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Hotels & licensing, 1906

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Railway Refreshment Rooms. a Protest From Hotelkeepers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 7

A meeting of hotelkeepers was held at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, for the purpose of dealing with the new Liquor Act. Mr. F. Underwood…

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Newcastle. Hotelkeepers' Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

A meeting of licensed victuallers in the city and district was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday for the purpose of discussing various clauses in the new Liquor Bill, which has now come into operation. Mr. F…

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Publicans' License Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 8

An illustration of the working of the llcensefee provisions of the new Liquor Act was afforded at the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday afternoon, when renewals of fourteen publicans' "licenses were…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 6

The Licensing Bench granted transfers of publicans' licenses from Terence P. Spiliane to Bessie Toner. Stepney Hotel. Alexandria James Wilson to Patrick Carew, Prince of…

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Great Hotel Fire. Many Heroic Rescues. Ten Lives Lost. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

The West Hotel, at Minneapolis, the biggest hotel between Chicago and the Pacific, caught fire on Tuesday night, when 700 guests were asleep. Terrible scenes…

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Street Trading. Licenses and Badges to be Issued Next Week

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 6

Included amongst the provisions of the recently enacted Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act is machinery for the much needed regulation of street-trading by…

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Terrible Scenes at a Fire. in an American Hotel. Heroic Rescue Work

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The West Hotel, in Minneapolis, U.S.A.--the biggest hotel structure between Chicago aud the Pacific--caught fire on Tuesday night, when 700…

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Sunday Lectures in Licensed Buildings

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. H. Gaunter, hen. secretary Brotherhood of Humanity, writes:—As one of a deputation thai Waited upon the Golohial Secretary for the purpose of obtaining permission to rent the…

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Turned Out of Hotels Guests That City Pubs. Get Rid Of

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 11

At certain times of the of accommodation at the principal hotels in the city is eagerly sought after by letters and telegrams from the country and the other States of the…

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Hotel for Millionaires. Board and Lodging for £20,000 a Year

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 7

What is believed to be the most magnificent hotel in the world, the St. Regis, in Fifth-avenue, New York, built by Mr. John Jacob…

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Notes on Current Events The Licensing Law and its Critics

The Methodist · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 7

It was only to be expected that the operation of the new licensing law should cause inconvenience and annoyance in some quarters. But so far, the critics have made out a poor case against the restrictions…

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New Liquor Act. Publicans Summoned at Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] BATHURST

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 8

Several cases under the new Liquor Act were heard at the local police court this morning. Adam D. Inness, licensee Tattersall's Hotel, appeared on three separate…

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Clubs and the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 8

The new Licensing Act has had the effect of closing a number of so-called "working men's clubs" in several of the suburbs. It has also had the effect of closing many other clubs of…

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Damages Against Publicans, for Creating Orphans

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Morning.—Five orphans in Chicago have been awarded £3500 as the result of an action against three publicans, who were…

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Publicans in Trouble. Mulcted in £3500 Damages. for Ruining a Father. London, Saturday, 6.35 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 January 1906 · page 1

A Strange suit has just been heard in Chicago. Five orphans proceeded against three publicans for ruining, their father by supplying…

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Not a Public Bar. Hotel Guests May Cially Catered For. Interesting Magisterial Decision

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 3

Under section 16 of the New Liquor Act, Inspector Sherwood, at the Central Police Court to-day, proceeded against James Joynton Smith, licensee of the Arcadia Hotel, Pitt-street, City,…

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Peculiar Licensing Matter. Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 8

A case possibly without parallel in the history of the licensing laws of New South Wales has just occurred here. The licence of an hotel expired in October. The fact…

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New Liquor Act. Cases in the Water. Found in a Hotel on

The Australian Star · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 4

The first case under the new Liquor Act in the Water Police Court district which takes in from Paddington, Woolloomooloo, portion of the lower part of the city to the…

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Publicans Punished. for Ruining a Father

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Five orphans in Chicago have been awarded £3500 as the result of an action against three publicans, who were charged with ruining their father…

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Squabble at a Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

Charles Allison, was charged at the Water Police Court to-day with maliciously damaging a glass door and 12 tumblers, the property of George Ross, on the 15th instant. Allison…

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