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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1903

948 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 48

New by Cable. [Copyright.] The New Licensing Act. Freemasons' Lodges Affected

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, February 19, 2.55 p.m.—Th new English Licensing Act requires Freemasons' lodges to be registered, or to obtain spirit licenses…

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Liquor Act. Registration of Lodges. Reduction of Licenses. London

The Australian Star · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 4

The new Liquor Act is being vigorously administered in England. Under its provisions Masonic lodges must be registered or obtain spirit licenses…

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Licenses for Tram-cars

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 6

As the outcome of a conference of the metropolitan municipalities concerned, it is likely that tho City Council will appeal to the Privy Council against the decision of the Full Court…

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Fire at a Hotel. 20 Killed, 40 Injured

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

LONDON, February 20, 6.45 p.m.—The Clifton Hotel at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was destroyed by fire last night. Twenty persons were killed and forty injured…

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The Liquor Traffic. Reduction of Licenses. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 9

The new Liquor Act requires Freemasons' lodges to be registered or to obtain spirit licenses. Magistrates under the new Act are…

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Licensing Case at La Perouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 4

On January 27 last a license was granted to an applicant for an hotel at La Perouse, notwithstanding strong objections being brought against it by the local residents, the police, and the friends of the…

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Licensing Masonic Clubs

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

When seen at St. Paul's rectory yesterday morning in reference to a cablegram referring to the licensing of Masonic clubs,, the Rev. Canon Boyce…

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Hotel on Fire. Twenty People Killed Forty Injured. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 6

A fire, which was followed by fearful results, broke out in the Clifton Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A. The hotel was completely destroyed…

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Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, Blaue Berge

Deutsch-Australische Post : Wochenschrift = German-Australian Post : Weekly · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 7

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, Febhuary 18. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNovin, S.M., Chairman of the Licensing Bench.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

Alfred Harvey, Racecourse Hotel, Granville, applied for the usual three booth licenses for the Rosehill Races, on the 21st instant. The…

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Oyster Licenses. In the interest of the Fat Man

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 4

The Government has decided, on whose recommendation is not yet known, that every person—man, woman, and child—sailing oysters, in large or small quantities, a bag or a…

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Old Sydney. Commercial Sydney—G. J. Cobra's Send Off—Some Early Traders: Samuel Cohen, A. B. Spark, Edward Woolstonecroft—The Pultenay Hotel—Foundation of

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1903 · page 3

Commercial Sydney has just given a grand send off to one of her prominent business men, Mr. George Judah Cohen, a director of many mercantile and…

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Robbery at an Hotel

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 6

A cupboard in the office of the Empire Hotel, Pitt and Hunter streets, was broken into on Thursday last, and about £30 stolen. Simultaneous with the discovery of the robbery the…

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The Terrible Hotel Fire

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, February 21.—The fire at the Clifton Hotel, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa (U.S.), by which twenty persons were killed and forty injured, was caused by…

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Disastrous Hotel Fire. Twenty: Persons Killed. Forty Others Injured. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 7

The Clifton Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.A., has been destroyed by fire. Twenty persons were killed and 40 others were injured…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Twenty Persons Killed. Fusion of Electric Wires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Clifton Hotel at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was destroyed by fire last night. Twenty persons were killed, and 40…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M. (presiding), Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., and Mr. A. N. Barnett, L.M…

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Stealing From a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 6

A youth named John Ramsay, described as a seaman, was charged, before the Water Police Court yesterday, with stealing 13s and fifty cigars, total value £1 0s 6d, the property of…

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Fire in the Wentworth Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

At about 5 on Monday afternoon the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called to extinguish an outbreak of fire at the Wentworth Hotel, Church HilL The blaze was in the top of the building,…

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Another Fire at Forbes. Four Shops Burnt Out. Hotel Damaged by an Explosion

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 4

FORBES, Tuesday.—A fire occurred this morning, at 2 o'clock, in the Albion Buildings, adjoining Parkes' Albion Hotel. It originated in Connolly Brothers' saddler's shop, which was…

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