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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

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Letters to the Editor. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our an respondents, The Question of No-License

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 4

SIR,--Will you kindly allow me a little space in your, paper to say a word on the above subject, and to quote the testimony of a liquor…

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No License

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 4

THE No-License fight is waxing warm at Tenterfield, and both sides giving and taking some hard knocks. The local Star has been in the thick of the…

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The "No-License"Campaign. Forceful Address by Rev A. Graham

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

BEFORE a limited audience on Monday night, Rev. A Graham delivered a lecture in the Mechanics' Institute on the Local Option Question…

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Gramaphone in Hotel

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 4

THE law courts (says the Maitland Mercury) will have to decide shortly whether the use of the gramophone on licensed premises comes within the…

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Licensing Court

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 4

AT the local licensing court this morning, before Mr. W. Cadell, L M, the license of the Royal Hotel was transferred from Mr. I. E. Upton to Mr…

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Gramophones In Hotels

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 8

The law courts (says the "Maitland Mercury" ) will have to decide shortly whether the use of the gramophone on licensed premises comes within the…

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No-License

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 4

Rev. W. WOOLS-RUTLEDGE addressed a "No-License" meeting at Tamworth on Tuesday night. "At the end of a forceful speech,…

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Hotel Adventure. Traveller and Burglar

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 3

A well-built man named George Young, who spoke with an American accent, pleaded guilty at Bow street on 19th June to a charge of burglary…

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Duchess Fined. Titled Lady's Motor License Endorsed

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 6

At Barmouth, yesterday (21st June) the Duchess of Westminster was charged with driving a motor at an excessive speed through Dyffryn village on Whis…

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Royal Hotel Improvements

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 2

THE improvements just made to the Royal Hotel bring that house right into line with the best places on…

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Lock the Door. Warning to Hotel Guests

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 3

An interesting case as to the liability of hotel proprietors was heard at the Marylebone County Court on July 11th. Mr S. Williams, of Halesowen, sought…

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Lock the Door. Warning to Hotel Guests

The Moree News · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 4

An interesting case as to the liability of hotel proprietors was heard at the Marylebone County Court On July 11th. Mr S. Williams of Halesowen, sought…

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Hotel Life in Texas

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 November 1907 · page 3

In the bedrooms of the chief hotel at Oklahoma, Texas, the following startling notice is exhibited:-- (1) Gentlemen who go to bed in their boots…

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City Hotel Tragedy. Husband Shoots His Wife

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 5

A DOUBLE tragedy was enacted at the Hotel Metropole, Sydney, when George Lister King, 32, a solicitor at Cowra, killed his wife, Ada Rosalie King, and…

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Alleged Purse Snatching. Hotel Licensee Committed

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 5

At Glebe Police Court Wednesday a widow named Annie Swanson, 31, licensees of thee Prince of Wales Hotel, Raglan street. Waterloo, was charged…

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Hotel Metropole Tragedy. Financial Difficulties

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 4

An inquest into the deaths of George Lister King and Ada Rosalie King, the victims of the Hotel Metropole tragedy, was held at the City Coroner's…

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A Gun License Bill

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 8

Mr. Broughton has re-introduced to the Legislative Assembly bis Gun License Dill, which includes air guns and firearms of every desorption, with…

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Floods Sweep Away Hotel

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 2

On 26th August the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from Tokio: -- Torrential rain for the last four…

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Auctioners' Licenses

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

THE annual meeting of Justices of the Peace was held at the Court House on Tuesday. Messrs. G. A. Higgins, A. M. Gabriel, G. M…

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