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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1906

981 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 50

Hotel Thieves: New Variety

The World's News · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 10

Possibly the good American housekeeper numbers among her acquaintances someone who boasts that she could set her table complete with "souvenirs" from the various hotels where…

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A License Fee for Halls

The St George Call · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

One of those side issues which are often productive of more interesting phases than their mere introduction would suggest arose in the Hurstville Council a…

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Red Lion Hotel. a Writ of Attachment

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 1

Mr. Leverrier (instructed by Messrs. Parish and Ebsworth) applied to Mr. Justice Pring in Equity this morning on behalf of the plaintiffs in the Equity suit of Toohey's,…

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Death in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 9

The dead body of a man was found lying on the floor in a city hotel last night. He had been drinking earlier in the evening. The body, which was that of a man about 10 years of age,…

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Appeals. a Hotel Matter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 12

In regard to the appeal of Patrick Farrelly, Terminas Hotel, Ashfield, against the assessment of his premises , £406, it was announced that the matter had been…

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A New License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 4

Some months ago, the Liverpool Bench cancelled the license of the hotel at Bankstown, owned by Patrick Joseph Geoghogan, on the ground that the…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, July 17. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, Relieving P.M., and Mr. G. M Pope, L.m.) Police Objection

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 5

Application was made by John Richard Northcott for a transfer of the license from Donald Sim for the Garibaldi Hotel, Hunter's Hill…

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Victoria's New Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1906 · page 4

It is expected that the new Licensing Bill will he offered to the Victorian Parliament on Thursday. Its main proposals are that local option shall he,continued, but that for ten years…

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Law. Saturday, July 21. EQUITY. (Before Mr. Justice Pring.) the Red Lion Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1906 · page 8

Mr. Leverrier (instructed by Messrs. Parish and Ebsworth) applied, on behalf of plaintiffs in the equity suit of Tooheys, Limited, v. Patrick Noonan. for leave to institute a writ of…

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Robbery From a City Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 4

The Detective Department has been informed Of the robbery of £50 worth of Jewellery, the property of Mrs. coats, who, resides at Went worth Hotel, Charlotte-palace, city…

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Licensing Prosecution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 4

George Staples was convicted before Mr. Wilshire, S.M., at the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, upon a charge of selling liquor during unlawful hours. He had his colonial wine shop…

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Selling Without a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 4

Before Mr. Wilshire, S.M, at the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yisterday, Felice Lopez was fined £2 2s, with 6s costs, in default a week's imprisonment, for selling cigarettes at his shop in…

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Fire in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 12

Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was raised, and two of the city brigades were soon on the scene of the outbreak, John M'Cartney's Australian Hotel,…

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United Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of N.S.W. was held at the central rooms, City Bankchambers, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon…

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Fire in an Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 10

A fire was discovered in the bar of the Australian Hotel in Hunter-street yesterday morning, and considerable damage was done before it was extinguished. The loss is covered by…

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Publicans' Licenses. Questions in Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 4

Several questions relating to publicans' licenses, and the assessment of hotels, were addressed to the Premier and the Attorney General, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday…

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Selling Liquor Without a License. a Woman Fined Fifty Pounds

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 6

The attention of Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., was occupied at the Balmain Police Court yesterday with a case in which a married woman named Lillian Blackwell, 39, was…

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Safe Sunday Hotel Visiting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 6

One of the complaints against the new licensing law is that it makes it difficult for a man who is on licensed premises during prohibited hours for a legitimate purpose to prove the…

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New Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 8

Mr. Bent introduced the Licensing Bill in the House to-night. He expects to raise £35,640 each year by extra fees, which will be applied for 10 years from July 1 next towards the payment of…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

The Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court has granted the following transfers of publicans licenses:—Vicar of Wakefield HOtel, Dixon-street, from Hugh…

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