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Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 48

Hotel at Portland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 12

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--At a special sitting of the Licensing Court at Lithgow, before Mayor Bracey, Dr. Kirkland, and W. J. Thompson, Frances Brown applied for the removal of a…

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Victoria. the New Licensing Act. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 10

A conviction under section 76 of the new Lincensing Act was to-day in question before the Full Court. A man was charged with having been found on licensed premises on…

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The Drink Traffic. No-license Movement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 15

A meeting of the supporters of the no-license movement was held under the auspices of the New South Wales Alliance in the Petersham Town-hall last night. Mr. T. S. Lang occupied…

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Is No-license a Failure? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 6

Sir,--Mr. Thos. S. Lang, assistant general secretary N.S.W. Alliance, in your issue April 3, says:--"The president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association having failed to prove his assertions in reference to the…

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The Pharmacist and "No License." to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 9

Sir,--The position of the pharmacist in an electorate carrying a "no-license" vote at the next Slate elections will be an important one. The Liquor (Amendment) Act provides that, on a…

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Ships and Shipping. the Conference at Work. Licenses for Australian Coasters. the Adjustment of Anomalies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Navigation Conference resumed its sittings yesterday. After discussion, it was resolved that no ship shall trade on the Australian coast…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:— James E. Bourke to Albert J. Brandt. Cleveland Hotel, Buckingham-street, city; James Patterson to Hannah…

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Row in a Hotel

Evening News · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 5

George Henry Smith, 31, a fireman, was charged at the Water police Court this morning, with having assaulted William Alfred Hansford, manager of the Star Hotel, George-street, city…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

The Central licensing Court has granted transfers of the licenses of the following hotels: Cleveland Hotel, Buckingham-street, city, from James E. Bourke to Albert J.Brandt; Imperial…

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Wine Licenses and the New Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 10

Mr. Dwyer, P.M., at the District Court to-day, decided that the holders of wine licenses obtained before December 28 last are at liberty to send out for liquor for consumption…

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Hotel Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 7

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday:--James E. Bourke to Albert J. Brandt, Cleveland Hotel,…

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Is No-license a Failure? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 7

Sir,--The president of the "United Licensed Victuallers Association seems somewhat aggrieved that I should press for proof of his wild statement about the operation of no-license in New Zealand, which was evidently made…

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Licensing Case Fails. Owing to Boy's Disappearance

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 7

A case of interest to hotelkeepers was heard at Newtown Police Court. Sub-inspector Macintosh, of Marrickville, proceeded against John J. Manning, licensee of the Frankfort Hotel,…

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Row in a Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 8

George Henry Smith, 31, a fireman, was charged at the Water Police Court Yesterday with having assaulted William Alfred Hansford, manager of the Star Hotel, George-street, city…

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Jottings. on Hotelkeeping

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 3

"We are but hanging on as it were" was the way a local boniface put the case of the liquor traffic to are the other day, and…

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A Woman's Hotel. Complaints of the Guests

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

The experiment Initiated in New York four years ago of running a big hotel by and for women has proved a tragic failure…

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Friday. (Before Mr. Love, D.s.m.) Breach Licensing Act

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 5

Rodger O'Keefe, license Atlantic Hotel, Mort-street, for selling liquor at unlawful hours and pleaded guilto…

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The Sir John Falstaff Hotel. a Favourite Resort of Charles Dickens

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 8

This interesting old inn is built on or about the spot on Gadshill (God's Hill) where, the riotous Prince Hal so throughouly frightened the…

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No-license in New Zealand. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 12

Sir,--Shortly after my arrival in New South Wales--a month ago--a letter appeared in your columns, signed "E.S.," in which the writer seeks to discredit the statements I made to your interviewer re the working of…

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Empress' Palace As Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1907 · page 3

Achilleion, the beautiful palace built for the late Empress Elizabeth of Austria at Corfu, at a cost of £1,000,000, has been purchased by a Swiss-German syndicate…

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