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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1905

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"No License." New Zealand Experience. a Satisfied Clergyman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 9

The Rev. J. C. Jamieson, a Presbyterian minister from New Zealand, expressed his views to a "Herald" representative yesterday on the results of the "no license" law in…

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A Ca Re. Ex-publican's Application

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 7

Mr. Justice Pring, sitting in Chambers yesterday, had before him an application on behalf of Maurice Walsh, lately, a publican at Parramatta, to set aside a ca re…

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No-license in New Zealand. 'A Visitor From Clutha

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 9

"Altogether, I am of opinion that the liquor trade in New Zealand is inevitably doomed The young New Zcalander will sec to that." Such is the impression which the Rev. J. C…

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The Liquor Problem. Position in New Zealand. Growth of the No-license Movement. Steady Progress. the Sly Grog Selling Evil. (From Our Own Correpondent.) Wellington, Sept. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 5

One thing in particular that New South Wales and New Zealand have in common at the present time is that both are much concerned over the liquor question. In the…

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The Licensing Bill

The Methodist · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 1

AS was to be expected, the proposals of the State Government in the Licensing Bill which it has placed before the people nave evoked much expression of opinion, in which both…

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Breach of Promise Case. Domestic and Publican

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 6

An action was heard before Mr. Justice Pring and a Jury, to-day, in which Ellen Prances Tobin sued Patrick Davis to recover £500 compensation for alleged breach of…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 5

The Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court to-day, granted the following transfers of publicans' licenoes:—Federal Hotel, George and Raglan streets, from Florence…

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Breach of Promise. Action Against a Publican. Fifty Pounds to Assuage the Wrong

The Australian Star · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 4

In the No. 2 Jury Court this morning before Mr. Justice Pring and jury Ellen Frances Tobin sued Patrick Davis to recover compensation for alleged breach of promise of…

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Transfer of Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 7

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers were granted:—Federal Hotel, George and Raglan streets, Waterloo, Florence Moran to Robert Brown; Lord Jersey Hotel, Castlereagh-street, Seline…

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Levanted to London. From the Bar to the Music Hall. a Young Wife's Fickle Fancy. the Young Wife of a Hotel-keeper, Who Nursed His Former. Missus and Learned the Bar Trade, Leaves for London with a Lover

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 1

They were quite a young couple when they took the hotel, and she, in fact, looked so very juvenile that strange customers used to call her "miss," much to her disgust, for…

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Water Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Water Licensing Court was held yesterday, the Bench consisting of Messrs. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., and C. N. Payten, S.M. The following transfer of a publican's license was granted:—William…

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Harbour View Hotel. An Insane Licensee. Unusual Application

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 6

At the Water Police Court yesterday Mr. Old made an application of a nature that is not very usual. He stated that Andrew Irwin, the former…

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Harbour View Hotel. a Novel Application

Evening News · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 8

Mr. Old appeared before the Water Licensing Court, and made an application of a some what unusual nature. He stated that Andrew Irwin, the former…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, September 21, 1905. the Licensing Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 6

The Attorney-General was justified when he took advantage of the opportunity afforded to him by the deputation which waited upon him yesterday in the…

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The Liquor Bill. Temperance Party's Suggestions. the Majority Vote. Settlement of All Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 5

The Attorney-General, Mr. Wade. yesterday afternoon received a large deputation from the New South Wales Alliance, which urged amendments in the Liquor Bill…

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Hotelkeeper Fined

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 7

Before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at the Balmain Police Court, Sub-inspector Thomas Collins proceeded against Michael Brennan, licensee of the "Star" Hotel, situate at…

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The Drink Traffic. The New Hotel Bill. an Objectionable Clause. Deputation to the Attorney General

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 6

Members of the N.S.W. Alliance for the Suppression of Intemperance crowded out the offices of the Attorney-General yesterday to impress upon him the necessity for drastic…

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The Shifting Scene. the Publican

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 15

"OVER there," roared the Alliance orator," what do you see. You don't see any want there. The publican, my friends, is rolling in gold; his wife is a…

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No License

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 4

There is going to be a desperate fight directly on the liquor question That must be apparent to everyone who reads the newspapers. In…

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Tasmania. Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Narrow Escape of Inmates. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 13

The North Lyell Hotel, at North Lyell, was, together with the stock and furniture, destroyed by fire at about 2 o'clock this morning. The inmates, including the wife and…

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