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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

948 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 48

Licensed Victuallers' Association. Mr. J.j. Power, M.l.a., Entertained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 8

Mr. J.J. Power, M.L.A., was yesterday entertained at a banquet at Lincke's Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandringham on the occasion of his retirem at from the position of president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association. The…

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Licensed to Flirt

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 865

A curious case was tried in Vienna recently before a council composed of the officers of the 47th Division of Infantry. Herr Ilger, a retired officer and editor of an anti-Semite journal…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The monthly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Beach consisting of Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), E. H. Wilshire, S.M., and King, D.S.M. The following…

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Liquor Selling Licenses. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly pormit me once more to direct public attention to the trouble and annoyance being thrown upon respectable citizens by the frequent applications for publicans' or…

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Liquor-selling Licenses. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 10

Sir, -- Will you permit me once more to direct public attention to the trouble and annoyance being thrown upon respectable citizens by the frequent applications for publican's or…

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Trades and Labour. Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 4

A largely attended meeting of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union was held on Tuesday night. Twelve new members were enrolled, including several women. It was stated that the…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 8

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 10

George Stone appeared for the renewal of his publican's license of the Emu Hotel. The report with referenda to the conduct of the house was satisfactory…

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Licensed to Drink

Evening News · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2
Also in The World's News

Dr. Hewis[?], the perish minister of Rothesay, told his congregation that, just as in order to prevent freud various professions were licensed, he would licence every drinker, by which he means…

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A Publican Brings His Customers to Chapel

The Methodist · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 7

"Thank God I have lived to see miracles"—such were the words of one of the devoted Christian workers as he left the special late service on Sunday…

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How a Big Hotel Is Run

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 7

How a big hotel like the Cecil or the Savoy is run so that there is never any creaking of the machinery, and never any obvious difficulty in providing what is necessary in the way of either…

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Wages of Hotel Workers (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 8

Sir,—I write on behalf of public caterers and hotel proprietors, &c. A meeting is being organised to compel from hotel-keepers the following minimum rate of wage for their employees:…

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Should Hotels Be Abolished? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 7

Sir,--This is a subject which I raise not as a supporter of total abstinence, but as a politician in the widest sense. The drink question has for many years disturbed the thoughts of reformers…

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Arltunga Goldfield. License for an Hotel. Reports of Mine Managers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A large train left Quorn this morning with 40 or 50 prospectors and others for Arltunga. Among the passengers were Mr. W. Thorold Grant (Queensland), who had Mr…

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Hotel Thefts

Evening News · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 3

Probably there is no class of business people in Sydney who suffer so much from petty thefts as hotelkeepers. The losses that some licensees endure in the course of a year in this way…

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Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 6

The Central Licensing Court granted the following transfers of licenses yesterday:-- Enoch Fletcher to John F. M'Lean, City View Hotel, Elizabeth-street; Thomas Fleming to…

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Licensing Courts. Transfers of Publicans' Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 8

At a meeting of the Water Licensing Court, the license of Thomas Dabron, City Club Hotel. Young-street, was transferred to Annie Walker; and that of John O. Wright. Riverina Hotel, Oxford-street, was transferred to Albert…

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Proposed New Hotel at Waverley. an Application Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 8

The Water Licensing Bench, consisting of Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., and Mr. A. N. Barnett, P.M., spent considerable time yesterday in considering an application by Alfred Henry Blineo…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the bench consisting of Messrs. G.H. Smithers, S.M. (chairman), King, S.M., and Barnett, L.M. The followiig transfers of publicans'…

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