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Hotels & licensing, 1901

904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 46

Water Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 8

The Water Licensing Court sat yesterday, Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., and Mr. F. Penny, L.M., on the bench. The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted:--John H. Pries to George W. Robertson, Pries' Hotel…

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Hotel Bars. And Commercial Education

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 6

One of the candidates at a recent examination held under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce associated the word "temporary" with the temporary bar of a hotel…

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A Palatial Hotel

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 3

The actual cost of the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, in New York, the largest and most luxurious hotel in the world, has never been made public, but it is now estimated by good…

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Quarter Sessions. Another Hotel Assault

The Australian Star · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 3

Sylvester Roach, charged yesterday with assaulting Susannah M'Laughlin, in the Sydney Hotel, Glebe, on February 16, pleaded not guilty, and conducted his own defence…

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Licensing Dancing Saloons

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 12

Consequent upon the adoption of the model bylaws by the Leichhardt Municipal Council, it has become necessary for the lessees of all dancing saloons in the district to make application for…

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Profligate Publicans

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1901 · page 1

SOME day, when the police cease to persecute small shopkeepers for Sunday selling, they will probably find time to give much-needed attention to the more gigantic offenders in the shape…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted by the Licensing Court yesterday: -- Arthur Millar to John Smith, Burwood Hotel, Burwood: Peter Donohue to…

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The Smallpox Scare. [?] in this issue appeared in our lated Edition yesterday.) a City Hotel Quarantined

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 6

Walter Clarke, the first of the two passengers by the s.s. Euryalus to develop smallpox, but who is now convalescent, called yesterday at the office of the Board of Health for examination…

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A Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 8

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.--Mount Rest Hotel,29 miles from here, was burned to the ground early this morning. The lire was discovered shortly after 3 o'clock. The building,…

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Smallpox Outbreak the Original Patient Discovered. at a Miller's Point Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 7

Yesterday a man named Walter Clarke a passenger by the Euryalus, was found by the Health authorities to be suffering from smallpox. He was staying at Hughes Hotel, at the corner of…

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Liverpool Police Court. Tuesday, March 19, 1901. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Champman, J.p.) Breach of the Licensing Act

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

MRS. Stombuco, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a charge of allowing persons in remain on her premises during prohibited hours…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 7

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. G. H. Smithers (chairman), C. N. Payten, S.Ms., and F. Penny, L.M., the following applications for the transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Licensing Court

Evening News · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 6

At Central Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of ' publicans' licences were granted: Sydney Hotel, Glebe-street, Glebe, from Charles M'Laughlin to Honora Smith; Bank…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 4

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M. (chairman), Mr. Is[?]acs, S.M., and Mr. Penny, L.M., the following transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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Big Jewel Robbery. £1300 Worth Stolen at the Australia Hotel. Mrs. J. R. Wood a Victim

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 3

A da[?] and extensive jewel robbery was perpetrated at the Australia Hotel yesterday, the thief or thieves getting away with valuables vained at £1300, the property of Mrs. J.R. Wood…

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Dinner to New Zeaiand Royal Commissioners at the Hotel Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 792

Through the fact that science has not yet perfected a camera which will shoot round co[?]ers the above flashlight photograph does not give the full extent of the space occupied by Mr. E. Owen Cox's guests at the Hotel…

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A Big Jewellery Robbery. at the Hotel Australia, 1300 Involved

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 10

A big jewellery robbery took place at the Hotel Australia yesterday afternoon, two rooms having been entered during the absence of tho guests, with the result that various precious…

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The Eastwood Hotel Trouble, A Satisfactory Solution

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 10

The report of the conference between the Municipal Council of Marsfield and the Works Committee of the Hyde Council, held at East-wood on the 20th inst., to consider tho state of…

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Big Fire in Temora. Hotel and Shops Destroyed

Evening News · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 6

TEMORA, Saturday.—At-1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Piesse's Australia Hotel. Despite the efforts of the fire brigade and townsmen the fire spread rapidly in the wooden…

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