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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1911

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Thursday, April 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 5

The Quarterly Licensing Court was held at this West Maitland Courthouse on Thursday, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, P.M., and Messrs. Elias Bowden and John Rourke, L.Ms…

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Hotel Transfer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 4

Mr W. Roderick, who has been licensee of the Empire Hotel, Kurri, for some considerable time has relinquished the business, the license having been transferred to Mr. E…

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Hotels and Referenda Dav

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

The statement was made at the united Licensed Victuallers' Conference in Sydney that as the association and taken [?] on as to whether hotels should remain open on…

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"No-license."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 3

At the opening of the No-License Conference in the New Masonic Hall, Sydney, on Wednesday night, the Lord Mayor said that in his opinion the…

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Licensed Victuallers' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 5

The Federated Licensed Victuallers' Conference to-day carried a resolution in favour of the abolition of the principle of local option and substituting licenses…

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Licensing Court. Thursday, April 27th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Application to Carry On

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 2

Annie Stokes, widow of the late Frederick Stokes, applied for authority under the provisions of the Liquor Act to carry on the business of the Post Office Hotel,…

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Hotelkeeper's Death. (By Telegraph)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Sydney, Monday.-D. Boyd, proprietor of the Bridge Hotel, Nowra, was killed yesterday by an explosion in his cellar. He was attending to a cask of rum…

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Licenses Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 2

At the courthouse, West Maitland, to-day, the transfer of the license of the Club House Hotel from Henry Atkinson to Lucien Sylvester Dubeis was granted; also the transfer of a billiard license…

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Wholesale Hotel Robberies. Robber's House Raided. Paris May 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 5

Joseph Chicet has been arrested at St. Quen, in the Department of Somme, on a charge of having been concerned in no less than 1500 hotel robberies…

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Thursday, May 11. Marriage Licenses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 13

Rev. F. A. Cadell asked: Will the Right [?]the President inform the synod how many parishes use marriage licenses, and [?] the fees for such licenses required by the…

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Sensation in Hotel Corridor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 4

Philadelphia, Saturday.—A sensation was caused in one of the fashionable hotels here last night, and the incident has since been the talk of the whole city…

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A Licensing Point. Hundreds of Hotelkeepers Affected. Sydney. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 3

The Full Court has delivered judgment in the test Local Option Vote case in which a Leichhardt publican appealed against his conviction for having sold liquor without a…

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Hotels Closed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

The operation of the Licensing Act in te Gloucester electorate is vitally affecting some of the hotels in the area. Reduction being…

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Important No-license Decision. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

In the Full Court to-day an important judgment was given by the Chief Justice (Sir W. Cullen). The case was one in which the licensee of the Native Rose…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

Henry William Sucker, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Morpeth made application to the Licensing Bench at West Maitland this morning for permission to make…

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A Licensing Point. Hundreds of Hotel Keepers Affected. Sydney, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 11

The Full Court has delivered judgement in the test Local Option Vote case in which a Leichhardt publican appealed against his conviction for having sold liquor without a…

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"Half-closed" Hotels. Two Parramatta Houses

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 3

Two of the Parrnmatta hotels ordered by the Special Licensing Court, held locally, three years ago, to close in May, 1911, were (after the late Supreme…

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The Publican's Position. the Local Option Vote

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

The case in which the question whether a vote for continuance at the last local option poll gave fresh life to the licenses terminated by the special courts, by reason…

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Local News. Postponement of Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

The special sitting of the Licensing Court, set down for the 22nd inst., has been postponed till Monday, 20th inst., owing to the former- date being…

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The Publican's Position. The Local Option Vote

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 1

The case in which the question whether a vote of continuance at the last local option poll gave fresh life to the licenses terminated by the special courts, by…

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