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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

948 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 48

Adams' Tattersall's Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 December 1903 · page 21

The improvements at Adams' Tattersall's Hotel have added still further to the com-fort and convenience of the establishment- in which it was never second to any in…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 December 1903 · page 8

The corner of King and Castlereagh streets marks the spot where Usher's Metropolitan Hotel stands, and whether one desires a drink, dinner, or accommodation…

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Bateman's Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 December 1903 · page 12

For the past eleven years Bateman's Hotel, 432 and 434 George-street, has been one of the most popular in the city. The business after Mr. Bateman took it over,…

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Licensing Legislation

The Australian Star · Monday 14 December 1903 · page 7

The debate on licensing legislation commenced in the School of Arts hall a week ago was brought to a close on Thursday night, in the presence of a large audience. The…

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The Crystal Palace Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 5

To retain the goodwill of his patrons the landlord of a leading hotel must exercise care, courtesy, and enterprise in addition to the A.B.C. of the whole, viz., the keeping of…

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Granting of Storekeepers' Licenses

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 1574

A representative deputation from the Winegrowers' Association of New South Wales waited upon the Hon. J. Kidd (Minister for Mines and Agriculture) last week to bring…

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Tattersall's Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 29

One of the rendezvous of visitors to West Wyalong, which, bear in mind, is the busiest, part of the Wyalong gold field, is Tattersall's Hotel. It is one of the favourite abiding places…

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The Australian Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 29

This well-known hotel is one of the finest buildings in West Wyalong, being a big, twostorey, brick building, comprising a large number of rooms. Its position is most convenient…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held on Monday before Messrs. G.H. Smithers, S,M., C.N. Payten, S.M., and L.S. Donaldson, S.M. The following applications for the renewals of…

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Important Hotel Improvement

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 4

It is very satisfactory to see the work of improving the hotel accommodation of Sydney being continued, particularly in the busy centres of the city…

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Mayman's Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 25

Mayman's hotel like his wines and cuisine requires no bush Comfort cleanliness prompt service and civility are the predominating features of his advanced…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 8

Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Tasmania Hotel at Kamballie, near Boulder City, was destroyed by fire. The building, which was tenanted by Mr. M'Kay, was owned…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 4

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, which, was presided over by Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M., E. H. Wilshire, S.M. and A. N. Barnett, S.M, the publican's licence for the premises known as the…

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Victorian Parliament. Goulburn Valley Water Scheme. Bill to Abolish Tied Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Speaking in the Legislative Assembly to-day, in regard to the Goulburn Valley water supply scheme, the State Premier said the Government was not prepared…

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Police Courts. Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding magistrates being Messrs. G.H. Smithers, S.M., L.S. Donaldson, S.M., and A.N. Barnet D.S.M. The following applications…

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The Prince of Wales' Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

Mr. Harry Walters, at present "Mine Host" of the Prince of Wales Hotel, one of the finest and best equipped hostelries in Sydney, situated as it is within easy distance of…

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Breach of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 10

At the Paddington Court, John Brayley, licensee of the Cambridge Hotel, Oxford-street, Waverley, was fined £2 and costs for having sold liquor on Sunday…

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Walters' Prince of Wales' Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 36

"There is nothing which has yet been contrived of man by which ho much happiness is produced on a good hotel or Inn," thus the renowned Dr. Johnson's. Boswell…

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The Table Cover. Hotel Thief Sentenced

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 6

George Thompson walked into the Captain Cook Hotel, at Miller's Point, the other day, and coolly annexing a tablecover from one of the parlours took his leave. As he went out 1…

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Quarrel in an Hotel, a Young Woman Stabbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 5

Shortly beforo 11 o'clock last night a healed argument arose between a number of men, who were in the bar of the Royal Pacific Hotel, at the corner of Harris and John streets. Two of…

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