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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 48

The No-license Tyranny and the No-compensation Robbery. a Warning and an Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 11

At the forthcoming State election you, the men and women of New South Wales, will be asked to decide for or against no-license and reduced licenses. You will be asked to take…

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The Chicago Hotel. a Brewery Sued. Alleged Wrongful Conversion

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 1

In the Banco Court to-day, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, an action was brought by Maria Reynolds against Resch's, Ltd., claiming £500 for the alleged wrongful…

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The Children and "No License." Great Street Demonstration

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 7

Canon Boyce states that the executive of the New South Wales Alliance has recently been very much impressed with the children s standpoint of the no-liccnse. question, and they feel…

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Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 3

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted: —Oxford Hotel, Oxford-street, city, John M'Clusky to Theodore Trautwein: Lansdowne Hotel,…

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The Hotel Chaplain

Evening News · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 4

It is reported that the Hotel Association of New York has abolished the office of "hotel chaplain." The chaplain is said to have solemnised any number of marriages at any hour…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 6

At the Central Police Court the Metopolitan licensing Bench granted the following transfers of hotel licences: John M'Cl[?] to The[?]re, Trautwein, Oxford Hotel, Oxford-street, Sydney; Bertha Hillmer to John Shearer,…

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A Contrast. Smoke Social and Rotten Eggs. Broken Hill and No-license. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 7

Mr. E. A. Leeder, organiser of the South Australian Liquor Trades Union, who is here in connection with the no-license campaign, was entertained at a smoke social at the…

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The Chicago Hotel

The Australian Star · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 6

The action in which Mrs. Maria Reynolds sued Rech's, Limited, of Sydney, to recover £500 for alleged wrongful sale of furniture and effects at the Chicago Hotel, was…

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"No License." an Enthusiastic Rally

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 8

The strength of the force behind the "nolicense" movement was in part indicated by the numbers that attended at the Town-hall last night at the rally organised by the opponents…

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No License

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2

As next Sunday is being observed as Temperance Day, in view of the local option vote, a special se[?]mon will be delivered in Penrith Methodist Church…

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Fire at an HoteL Fifteen People Incinerated

Evening News · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—A hotel near Tacoma, Washington State, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Fifteen of the inmates were incinerated…

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A Story for No License Tuesday. The Well that was not Closed

The Methodist · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 4

In a bonnie little village among the blue hills of New South Wales, there lived a father, a mother and their boy, Freddy. At the back of the house was a deep well. Mother was very frightened of…

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The No-License Campaign

The Methodist · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 8

The work of the Church is Redemptive and Preventive. The same may be said of the nation that claims to be Christian. A clever writer has said that the ideal of a righteous nation is to secure to…

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Fatal Hotel Affray. Man Killed in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--An affray, which took place in an hotel in South Melbourne, this afternoon, resulted in the death of Frank Mangan, aged 34, and the subsequent arrest of four…

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The No-license Campaign. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 10

Sir,--In your issue of the 4th inst. is a pronouncement by Canon Boyce forecasting the probable results on Tuesday next. In one of the paragraphs he deals with me thus:--"Mr. Dixon Ward, the lecturer for the…

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No License. (To the Editor.)

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 3

Sir,—I feel quite pleased that your correspondent, R. Galbraith, has given me credit, for having “written…

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No-License Appeal. to the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 11

Sir,—Kindly allow me to have a final word with the electors of Parramatta through the medium of your widely read journal. Never before in the history of…

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Points to Notice. The Liquor Voting. What Reduction Will Mean. What No-License Will Mean

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 11

A good deal of interest is being taken in the liquor vote to be given on Tuesday, as much, or more, in some places, than is taken in the vote for any…

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"No-license" and the Templars

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 12

A meeting in connection with the "Evening Star" Lodge, I.O.G.T., was held at the Manchester Unity Mall, Parramatta, on Tuesday evening. The effort…

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No License. Children's Monster Demonstration

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 September 1907 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon the Nev Wales Alliance organised a children's [?] monstration as a means of furthering "No License" crusade, which will be a…

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