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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 48

Publicans at Law One's Claim Against Another the Champagne Flowed

The Australian Star · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 6

A District Court action, In which one publican was suing another for accommodation and goods supplied, was tried yesterday, by Judge Backhouse…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Publicans at Law

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 8

Arthur Holmes, licensee of the Bayswater Hotel, sued Thomas B. Greevy, licensee of the Glen Hotel, Darlinghurst, for £17 19s 6d, as being due for hotel accommodation and goods…

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Is No License a Failure? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 3

Sir,--The general secretary of the New South Wales Alliance writes in Thursday's "Daily Telegraph" that Mr. Power is not quite satisfied regarding the gentleman Who wrote to the Loudon "Times" decrying the…

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Licensing Court MONDAY. Before Messrs F R Wilshire, P.M., and W C Fulton. L.M.

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 4

This case was before the Court a month ago, when Daniel Marsden, licensee of the Nepean Hotel, High-street, Penrith, pleaded guilty to not having complied with the…

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Marble Palace As Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 4

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, which will convert it…

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Licensing and Temperance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 4

A new Liquor Act has been passed in Sweden, which is to come into force next Outober. Its main provision is that the towns will be allowed to keep a substantially…

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Police Courts. Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 18

Theo Lorenz was proceeded against at the Water Court on an information alleging that he carried on the business of a second-hand dealer without being licensed. Lorenz pleaded not guilty. Detectives Fullerton and…

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Fire at Port Hacking. Yowie Bay Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1907 · page 7

By a fire which occurred at an early hour yesterday morning a part of the [?]owie Bay, Hotel, Port Hacking, with the contents, was completely destroyed…

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Desperate Affray in Paris Hotel. Three People Shot Dead—others Wounded. Paris, March 10

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1907 · page 9

A sensational shooting affray occurred at the Hotel Pigalle, in Montmartre, to-night. The hotel is opposite the well-known…

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A Disastrous Fire Port Hacking Hotel Destroyed Damage Estimated at £1000

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 21 April 1907 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred at Port Hacking yesterday morning, the Yowle Bay Hotel being practically destroyed. It was shortly after 2 o'clock that the…

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The Sunbeam Hotel. Wife and Husband at Variance

Evening News · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 5

The Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice A. E. Simpson) had before him this morning an application by Mr. Watt (instructed by Messrs. Crick and Carroll), on behalf of Catherine…

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Fires. Outbreak at Port Hacking. Hotel Seriously Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 6

Shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday a fire occurred at Port Hacking, the Yowie Bay Hotel being almost completely destroyed. The fire was discovered by the licensce, Mr. Walter…

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Husband and Wife an Old Equity Suit Revived Dispute About a Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 1

An old Equity suit w[?] some interesting feautres was revived to-day. The parties were husband and wife, the latter, Catherine Linskey, being the plaintiff, and the…

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Selling Liquor Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

At the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., Archibald Patten, storekeeper Granville, was charged with selling 12 bottles of lager beer on the 11th inst., he not being the holder of a publican's license or…

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Country News. Expiration of an Hotel License. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

An almost unique instance of a publican openly selling liquor without a license for nearly a fortnight was revealed yesterday, when the police closed the Kurri Kurri Hotel…

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They Never Missed an Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

George Cook, 53, a stonemason, was charged at the Water Police Court, this morning, with having assaulted Annie Heap. He pleaded, not guilty…

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Police Courts. Dealer's License Cancelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 4

Upon the application of Sub-Inspector James Spence, the license of Thomas M'Intyre as a secondhand dealer, was cancelled by Mr. M. S. Lo[?] D. S. M., at the Central Police Court yesterday…

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The Colour Line Major Taylor in Paris Refused Admission to a Hotel London, Monday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 1

Major Taylor, the coloured champion cyclist, has been refused admission to the Hotel Sydney Paris, because the American hoarders staying at the hotel objected to his…

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Collector's License Cancelled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

At the Central Summons Court Thomas M'Intyre was proceeded against on an information alleging that on March 22 he. being a licensed collector under the Second-hand Dealers and Collectors Act, was, at the…

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Law. Monday, April 22. the State Courts. Equity. (Before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) the Sunbeam Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

Mr. Watt (instructed by Messrs. Crick and Carroll) applied on behalf of Catherine Linskey for an injunction against her husband, Thomas Linskey, to prevent his dealing with the…

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