Several Wounded

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday. Thousands of men at the Casula Camp who struck yesterday against the extra time for training, about 1½ hour…

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