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Hotels & licensing, 1901

904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 46

A Floating Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 15

John Arbuckle, of Brooklyn, has started a novel floating hotel enterprise. It consists of a small fleet of especially equipped ships, which will carryrpeople on short ocean cruises, the…

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Usher's Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 December 1901 · page 10

There is, perhaps, no more popular hotel in the city than the Metropolitan, at the corner of King and Castlereagh streets. Customers can depend upon getting the best…

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Central Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 8
Also in The Australian Star

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, Messrs. F. W. Edwards, S.M., F. S. Isaacs, S.M.., and F. Penney, L.M., presiding. The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--…

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Hotel Cases

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 6

In the summons division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., Sydney Curtis, licensee of the Builders' Arms Hotel, Sussex-street, was…

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Hotel Victoria

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 7

The spacious Hotel Victoria, in George-street, is as well known as the electric tram that passes the door, and there is no more popular man in Sydney than the proprietor,…

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Police Courts. Hotel Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 8

Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., in the summons division of the Central Court, Sydney Curtis, licenser of the Builders' Arms Hotel, Sussex-street, was proceeded against on a charge of committing a breach of the…

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The Western Division Lands. Important Legislation. How the New Act Applies. What the Lessee or Licensee Must Do

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 6

The Western Land Act will come into operation on the 1st of January next. For the purposes of the Act there will be a board of three Commissioners, and although their reports will…

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Broken Hill Licensed Victuallers' Race Club. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 3

The Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club held its summer meeting to-day. There was a fair attendance, nearly 600 people being present. The Handicap Trial Stakes presented probably one of the queerist…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 8

At the Licensing Court yesterday the publican's license held by Herbert Nelsh was transferred to Charles Denford for the premises known as the Unity Hall…

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Larkin's Hotel

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 27

One of the beat houses to make a call at in the city is Larkin's, opposite the Haymarket Post Office, in George-street There are tens of thousands of people of that…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, the license of the Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain, was transferred from Herbert Veich to Charles Denford…

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Hotel Cases

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 8

At Newtown Police Court yesterday Sub-in-spector Stanwix proceeded by summons against William A. Sinclair, licensee of the Riverside Hotel, Marrickville, and John J…

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Customs Seizure. a Hotel Incident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 8

Another smart seizure of cigars was made by officers of the Customs Department yesterday afternoon. Inspectors Donohoe and Bragg accompanied by Senior-constable Bultitude, were…

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Hotel Detectives

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 54

The advent of the big American-style hotel in England has also witnessed the evolution there of the hotel "crook," and to protect himself and his guests against the machinations of this pest…

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Country News. an Hotel Burglary. Two Hundred Pounds Stolen. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1901 · page 5

About 10 o'clock last night it was discovered that the safe of Ward's Club Hotel have been opened and about £200, chiefly in notes, gold, and silver, stolen. The money included all the Christmas…

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Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at a meeting of the Water Licensing Court:-- Charlotte Flood to Catherine G. Holland, Flood's Hotel, Riley and Foveaux streets: Robert Whyte Bink to John…

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Licensing Courts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 6

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

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