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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1905

877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 44

Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Appeal Against Conviction. Theatres and Hotels. Crown v Sutton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 8

John B. Sutton, licensee of the Theatre Royal Hotel, appealed against a conviction recorded against him at the Water Police Court, under which he was fined 10s, with costs, for…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the United-Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales was held at the rooms, City Bank-chambers, Pitt-street. Mr. J. B…

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Hotel and Theatre. An internal Communication. "Agen the Statoots"

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 7

Judge Backhouse, at the Darlinghurst courthouse yesterday, delivered his reserved judgment in a case in which John B. Sutton, licensee of the Theatre Royal Hotel,…

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Eartlier Closing of Hotels. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 5

Sir,—Those desirous of true liquor law reform should pause well before advocating the earlier closing of hotels. There is a movement new on foot by those who, I am afraid, do not…

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The Unprotected Girley. a New Chum Barmaid. and the Foxey Customer. How a Young Lady Who Wished to Learn the Business of the Bar Succeeded at a Suburban Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 4

When she applied for the billet of barmaid in a western suburb she did so with the greater assurance that she would succeed by reason of the fact that she required little or…

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The Liquor Trade. the Question of Compensation. Meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 9

A meeting of the general committee of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, followed, by a general meeting of members, was held on Thursday atternoon. There was a large…

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Starkweather's Circular Hotel. MR. W. L. Alden's Best Short Story

The World's News · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 22

I was sitting on the Verandah of a Lucerne hotel, trying to believe that it is cooler in Switzerland with the thermometer at eighty degrees than it is in London with the thermometer at…

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A London Suspect. Sentenced at Bow-street. Says He Was a Sydney Publican. London, Friday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 1

Andrew Montha[?] who said he was formerly the [?]ensee of a hotel in Sydney, was at the Bow-street Police court to-day sentenced to three months imprisonment for…

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The Wrong License

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 3

The police of New York are searching for an Italian couple; but their intent is entirely friendly. They wish to whisper gently into the ears of the young people that they are…

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Special Licensing Court Wednesday, May 24. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M.,and Mr. C. J. Byrnes; P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 3

The Chairman of the Beneh made refer lence to the death of a member of a member of the Bench, Mr. T. Aloock of Burwood, said expressed the regret the surviving…

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The Exchange Hotel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 1393

Among the first-class hotels of this city there is one to which what may be termed fond associations invariably cling. It is known as "The Exchange," and its main entrance…

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A Modern Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 June 1905 · page 23

Larkin's Hotel is a household word throughout tho State, and the new premises at 653 and 655 George-street, Haymarket, opposite Campbell-street, erected a couple…

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Queensland. Excitement Over a License. Resignation of Thirteen Magistrates. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 June 1905 · page 6

A peculiar licensing case has occuned in the Biggenden district, resulting in the resignation of 13 resident magistrates. The trouble arose over the proclamation of the spocial…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Dropped in Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 9

[?] man named James Mooney dropped derd yesterday while crinking in a city hotel,The body was removed to the morgue by the police…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 19

At a meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr. J. B. Sutton presiding, the general secretary (Mr. Ashton) explained that the association's scheme for the…

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United Licensed Victuallers' Association. a Compensation Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1905 · page 3

There was a large attendance at a meetling of the above association last week, Mr. J. B. Sutton, J.P., presiding. The general secretary (Mr. Ashton) explained that the…

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Robbery at a City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1905 · page 6

Late on Saturday night a cash-box, containing cash and jewellery of the value of £35, was stolen from a drawer in a bedroom at the Belmore Hotel, Albert and Phillip streets. The…

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A Publican's Proposal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1905 · page 8

Sir,—The leaders of the temperance organisation in this State are evidently convinced that the solving of the liquor problem could be accomplished by the closing of all hotels…

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An Hotel Burnt. Alstonville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1905 · page 6

The Ocean View Hotel was burnt to the ground last night. The license was transferred on Friday from Mr. A. R. Reid to Mr. Evan Richards. The building belonged to Mr. Fesq,…

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[?] of Hotel Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 4

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were approved of at the Central Licensing Court yesterday: —Eveline Minly to John Hyde, Federal City Hotel, Sussex-street; Abraham Brown to F. G. B[?]man, Park…

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