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204 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 11
The attitude of the State prohibitionists towards impending changes in the Liquor Licensing Law cannot fail to be of interest at the present juncture, inasmuch as the teetotallars form a large and influential section of the community, are…
Continued on Trove, page 571 →ONE of the "Upper Ten," going home the t'other night en Cabriolet, just half-an-hour after the closing of pubs by Act of Parliament, suddenly remembered he had no grog at home, and ordered cabby to drive to a leading hotel. On pulling up he discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A significant result of the temperance agitation in London is the reduction on all sided of the value of public house property. City taverns and suburban best[?]ries are falling in price as rapidly as they rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The rather remarkable agreement between the suggestions made by the Central Committee of the Trade Defence Association a few months ago, and the Amending Licensing Bill now before Parliament, affords pretty strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir, -- A few remarks on the above subject may not be considered inappropriate at this time. The last Act was hurried through to the great inconvenience…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—There is one clause in the Licensing Act that those persons really interested in curtailing the liquor traffic should see repealed with pleasure, viz., that requiring publicans to keep their lamps alight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held under the auspices of the Local Option League, in the Masonic Hall, lost evening, to protest against Sunday opening, and some other proposed alterations in the Licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This "institution" has a history, and is to have a future. If it were a thing entirely of the past, like stage coaches or farthingales or the late coalition Government, its history might safely be left in the hands of some…
Continued on Trove, page 583 →A well-attended public meeting was held at the Masonic Hall last evening, in connection with the Local Option League, for the purpose of protesting against the opening of public-houses on Sundays,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—By one of the clauses of the new [?] is proposed to make it necessary on a Sunduy to travel 10 miles by the shortest road to an hotel before any one becomes a bona-fide traveller, and therefore enabled to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PUBLIC meeting, under the auspices of the Local Option League, was held in the Schoolroom in connection with the Congregational Church, Bourke-street, on Tuesday, for the purpose of protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]was licensing day at the Central Police Court. Present--Messrs Dillon, Crane, O'Malley Clark, S.Ms., and Macintosh. Transfers of licenses were granted from Edward J. Wehlow,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The bill to amend the Licensing Act being now before the Legislature of this country, and the widespread and universal interest taken in its provisions, prompt me to solicit since in your influential paper, in order that I may…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir, -- From the publicans' defence point or view your to-day's article on the licensing question may be well enough, but as an argument on behalf of the community for a retrogressive amendment of the Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting was held under the auspices of the Local Option League, in the Masonic Hall, last Friday, to protest against Sunday, opening, and some other proposed alterations in the Licensing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,--In your leader of Wednesday, commenting upon the speeches in the Masonic Hall on Friday evening of the Licensing Bill, you appear to make the mistake of supposing that the refusal to renew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—If all of Mr. T. F. Thompson's statements of the ill-success of repressive measures on the drink traffic—as contained in your Saturday's paper—are on a par with the one in Switzerland, then the vice-president of the Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Ere it is too late, perhaps you will permit me the use of your columns to point out to the Assembly, with a view to the matter being put right, that the appeal clause named above—c. 26—would in its present shape clash with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Licensing Court sat at noon yesterday, when the Bench was occupied by Messrs. Buchanan (c[?]irman), Marsh, and Addison, S.M's; and the Hon. J. Mecintosh, L.M. An auctioneer's license was granted to Charles W…
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