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Hotels & licensing, 1904

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More State Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 8

Owing to the success of the State hotel at Gwalia the Government has decided to open a similar hotel at Goomalling, a fanning locality. A State hotel will probably also be opened in the suburb of…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

The following transfers of publicans licenses were granted at the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday:-- Annie Walker to Benjamin H. Rilly City…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

At the weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court yesterday, presided over by Mr.G.H.Smithers, S.M., the following transfers of publicans licenses were granted:— Annie Walker to Benjamin W.Retlly. City…

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Turning the Tables. Trouble in an Hotel

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 5

It was virtually a case of turning the tables completely. The parties interested were Alfred Land berg, 38, a painter, and Patrick M'Namara, an employee of the licensee of…

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Sydney Labour Council. Licensing of Registry Offices. Inspection of Land Boile[?]s. the Arbitration Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 3

A meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall last night, Mr. B. Boxall presiding. SUNDAY SHAVING…

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Licensing of Vanmen

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 3

The Granville Municipal Council are in a fix over their bylaws relating to the licensing of vanmen and other drivers of vehicles who follow the calling of carriers. The latter are aware of…

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Assault in an Hotel

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 7

Sixty-five years have passed since Peter Green, a labourer, was ushered into this world, and yet he has not the common sense to know that he cannot go into an hotel and…

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An Extraordinary Drinker. The Picton Publican's Potions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 3

An inquest, touching the death of John Proctor, aged 42, license of the Commercial Hotel, Picton, was held at the Commercial Hotel on Monday, before…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association. The Secretaryship

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 28 February 1904 · page 1

Mr. John Ashton who it is anticipated will be appointed to the vacant secretaryship of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, is a native of England. He was educated at…

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Licensed Victuallers Association. The Secretaryship

The Australian Star · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 8

Mr. John Ashton who it is anticipated will be appointed to the vacant secretaryship of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, is a native of England. He was educated at…

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Licenses Transferred

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 6

The Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court yesterday, granted transfers of publicans' licenses from Terence F. Sweeney to Arthur E. Sumerling, Sweeney's Hotel,…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the Central Licensing Court was held yesterday, the presiding magistrates being Messrs. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., C. N. Payten, S.M., and A. N. Barnett, D.S.M. The following applications…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity.) Lease or License? Respecting a Photographic Showcase. the Suit Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 7

Judgment was delivered in the suit in which John Brooks-Thornley and Thomas Henry Hassall, trading as Falk and Co., photographers, George-street, Sydney, applied for an…

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Hotel Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 8

Sub-inspector Sherwood proceeded against James Archer, licensee of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. Harris-street, at the Central Court, on a charge of keeping his premises open during unlawful hours. Defendant was…

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Wrestling. Championship of Australia. Buttan Singh and Now Zealand Top. Hotelier, Scott, Matched

Referee · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 7

The following communication, as mentioned in last week's "Referee," reached me too late for publication in that issue :— "Fremantle. Fob. 15, 1904…

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Hotelkeepers' Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 12

The Licensed Victuallers' Association of Western Australia has decided to make a campaign against the temperance bodies and the Labour party at the forthcoming State…

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The Rogues' Syndicate. Chapter I.--the Hotel Embankment

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 4

The Hotel Embankment possesses certain advantages over other London hotels which are not to be despised. In the first place, it is the cheapest hotel in the world--and the airiest;…

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United Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 8

The adjourned annual meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales was held yesterday, Mr. J. B. Sutter presiding. The balance-sheet showed that the…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday the Bench consisting of Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M.(chairman), and E. H. Wilshire, S.M. The following transfer of a publican's llcense…

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Royal Hotel, Springwood

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 19

Mr. E. W. Maidment, the proprietor of the Royal hotel, Springwood, announces that he has reduced his terms for boarders, and that visitors can avail themselves of…

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