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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1904

963 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 49

Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 4

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. C. N. Payten, S.M. (chairman), J. L. King, D.S.M., and A. H. Barnett, L.M. The following transfers of…

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Without a License

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 6

For carrying on the business of a hawker in King-street, Newtown, on the 3rd inst., without having first obtained a license, Frank M'Intosh was fined 5s, in default two days'…

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A Licensing Question. Alleged Threatening of a Witness. a Crown-street Affair

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 7

Annie Clawton (23), a general servant, appeared before Mr. King, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday on a charge that on April 28th last she, not being the…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 5

The Licensed Victuallers' Parliamentary Committee has formed strong committees to deal with the Parliamentary candidates in the various electorates. The general secretary…

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The State and Brewers' Licenses. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 7

Sir.—The recent decision of the Full Court on the above subject seems to the lay mind as an indication that State rights are being further trenched upon by the rederition While the Commonwealth is given,…

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Watermen and Their Licenses

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 5

On Friday last a man named Charles Ives appeared in the summons division of the Water Police Court, charged by information with plying for hire as a waterman without…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 6

The Parliamentary committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, which is meeting fortnightly prior to the general elections, met at the rooms, City Bank Chambers,…

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At a Texas Hotel

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 4

Guest (to colored porter)—I want you to be sure are wake me up at 5 o'clock. Perter—All right, boss. All yer has ter do is ter pull de bell when yer wants ter be woke…

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An Elephantine Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 19

This mammoth hotel, known as "The Elephant," is situated in Atlantic City, the Philadelphian Murgate. It is built in the shape of an elephant, and the entrances are at the animal's feet and at the end of his trunk. Our illustration is from a photograph by Cocks, in the "Tatler."…

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Paris Hotel Tragedy Death of an Actress. the Prisoner Sentenced

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 8 May 1904 · page 5

The trial of Frederic Greuling, charged with the murder of a pretty Roumanian actress named Elisa Popesco, at the Hotel Regina, created an extraordinary amount of…

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Jewellery Bobbery. In a King-street Hotel. a Lady's Jewellery Stolen

The Australian Star · Monday 9 May 1904 · page 5

Hotels probably by reason of their being necessarily so open, and of the fact that all classes of people use them, are the most liable of any place of business to provide a field of…

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Robbery at an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A daring robbery was committed late on Saturday night at the Balfour Hotel, at the intersection of King and Elizabeth streets. About 10.30 p.m. a barmaid named Miss Jasper,…

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P. R. Larkin's New Hotel. In the Haymarket

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 3

There is no name more familiar to the Sydney public than that of Mr. P. R. Larkin, who, for as many years as a man could count twice over on his fingers, has catered for the…

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Hotel Destroyed at Quirindi

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 5

QUIRINDI, Tuesday.--A big fire occurred this morning at 4 o'clock, the Club Hotel, in Whittaker-street, being destroyed. It appears that Alexander Dodds, the licensee, heard a child by…

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Fires in the Country. Hotel Destroyed. 'Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 7

This morning, after 4 o'clock, Dodls's Club Hotel, in Whittaker-strcct, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Alexander Dodds, the landlord, was awakened by a child coughing beside him in…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 4

The usual weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was presided over yesterday by Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., who granted the following transfer of a publican's license:—Harry Lichtscheind[?] and…

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English Licensing Bill. London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 7

In the House of Commons last night the debate on the Licensing Bill was continued, and was further adjourned. Mr. Thomas Burt (Liberal) moved that…

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The Licensing Bill

Evening News · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 6

LONDON, May 11, 2.20.P.M.-Extraordinary interest is being taken in the licensing Bill now being discussed in the House of commons. Yesterday eight sacks of postcards and circulars,…

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New Licensing Bill. Extraordinary Interest Taken Appeals to Members. London, Wednesday, 2.20 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 May 1904 · page 4

Extraordinary interest is being taken in the Licensing Bill, which was further debated in the House of Commons last night. No less than eight sacks of postcards and…

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