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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

963 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 49

At the Booloogooloo Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1904 · page 1

The waitress knew a thing or two about table etiquette, so she sniffed scornfully as she said to a gentleman: "It's not our custom to serve a knife with…

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A Plea for Publicans

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1904 · page 4

Cold-Teaite rem[?]cists of the Bertie Boyce type are fond of descanting on the fabulous profits made by traffickers in the cursed drink, and of contrasting the…

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Hotels and Their Handicap. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 9

Sir,—Would yon allow me space in your valuable paper in reply to the Rev. F. B. Boyce's letter of the 16th instant. I have been keeping hotels in town and country during the last 35 years, aud I think some of…

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Sunday Trading. Minimum Fines for Publicans

The Australian Star · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 5

Sub-Inspector Sherwood, at the Central Summons Court to-day, proceeded against William Cuthbert, hotelkeeper, on a charge of Sunday-trading. Mr. Smithers S.M.,…

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Why Publicans Cannot Pay Their Rates. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1904 · page 3

Sir,--I must congratulate the city treasurer on his straight-out utterances' regarding the city hotelkeepers and their rates. The solution of the difficulty lies in two ways; the…

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Hotels and Their Taxes. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 7

Sir,--The complaint of the city authorities that they cannot get the rates out of many hotels calls for a re-arrangement of the method of paying these. The hotelkeepers complain…

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"Why Publicans Cannot Pay Their Rates." to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 3

Sir,--In your issue of Saturday last Mr. J. J. Power, M.L.A., adventures forth what he complacently terms "a few reasons" why "publicans cannot pay their rates;" and the whole of his…

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Fell From a Window. Of a Bathurst- street Hotel

The Australian Star · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 5

This morning, about 3 o'clock, a man was found lying helpless and badly injured under a window of a room in the West End Hotel, Bathurst -street, and he was subsequently…

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A Brewery License Case

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 8

GOULDURN, Tuesday.--William John Bartlett, of the Goulburn Brewery, was brought before the police court today on a charge of not having a proper license as required under the…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. F. S. Isaacs, S.M, C. N. Payten, S.M., and A. H. Barnett, L.M. The following transefers of publicans…

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REV. J. A, Dowie at Adelaide. Fighting Liquor All the Time. But Stays at Hotels. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 4

At to-day's meeting at the Town Hal Mr. Dowle said: I have said nothing except what a man may say lawfully I am fighting liquor all the time; yet…

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Licensed Vanmen's Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Licensed Vanmen's Union, it was anonunced that the Acting Premier (Mr. B. R. Wise) had consented to receive a deputation from the union and the…

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Temperance Demonstration. " Three Worst Publicans in Sydney."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 6

Last evening Mr. W. J. Williams, M.L.A., presided at a demonstration by the New South Wales Alliance und the C. M. M. Christian Endeavourers at the Centenary Hall. Addresses were given on…

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PUBLICANS. The Worst Three in Sydney

The Australian Star · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 7

"The Worst Three Publicans in Sydney"' formed the text of the addresses delivered last evening at the demonstration held by the New South Wales Alliance and the C.M.M…

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"Three Worst Publicans in Sydney." Described by Alliance Speakers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 6

At the Centenary-hall last night, under the auspices of the New South Wales Alliance, the Peoullarities of "The Three Worst Publicans in Sydney" were described…

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The Poor Publican

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 6

Mr J J Power, who is considered an authority on the subject, has been taking the public into his confidence on…

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Death of an Hotel Proprietor. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 6

Mr. J. J. Barnett, proprietor of the Railway Club Hotel at Port Melbourne, died this morning. He was a prominent member of the Port Melbourne and Albert Park bowling…

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Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 7

There was a batch of publicans' licenses transferred by the Central Licensing Court yesterday as follows:-- William J. Power to Florence Moran, Federal Hotel, Waterloo;…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding magistrates being Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M. Mr. E. H. Wilshire, S.M., and Mr. A. N. Barnett, L.M. The following…

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In Town for Easter. Excursionists by Rail. City Hotels Already Crowded

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

Inquiry at the Railway Department as to the volume of the Easter traffic up to the present time elicited the reply that it was "good, but not abnormal." So far, it has been about 25…

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