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Northern Rivers · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1921

282 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 15

Longer Hotel Hours Opposed

Northern Star · Friday 29 July 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Liquor Trades Employees' Union carried a resolution opposing any extension of the closing hour of hotels beyond 6 p.m…

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Sanitation of Country Hotels

Northern Star · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation of members of the Commercial Travellers' Association interviewed the Minister for Health on the question of the sauitation of country…

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Travellers Urge Hotel Improvements

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1921 · page 4

On the question of the sanitation of hotels, a deputation from the New South Wales Commercial Trvellers' Association asked the Minister for…

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Pathetic Pleas. Travellers' Swan Song. Licensing Laws in Britain. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.—There were pathetic pleas on behalf of bona-fide travellers during an all night discussion in the House of Commons on the Licensing Bill…

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Hotel Property. Difference in Values. Important Test Case. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 3

The value set upon land upon which an hotel is erected at Erskineville, was set down by the Valuer-General at just about 100 times the owner's valuation,…

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Six O'clock or Eleven? the Licensing Law. Application Before Full Court

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Before the Full Court an ex-parte application was made on behalf of Carl Richard Wickman for a rule nisi to restrain the Inspector-General of…

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Six or Eleven Closing Hour of Hotels. Case for the Full Court. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 August 1921 · page 2

Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., has stated a special case for the opinion and determination of the Full Court relative to his recent decision that hotels were…

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Local and General. Booth License

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 August 1921 · page 2

At the Murwillumbah Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. A. E. Budd and A. Buchanan, licensing magistrates, Arthur Edward Anderson was granted a…

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Hotel Closing Hours

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 4

Before the Full Court in Sydney on Tuesday an ex-parte application was made on behalf of Carl Richard Wickham for a rule [?] to restrain the…

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Hotel Hours. Special Case for Full Court

Northern Star · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., stated a special case for the opinion and determination of the Full Court relative to, his recent decision that hotels were…

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Fined £100. Selling Beer Without a License. a Big Win at the Trots

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Redfern Police Court Ernest McDonald was lined £100 on a charge of having sold beer without a license. In defence McDonald said he was not at…

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The Unimproved Value. Question of Hotel Licenses

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Having given his decision in the Land Valuation Court, last week that a license to sell liquor did not enhance the unimproved value of land where…

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Closing Hour for Hotels. Question Before Full Court. Magistrate's Decision Reversed

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The question of the closing hour for hotels was before the Full Court, to-day in the form of a special case. Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., in a ease before…

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Hotel Closing Hour

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday,—The Full Court yesterday decided that Mr. Burton Smith, S.M., was in error in deciding that hotels should remain open till…

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Hotel's New Sign. "The Damnation Saloon." Incident at Prohibition Meeting

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 2

"The Damnation Saloon." The three words were emblazoned on a large banner which Tennyson Smith, the prohibition lecturer, exhibited to…

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Licensing Bill. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—In, the House of Lords the Licensing Bill was passed without material alteration. It becomes law on August 29…

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Closing Hour of Hotels. Attitude of Licensed Victuallers. Not Satisfied with 6 O'clock

Northern Star · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 4

(SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Regarding the decision of the Full Court yesterday on the matter of the closing hour for hotels the secretary of the United Licensed…

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Publican's Profits. Bathurst

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 2

Frank Darchery, representing John woods and Coy., spirit merchants, giving evidence in a case in which compensation is being claimed for the closing of…

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Publicans' Profits. 125 Per Cent. on Rum. 70 Per Cent. on Beer

Northern Star · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—D'Arcy, representative of John Woods and Co., wine and spirit merchants, who submitted expert evidence as to compensation at the sittings…

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The Better Class Hotels. Smaller Glasses and Bigger Profits

Northern Star · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 5

Frederick Tompkin, an accountant, slated Hint one publican's, figures showed that be made a gross profit of 60 percent, on liquor. Whisky yielded a profit of 90 per cent., and…

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