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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

948 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 48

The Liquor License. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 10

Sir,— M.r Waddell in the course of his remarks at the U. L. V. Association's banquet told his hearers he did not want to cripple the small publicans, but would see that the large ones…

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Hotel Porters' Telegraphy

The World's News · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 20

"I have just made a discovery," says Mr. Laboucher?, in a London paper, "knowledge of which may be of considerable value to travellers and tourists. It is that there exists among…

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"Bung at Bay." Politicians Spout at the ' Publicans' Picnic. Tommy Waddell "Warmly" Received. Bung Biffs the New Bill

Truth · Sunday 15 March 1903 · page 2

The new Lic[?]sing Act, which, during the last Parliamentary session, was introduced by the Hon. Thomas Waddell, and then read the first time, has, it…

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Licensing Inspectors

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 6

The undermentioned members of the police force have been appointed sub-inspectors under the Liquor Act for the metropolitan licensing district, viz.: Senior-sergeant J. H. Day…

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Caught Leaving the Hotel

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 6

On Friday night about 10 o'clock an elderly man sauntered into the Royal Hotel, George-Street, and coolly entering the office there, took possession of a parcel of electric ware, valued at…

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Licensed Victuallers' Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 7

At a meeting of the Victorian Licensed Victuallers' Association a resolution was curried,pledging the meeting to use all constitutional means to defeat the efforts of the prohibition party in Victoria to secure…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 4

The weekly sitting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M. (chairman), Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., and Mr. A. H. Barnett, L.M…

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Keeping Open an Hotel on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 4

Frederick Ellison, license of the Halfway [?] Hotel, Botany-road, South Waterloo appears' before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Redfern Polics Court yesterday, to answer a charge of having [?]…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At yesterday's sitting of the Water Licensing Court before Messrs. C. N. Payten, S.M. (chairman), L. S. Donaldson, S.M., and A. Barnett, P.M., the following transfers of publicans' licenses were…

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The New Licensing Act. Deputation to Mr. Balfour. the Prime Minister Sympathetic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Prime Minister (Mr. A. J. Balfour) yesterday received a deputation representing, the beer and wine trades of Great Britain…

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The New Licensing Act

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 6

LONDON, March 19.—Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Premier, in receiving a deputation from the Beer and the Wine Trades yesterday, deprecated the unjust confiscation policy of…

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Cause of the Conservative Defeat. Publicans and Military Expenditure. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 7

The defeat of the Conservative candidate at Rye is attributed to careless Unionist organisation, and to the estrangement of the publicans owing to magistrates cancelling licenses,…

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The Liquor Traffic. Effect of Refusal of Licenses. the Premier's Protest. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 7

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Premier, in receiving a deputation from the Beer and the Wine Trades yesterday, [?] as unjust confiscation the policy of certain magistrates in refusing…

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Keeping Hotel Open on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 4

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wilshire. S. M., Daniel Hannan, licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Young-street, Annandale, was charged that he on Sunday, 8th instant, Kept his licensed…

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Imperial Politics. By-election. Another Liberal Gain. the Estrangement of Publicans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The by-election to on the vacancy in the House of Commons for Rye, caused by the appointment of Mr. A. Montague Brookfield, the…

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The La Perouse Licensing Case

Watchman · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

About three months ago an application was made for a license for an hotel at La Perouse. The applicant was defeated on the grounds that—1st. It was close to the Aborigines…

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Lord Nelson Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 11

Mr. Harry Roberts, the licensee of the Lord Nelson Hotel, will be a heavy loser His stock was very much damaged by smoke and water. Speaking of his experiences to a "Herald" reporter, Mr…

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Robbery at a Hotel. £80 in Notes and Gold Stolen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 18

A robbery occurred at the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Pitt-street, yesterday morning, about £80 in notes and gold being taken from a safe, which is supposed to have been opened by means of a…

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Second Edition. Last Night's Fire. How the Hotel Was Saved. Interview with Mr. Webb

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 9

At 2 o'clock this morning Superintendent Webb was decidedly of opinion that although there was still an immense internal body of fire in Hentsch's bonded stores, there was no further…

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