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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 48

An Hotel Burglary the Accused Acquitted

The Australian Star · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 6

The hearing of the charge against Michael Corbey of breaking and entering ah hotel and stealing a quantity of spirits, cigars, and cigarettes was continued at the Quarter…

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Publicans Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 8

At the Central Licensing Court on Thursday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:£ Sydney Hotel, Glebe-street, Glebe, Anastasia Walters to Rose Davis; Royal Oak Hotel. Erskine and Sussex…

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Ryde Licensing Court. Tuesday, October 1. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., and Messrs. G M. Pope and H. St. John Tucker, Licensing Justices.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 10

Renewals of publicans' licenses were grunted to Thomas Edward Plaste, of the Steamboat Hotel, Ryde; and to John English, of the Fig Tree Hotel, Hunter's…

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The Continuance, without Reduction, of the No License Warfare. [To the Editor.]

The Methodist · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 8

Sir.,—Now that the first ballot by ballot against the Liquor traffic is over, certainly all No-License workers may thank God and take courage. The God of battles has been better to us than most of our…

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No License Campaign committee. [To the Editor.]

The Methodist · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 8

Sir,—One of the lessons of the "Local Option" poll just taken is that the fight has just begun. We cannot expect to carry "No-License" in any electorate until the people are ready for it, and the work…

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A Hotel Comedy

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 October 1907 · page 11

In the hall of a hotel an English tourist was expressing his disgust. "This is the worst-managed hotel I have ever been in," he exclaimed to the clerk. "Whese is the…

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Good Police Work Hotelkeeper and His Money

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 6 October 1907 · page 1

About 10 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. George Lilya, the licensee of the Bank Hotel, Newtown Bridge, handed the sum of £77 to a man in his employ, at the same time giving…

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No-license Party. Celebrating a Victory. "The Writing on the Wall."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the New South Wales Alliance and the Women's Christian Temperance Union, there was an excursion to Flat Rock, "to celebrate the people's…

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Financing a Hotel. Claim for Commission

Evening News · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 6

At the Sydney District Court this morning, before Judge Rogers and a jury, Hugh Duff and Company claimed £25 commission from W. H. O. Calvert, of Woy Woy…

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Financing a Hotel. (Continued from page 6.)

Evening News · Tuesday 8 October 1907 · page 5

The case in the District Court in which Hugn Duff and Company claimed £25 commission from W. H. O. Calvert, of Woy Woy, was continned this afternoon after our first edition Trent to press…

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Fire at Walgett. Destruction of an Hotel. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 10

The Sportsman's Arms Hotel and all outpremises thereto were totally destroyed by fire early this morning. There is no information as to origin of the fire. The furniture,…

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Claim for Commission an Hotel at Woy Woy

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 6

A claim for commission in connection with the building of an hotel occupied the attention of Judge Rogers and a jury in the District Court yesterday…

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Sunday Selling Publican Fined

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 7

Inspector Roche proceeded against Charles Keys, licensee of the Glebe Hotel, Glebe, at the local police court yesterday on an information charging, him with keeping his…

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Fires in the Country. Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 October 1907 · page 10

WALGETT, Tuesday.--A fire occurred early this morning, resulting in the total destruction of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel, together with all outbuildings. The licensee, Mr. J. W…

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A Forged Telegram. Kiama Hotelkeeper Prosecutes

Evening News · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 5

Bert Knights, 19, a barman, and James White, 24, a draper, were charged at the Water Police Court this afternoon with having conspired together to cheat and defraud E. Marina of the…

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George Adams's Will. Sweeps, Hotel and Theatre Interpretation Asked for a Heavy Bar

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 October 1907 · page 7

The interpretation of the will of the late George Adams, of Tattersall fame, came before Mr. Justice Street in the Equity Court yesterday by way of an originating…

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From Fashionable Hotel to Filthy Quarantine

The Arrow · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 8

THROUGH pursuing a faithless lover, Paula Klipenburg, a beautiful young Viennese, has undergone a terrible week's ordeal…

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Danced on the Table. Woman's Strange Freak in a Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 11

After conduction herself for some days in remarkable fashion, an American lady has had to be taken to the police infirmary in Paris. The lady calls herself Mr. Amy Root, and…

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Cats' Holiday Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 11

Dinner-time at a cats' holiday home. While the family are away it is always difficult to decide what to do with the cat, and so that pets shall not be turned out in the street or left to starve, many "homes" have been established in London and the…

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Catching the Trade. a Publican Fined. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 13

A Collingwood hotelkeeper whose house adjoins the Sports Ground last Saturday provided for the rush of half-time customers from the football match by serving drinks in a shop…

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