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Hotels & licensing, 1901

904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 46

Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 6

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench being occupied by Messrs. Smithers, S. M, (presiding), Wilshire, S.M., and Penny…

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Hotel Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 6

John Connolly, licensee of the Grace Darling Hotel, Little Hay- street, was fined £5 in the summons division of the Central Police Court yesterday on a charge of selling liquor…

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Hotel Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 8

In the summons division of the Central Court, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., Inspector Bell proceeded against John Connolly, licensee of the Grace Darling Hotel, Little Hay-street, on a charge of selling liquor during unlawful…

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The Hotel Habit. Its Growth in London. the Reason Why.--the Dearth Op Servants

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 4

Twenty-five years ago London had probably the worst hotels of any of the great capitals of the world. To-day it has some of the best. The hotel habit has become a fashionable craze…

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Breach of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 10

At the Redfern court before Mr Payten S.M., Ellenor Neilson licensce of the Botany Bay Hotel, Botany, was convicted upon a charge of having sold liquor in her licensed premises on Sunday, the the instant. The…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 3

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Mr. Mair, S.M., and Mr.Penny, L.M., the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Samuel Prisk…

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Tied Houses. Report of the Select Committee. Condemnation of the System. Nearly 90 Per Cent. of the Hotels Affected. a Royal Commission Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 3

Mr. Meagher, Chairman of the Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Assembly "to inquire into and report upon the matter of tied houses, and the relations in regard…

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Licensing of Bottle Dealers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 4

As far back as 1895 Messrs. Johnston, Minter, Simpson, and Co. suggested to the Inspector-General of Police the necessity of the introduction of an Act of Parliament providing for the licensing and proper…

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Government Hotels

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 3

Steps are to be taken by the Government to reduce the number of hotels in the resumed areas. Nothing, Mr. See stated, in the Assembly last night, in reply to a question; could…

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Hotels on the "Rocks."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 7

In reply to a question by Mr. Daley in the legislative Assembly yesterday, as to the intentions of the Government regarding the reduction of hotels in the resumed "Rocks" area, Mr. See…

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Cardinal Logue on Sunday Dancing in Licensed Houses

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 6

His Eminence Cardinal Logue has issued a letter to his clergy in the parishes of Kilcarty, Dundalk, Faughart, Darver, and Knockbridge, in reference to dancing saloons…

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Alleged Breach of Promise Another Action. Hotel Maid and Stock Buyer

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 11

In Banco Court yesterday, afternoon, before Mr. Justice-Stephen and a jury, an action was brought by Sarah Jane Fogarty against John Linnane. claiming £1000 for alleged breach of…

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Parliament and Tied Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 September 1901 · page 8

The Select Committee of New South Wales Parliament which reported upon the question of "tied" hotels, found that the system of "tying" houses, though in…

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"Tied" Houses. Public, Publican, and Proprietor. Turning of the "Tied." Slavery and Sweating. Proprietor's Power in Peril. Some Strong Recommendations

Truth · Sunday 22 September 1901 · page 7

THE report of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry, which was presented to the House by its chairman on Wednesday afternoon last, has given to the public some idea of the capitalistic…

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Tied Hotels. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 September 1901 · page 5

Sir,—Would you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to say a word re the tied-house question and state of the liquor trade. In carefully reading from day to day the evidence before…

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At the "Rocks." Various Views on the "Reformed Pub." Police, Publicans', and Property Owners' Opinions

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 September 1901 · page 7

"The Rocks has been getting its share of free advertising lately," remarked Boniface XXX., When asked for his views on the reformed public-house, as pictured in last…

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Hotel Robbery. The Moving Spirit. A Committal Case

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 5

At the Water Police Court this morning a young man named Ernest White, described, as a cabinet-maker, was charged with breaking and entering the Gosford Hotel;…

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Tied Houses Bill. Freeing the Publican. Present Contracts. Dissolved. on Payment of Mortgage. Future Bonds Prohibited

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 8

Mr. MEAGHER, in moving the second lending of the Tied Houses Bill, said that the Select Committee had gone through very voluminous evidence, all demonstrating the necessity for a…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 6

At the Water Police Court yesterday the application for the transfer of the license of the Bristol Arms Hotel, Sussex-street, from Rebecca Milton to Robert Lindsay, was granted…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 September 1901 · page 3

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday the license of the Bristol Arms Hotel, Sussex-street, was transferred from Rebecca Milton to Robert Lindsay…

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