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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

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Hotel Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 7

At the Hotel Australia on Tuesday the crowd in the winter garden was as large as ever, these teas seem to increase instead of diminish. Every table was booked and the…

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A Licensing Appeal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 16

At the Newcastle Quarler Sessions, before Judge Fitzhardinge, James Connor, licensee of the Westminster Hotel, Newcastle, appealed against a conviction under section 58…

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Hotel Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 7

At the Hotel Australia on Tuesday the crowd in the winter garden was as large as ever, these tens seem to increase instead of diminish. Every table was booked and the…

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The Licensing Bill. Reduction of Facilities. Compensation Proposals. Local Option to Prevail. London, Feb. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

Mr. H. H. Asquith, Imperial Chancellor, introduced into the House of Commons last night a comprehensive Licensing .Bill, based to some extent on the minority report of…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 5

The Licensing Bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is meeting with fierce criticism. The licensing the declare that it is…

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Necessary Hotels

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

During the hearing of evidence regarding the classification of hotels in the Glebe electorate at Darlinghurst, on Wednesday afternoon. Alderman T. Law,…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 3

William Thompson was granted two [?] licenses for the maitland races on Wednesday. Leslie James Rampling was granted a collector's license and a hawker's beecause…

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The Licensing Bill. Brewery Shares Weak. Thirty-two Millions Shrinkagi Is It Spoliation. London, Feb. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 3

The money market article of "The Times" states that the outstanding feature yesterday was the weakness of brewery shares, consequent upon the introduction of the…

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New Licensing Law in England. a Drastic Measure. Fierce Criticism

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 4

The Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. H. H. Asquith) has introduced into the House of Commons a comprehensive…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Hotel Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

The Special Licensing Court appointed to deal with the reduction of hotel licenses decided to-day to close two hotels in Petershair and two in Marrickville. The…

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English Licensing Bill. Compensation Proposals. London, Feb. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 3

Mr. H. H. Asquith, Imperial Chancellor, introduced into the House of Commons last night a comprehensive Licensing Bill, based to some extent on the minority report of…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 3

At a mass meeting hold at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, in coancetion with the 'Licensing Bill, great enthusiasm prevailed. Lord Burton, director of Bess and Co., the great…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

Fifty members of the Stock Exchange, in a memorial to Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequor, protested that the Licensing Bill was so confiscatory that it…

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Windsor Castle Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

Since taking over the Windsor Castle Hotel at East Maitland, the license, Mr. George Dawson, has spent several hundreds of pounds in renovation, together with…

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British Licensing Bill. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

A mass meeting in Burton, England, has condemned the new British Licensing Bill. Lord Burton, said that his firm alone stood to lose two millions of…

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Late News by Cable. London, March 10. the Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 5

A monster meeting of the liquor trade to inaugurate a campaign against the Licensing Bill was held in the Queen's Hall on Monday. So crowded was the meeting that 2000…

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New Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 5

The Bishop of London advocates a time limit in the new Licensing Bill fixed at 21 years…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

At a mass meeting held at Burton-on-Treat, Staffordshire, in connection with the Licensing Bill, great enthusiasm prevailed. Lord Burton, director of Bass and Co., the great…

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Singleton Licenstng Court. Thursday. March 12. (Before Messrs R Faulkner and A. Pentland, Js.P.). Extension of Time

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 3

Mr W. J. Cragg. solicitor, appeared on behalf or Thomas Longworth in applying for an extension of time to effect alterations and additions to the licensed…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 5

The president of the Institute of Carter [?] accountants states that even if the time [?] in regard to licenses were just it would [?] impossible unless…

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