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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1905

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At a Texas Hotel

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 8

Guest (to colored porter)—I want yon to be ar davake me up at 5 o'clock. Perter—All right, boss. All yer has ter de is to, pull de bell when ter wants ter be woks…

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Paris Councillors. Visit the Workmen's Hotel. LONDON, Friday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 1

The members of the Paris Municipal Council it present on a visit to London yesterday inspected the London County Council's Workmen's Hotel at Deptford, and partook…

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Hotels and Travellers. the Birth of the Restaurant Car

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 5

It is a quarter of a century since that boon to travellers, the restaurant-car, was Introduced by the Belgian Railway Company, to which the waggon-lit also…

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The Closed Hotel. Its Effect on Trade and Morals. The N.Z. Experiment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 12

The Rev. R. S. Gray, of Christchurch, has been making personal investigations into the effect of no hotel licenses in Ashburton, Now Zealand:—…

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No License and Parliamentary Polls

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 October 1905 · page 5

When one remembers that a Federal or State Parliamentary election is valid, no matter how few electors vote, it seems strange that, under the new Licensing Bill…

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Workmen's Hotel. Food Cheap and Good. London, Friday Afternoon.—Mem-

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 October 1905 · page 5

bers of the Paris Municipal Council, now on a visit to London, as the guests of the city, inspected the County Council's hotel for workmen at. Deptford,…

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A Clouded Honeymoon. Bride's Jewellery Stolen. Robbery at the Hotel Australia

Evening News · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 5

"This is all the Jewellery I have left, two rings, two bangles, and a brooch," said Mrs. D. B. Lazarus, wife of Mr. B. B. Lazarus, of Bendigo (Vic), to an "Evening News" reporter…

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Extensive Jewel Bobbery. in a City Hotel Honeymoon Couple Victimised

Evening News · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 6

An extensive robbery of Jewellery has been reported to the police as having taken place in a leading city hotel. The jewellery, valued at about £400, is the property of Mrs. Daniel…

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Hotelkeeper Fined £10

Evening News · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 3

At Central Summons Court, to-day, Hugh Williams, licensee of Coronation Hotel, George and Park streets, was fined £10, with 6s costs, in default two months hard labour, for having…

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Fire at an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 6

A fire occurred at the Palace Hotel, a twostoried building in the main street of Townsville, last night. The flames destroyed the whole of the upper part, but the whole…

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Big Jewellery Robbery. From a City Hotel £400 Worth of Diamonds Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 4

It has been reported that between 12.20 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. yesterday diamond jewelery to the value of £400 was stolen from [?] leather trunk in a bedroom, in a leading city…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, October 25, 1905. the Club License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 8

The debate on the Liquer Bill in the Assembly last night covered the question of the right of clubs to dispense intoxicants on their private premises. It was seen that…

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Rod and Gun Licenses

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 1041

The sporting centres of the country are ripe for a rod and gun license. Everywhere one hears the necessity for a gun license urged in order to cope with the irresponsible young…

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Clubs and the Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 6

One of the most important amendments in the Licensing Bill so far is that contained in the Government proposal to put clubs on the same footing as hotels. Without this…

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The Liquor Bill. Regulation of Clubs. Me. Wade's Announcement. on the Same Footing As Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 8

The Liquor (Amendment) Bill was further considered in Committee, On clause 34, "Definition of clubs," Mr. O'SUHLIVAN said he desired to move an amendment,…

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House of Representatives. the Papua Bill. New Clause Agreed To. No-license Amendment Negatived

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday Morning.--The " House of Representatives was still considering the new clause in the Papua Bill, proposed by ' Mr. Deakin, after 1 o'clock…

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Concerning Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 6

In the Legislative Council last nigh, Mr. Fosbery asked a number of questions with respect to licenses issued in the Stale. Mr. Drunker replied that the population (approximately)…

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Liquor Law Reform. the New Bill. Grading of License Fees. Effect of Time Compensation. Practical Extinction of Bogus Clubs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 5

After all the talk indulged in, especially by the opponents of reform in the liquor trade, and the desperate assaults made upon the leading principles of Mr. Wade's bill the…

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Legislative Assembly. the Liquor Bill. All-night Sitting. Time Compensation and Graded Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

The discussion in committee on the Liquor Bill was continued in the Legislative Assembly after the first edition of the "Herald" went to press on Thursday. The amendment by…

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State Parliaments. Victoria. the Licensing Bill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly was discussing the Licensing Bill this evening. It was decided that the Bench, in making reductions in the number of licensed houses, should make them…

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