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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 48

A Trotting Filly Alleged Misrepresentation a Hotel- Keeper's Investment

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 1

In the No. 2 Jury Count to- day Mary Josephine Ryan sued March Dunn to recover £250 as compensation for losses sustained by her owing to the alleged misrepresentation…

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A Publican's Wife Secures a Decree in Divorce

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 March 1907 · page 5

Desertion was the ground upon which Elsie Annie Yeend to- day asked for a divorce from Alexander Ross Yeend, to whom she was married at Shellharbour in…

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Clubs and the Licensing Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 7

A development of importance to clubs, especially to those which have made unsuccessful applications for exemptions from certain provislons of the new Licensing Act, took…

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A Publican's Wife Secures a Decree in Divorce

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 7

Desertion was the ground upon which Elsie Annie Yeend yesterday asked for a divorce from Alexander Ross Yeend, to whom she was married at Shellharbour in…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench to -day:-- Clara Johnson to Samuel Hunt, Coachman's Arms Hotel, Paddington;…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 5

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Clara Johnson to Samuel Hunt, Coachman's Arms Hotel, Paddington; Henry…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licences have been granted by the Central Police Licensing Court:—Coachman's Arms Hotel, Paddington, from Clara Johnson to Samuel…

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For Women. a Daily Budget of News and Notes. Licenses for Registry Offices

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 5

Of importance just now is the topic of having servants' registry offices licensed and inspected, as a branch of the great domestic service problem. It is an extremely dull subject, and only…

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License, or No-license? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 17

Sir,--The average elector will find it difficult to accept the theory of the New South Wales Alliance, that no-license is the remedy for the "enormous evil of intemperance" on the ground put forward by the Alliance,…

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Broken Hill Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club. Easter Meeting. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1907 · page 10

The Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club held its Faster meeting this afternoon on the Broken Hill racecourse. There was a splendid attendance—one of the best seen at off meetings—but the racing was…

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Billiards Hotel Arcadia Saloon

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 6

Mr. J. Joynton Smith hit upon a fine idea in the filling up of a handsome bar in his Arcadia Saloon. It takes in almost the entire width of the saloon, and is…

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The Oxford Hotel

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 6

The new proprietor of this noted house, Mr. F. O. Robinson, is making some fine alterations throughout the building. The billiard saloon is being renovated, and…

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Is No-license a Failure? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 13

Sir,--The president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association having failed to prove his assertions in reference to the operation of no-license the ex-president has stooped into…

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Disturbance at an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 14

Walter Buckley (20), bootmaker, Albert Wright (20), brickmaker, and George Home (20), laborer, were charged at the Redfern Police Court with maliciously damaging a mirror valued at £4, the property of Tooth…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 4

The following transfers of publican's licenses were yesterday granted at the Central Police Court:—Alexander S. Donaldson to Charles O'Connor, Market Hotel,…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Explosion at an Hotel. Man Severely Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 8

James Barnes, a barman employed at the Shakespeare Hotel, at the corner of Hordern and King streets, Newtown, and residing at 16 Balley-street, Newtown, was admitted to the…

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Daring Hotel Thief. Man Who Would Not Take Women's Jewels. Geneva, February 21

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1907 · page 11

Vincent Mcleine, one of the most daring hotel thieves in Europe, died yesterday in the prison here. He passed forged banknotes wholesale…

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Music in a Hotel. Is It Legal?

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 5

BEGA, Monday.—At the police court to-day the magistrate gave bis reserved decision in the case against Margaret Hume, for allowing a graphophone to be played in the parlor…

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Tamworth Licensed Victuallers' R. O. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 10

The licensed victuallers will hold a day's meeting at Quirindi at the end of May, when the prize-money will amount to £100. Last year the club held races at Quirindi, which it termed "Driven…

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Police Courts. Publicans Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 8

At the Central Summons Court, Arthur M'Lean, licensee of the Royal Hotel, William and Crown streets, in which a man was found at prohibited hours, was fined £2…

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