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Hotels & licensing, 1907

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Licensing Plays. the Lord Chamberlain and the Stage. His Power, and the History of It

Evening News · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 12

I am not a dramatic critic. I do not belong to that "small but fierce tribe" as .Mr. Birrell described the readers of Borrow's works, but even I can take some interest in this question…

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Dinners and Suppers Paris Hotels and Restaurants

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 8

I have sometimes thought when I have been out all day on a Highland river salmon,fishing, casting twenty-five yards of line, more or less, and coming home tired and hungry…

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Liverpool Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 19. Before Mr. Meares, L.M., and Messrs. C.O. Birch and J.c. Maine, J's P.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 3

Alice Louisa Graham, licensee of the Cricketer's Arms hotel. Smithfield, applied for a renewal of the license, and also for a reduction in the license fee…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, June 18. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., and Mr. H. St. John Tucker, Licensing Justice.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 10

Richard Palmer applied for a renewal of the licenses for the Haskesbury River Railway Hotel. The hearing was adjourned for a week, to permit of certain…

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Restaurants and Eating Places. Condition of Some Criticised. Licensing System Wanted

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 June 1907 · page 7

It is exceedingly evident that the dining-out habit is largely on the increase, and if practical Indication of this were required it would be furnished by the…

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Hotelkeeper's Troubles

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 5

Tamworth, Monday—At the Bankruptcy Court to-day, P. O. Ison, late licensee of the Railway Hotel, Attunga, attributed his insolvency to insufficient knowledge of hotel…

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No License. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 8

Sir,—On Mr. Boyce's letter to your paperl this day, June l8, on the question of "No License," I should like to make a few remarks, and also to point out to Mr. Boyce…

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No-license Campaign. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 8

A public meeting was held last night for the purpose of commencing a no-license campaign in the Durham electorate. Addresses were delivered by Mr. A. E. Bates,…

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Coal -Lumpers' Trouble Free Labourer Assaulted Altercation in a Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 1

Another slight disturbance in connection with the coal -lumpers' trouble occurred in a hotel at the corner of Oxford and Bourke streets shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday…

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The No-license Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 6

"We do not say no-license is perfection," said Mr. Bruntnell, M.L.A., to a gathering of Good Templars at the School of Arts, on Saturday night, in demonstrating the determination of the…

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Scenes at an Hotel. Renewal of a License Refused. Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 7

At the licensing court to-day the hearing of an application by Wm. Moffott for the renewal of his license for the Red Lion Hotel was concluded. The police objected to the…

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An Orange Hotel Licence

Evening News · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 5

The lease and licence of the Central Hotel at Orange formed the subject of an application. to the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson) this morning. The owner of the…

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Reasons for Insolvency. Alleged by a Publican. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 8

Some remarkable evidence was given by P. O. Ison in the Bankruptcy Court to-day. He stated that his insolvency was due to inexperience in the hotel business. Other…

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BANKRUPTCY. (Before the Registrar, Mr. A. Henry.) Voluntary Sequestration. Alexander Brown, hotelkeeper, Broadwater. Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee. HARRISON V. MOORE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 10

The full particulars of the case James Henry Harrison v. William Marshall Moore, dealt with in Bankruptcy, before the Registrar, on June 21, are supplied by the respondent as follows:--…

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Hotel and Caterers' Club

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

The recent tourney being such a big success, the committee of this club is now calling for entries for a handicap of the nine best players in the club. There are some hot…

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The Oxford Hotel

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

A billiard match for a fiver was played in the above hotel on Tuesday week, between the well-known Oxford-street hotel proprietor, Andy Flanagan and G. White. The game…

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Justice to Publicans. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 3

Sir,--Mr. J. H. Carruthers the other day, when speaking for his confrere, Mr. Wade, told the Chamber of Commerce deputation that the local option vote was never intended to blot out the brewers and wholesale wine and…

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A Country Hotel. Trouble Over the Licence

Evening News · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 5

The suit of Parker v. Mallon and others. respecting the licence of the Central Hotel at Orange, was before the Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice A.H.Simpson) again this…

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No-license Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 10

A meeting was held last night at the North Sydney School of Arts to promote the "no-license" movement, and was well attended. Mr. W. Winn presided, and upon the platform…

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Late Sporting. Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 8

The first meeting of the recently formed Licensed Victuallers Racing Club was held to-day under the most favourable auspices. There was a good attendance, and perfect weather prevailed. The racing was…

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