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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

282 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 15

The Licensing Bill

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

Resolutions were passed at a great meeting of the Liberal party at the Reform Clnb, urging Mr Asquith to persist with the Licensing Bill…

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The Royal Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Pryde intimates that he has taken over the license of the Royal Hotel, west Maitland. Mr. Prydo was for some years a traveller for the…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

The majority "voting for the Licensing Bill was composed of 333 Liberals, 57 Labourites, 3 Nationalists and 7 Unionists. Many of the Liberals openly declare their hope…

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The Licensing Bill. Second Reading Carried. Overwhelming Majority. London, May 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

The debate on the motion on the second reading of the Licensing Bill was concluded in the House of Commons last night. The amendment by Mr. G. Cave, on behalf…

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Licensing Bill

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Robert Cecil presented a. petition containing 600.000 signatures, written on nine miles of paper, against the…

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The Licensing Bill. Second Beading Carried. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

The second reading of the Licensing Bill was carried in the House of Commons by 394 votes to 148. The majority comprised 333 Liberals, 51 Laborites, 3…

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Fatal Fight in a Hotel. The Yancannia Case

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

The White Cliffs police on April 21 received a telephone message from Yancannia, 50 miles north, to the effect that a man named Hiddle had been found…

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Local and General. Transfer of a License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 4

The Police Magistrate (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson), sitting at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, granted an application for the transfer of the license of the Settlers' Arms Hotel, from…

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British Licensing Bill. Second Reading Carried. Overwhelming Majority. London, May 5

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 12

The debate on the motion on the second reading the Licensing Bill was concluded in the House of Commons last night…

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The Licensing Bill. Second Heading Carried. Overwhelming Majority. London, May 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 2

The debate on the second reading of the Licensing Bill was continued in the House of Commons last night. Mr. Walter Long, Conservative, argued that…

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Licensing Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 13

But the bill which is producing more discontent all others is the new licensing measure. It will do enormous harm outside circles. The shareholders…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, May 7th. (Before Messrs C. H. Gale, P.M., and R. Faulkner, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

Ad application made by John M'Menamin, owner of. the Freemasons' Arms Hotel, John-street, to effect alterations and improvements, was granted to July…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 4

The transfer of the license of the Mount Vincent Hotel, Mulbring, from Walter H. Sentaitco to Alfred Ernest Howard was granted. Mr. Cohen (of Braye and Cohen,…

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Licensing Boarding Houses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 6

By the bye that reminds me. I hear indirectly that a movement is under way by Parliamentary officials to introduce a bill of much necessity—that of licensing…

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A Maitland Hotel. Appeals for New Trials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir F. Darley), Mr. Justice Coben, and Mr. Justice Sly, was engaged on Friday in the hearing by a motion by Tooth and…

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Licensing Boarding Houses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 7

By the bye that reminds me. I hear indirectly that a movement is under way by Parliamentary officials to introduce a bill of much necessity—that of licensing…

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The Licensing Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

[?] Samuel Howard Whithread, M.P. [?] for the Huntington division of [?] shire, addressing his constituents, [?] Saturday, said that the Licensing Bill…

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The Central Hotel Suicide. Frenchman's Letter to the Coroner

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 3

The following letter was written by the Frenchman who was found dead at the Grand Central Hotel, Sydney, on Friday, with a number of bullet wounds…

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Muswellbrook. Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 3

A meeting of Muswellbrook licensed victuallers hotel property owners, and others interested in the liquor trade, was held in the School of Arts yesterday, when an address was delivered by Mr. W. A…

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Special Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

A special Licensing Court in connection with the Local Option Vote is announced in the "Government Gazette" to be held at the Courthouse, East Maitland, on June 10…

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