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Mid North Coast · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

44 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Peculiar Licensing Case

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

A PECULIAR point under the Licensing Act was raised in the Tamworth Court on Monday. A resident, who, with the exception of Saturdays and…

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Our Licensing Act

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 2

A correspondent writes:—"Surely Mr. Wade's pet production, the new Liquor Act, must [?] a marvellous and elastic measure, for as things are the public, the police, and…

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Licensing Court, Stroud

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

In consequence of Messrs. J. A. Mackenzie m d J. Nicholl, of Stroud deeling to act on the Stroud Licensing Bench in fulure, temporary arrangements…

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Does Success Attend No-License?

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Lloyd, at the Willougbby Town Hall on Friday night delivered an address on the "Fallacy of No-License." The…

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Hotel Commission Appeal

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 3

AN appeal was made in Banco by Thomas Martin, of Coramba, licensed publican, from a verdict given against him, in the District Court at Grafton, in an action…

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New Licensing Bill

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7

LONDON cable state that in the House of Commons Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a comprehensive…

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Hotel Tragedy. Three Men Suffocated

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 11

On Christmas Day, the Swansea police were notified of the death of three men through asphyxiation. A party of four men…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Taree, Monday, April 27th. Before Mr. A. Gates, P.M., and Capt. Gollan, J.P. Renewal of License

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

Stephen Worth was granted a re newal of his publican's license for Worth's Family Hotel, Coolongolook…

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The Licensing Bill. London

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

The Licensing Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons by 394 votes to 148…

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Avalanche Disaster. Swiss Hotel Destroyed. Twelve Persons Killed

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 May 1908 · page 9

Considerable damage and loss of life was caused yesterday evening (wrote the Brigue correspondent of the London "Daily News" on 1st March) at the…

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Country Hotel Profits. Big Margin for Licensee

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 4

The profits made by the licensee of a country hot. I were brought out in evidence at the sitting of the License Reduction Board at Melbourne recently…

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No-license

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 4

An Invereargill brewer was fined £40 for receiving an order for a keg of beer in a no-license district…

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Reduction of Licenses. [To the Editor.]

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

SIR,—Seeing that we voted for no-license in last election to such a large extent as to almost shut up every hotel, I should like to know what…

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Re-Building Windsor Castle Hotel

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Alf. McCartney has for some time past contemplated building a modern up to-date hotel on the present site of the Windsor Castle Hotel,…

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Hotel Fire Panic in New York. Guests Perish at Windows

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 5

America has been furnished with yet another object-lesson in the folly of tolerating " fire-traps " in big towns by the total destruction of the Aveline…

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British Licensing Act

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 4

Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister of England, addressing a mass meeting at Birmingham, at Birmingham, in connection with the National Liberal Federation…

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The Ordinances. Butchers Licenses

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 8

AMONGST the Ordinances now in force under the Local Government Act none are more stringent and exacting than those dealing with the butchering business, and as they…

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MONDAY, [?] 13. Licensing Court. Before Messrs. [?] chairman), W. A. S[?] L.M.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1908 · page 5

Senior [?] inspector, submitted [?] quarter, and it showed that the [?] generally in the district were in a [?] both…

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No-License Invercargill

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 August 1908 · page 3

The Sydney Referee says:—"Mr. George H. Harnett, the genial manager of the Anglo Welsh football team, has raised a hornets' nest at Invercargill,…

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Correspondence. No-license Invercargill. To the Editor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 3

SIR,—In your last issue you have published an extract making public the statement made by Mr. Harnett, manager of the English Rugby Football team, that he found…

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