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Hotels & licensing, 1907

956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 48

Licensing Bookmakers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 8

In reference to the recent trouble over licensing bookmakers under the Gaming Act, it is anticipated that arrangements will be made for a sliding scale of license fees on the…

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Broken-hill Licenses. the Question of Reduction

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The special Licensing Court resumed its sittings this morning, judge Gibson presiding. further evidence was invited in regard to…

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Reduction of Hotels. Nine on the Barrier. Court's Decision Criticised. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 7

The Special Licensing Court to-day gave its decisions under the recent local option vote, wiping out six hotels in the Broken Hill district and three in Sturt. No…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting To-day's Proceedings

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 5

The Special Licensing Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (chairman), and Messrs, [?] H. Smithers and W. M. Macfarlane, S.M.A. (members), set at Darlinghurst to-day for…

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The Will of the People. Local Option at Broken-hill. Nine Hotels to Be Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 December 1907 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The Special Licensing Court concluded its sittings to-day. Judge Gibson asked if there was any evidence to call in respect of the Centennial, Wilcannia…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, December 9. (Before Mr. W. Clarke, A.S.M., and Messrs. C. J. Byrnes and W. A. McDonald, J's.P., Licensing Magistrates.) Thorpe's Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 1

Morice D. Rosenthal applied for the renewal of the license of Rosenthal's (late Thorpe's) Hotel, Strathfield. Applicant deposed that he gave £3500 for the…

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Local Option Vote. the Reduction of Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 14

Special Courts in connection with the reduction of licenses in the electorates of Alexandria, Annandale, Botany, Camperdown, and Darlinghurst were held at Darlinghurst yesterday…

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Hotel and Caterers' Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Amalgamated Hotel and Caterers' Employees' Mutual. Benefit Association the balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed a substantial increase in…

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Reduction of Licenses. Special Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 7

The special Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse, Messrs, G. H. Smithers, S.M., and W. M. Macfarlane, S.M., for the reduction of licenses in the electorates of Alexandria,…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting To-day's Proceedings

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 1

The Special Licencing Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (chairman) and Messrs. G. H. Smithers and W. M. Macfar[?] S.M s (members) sat at Darlighurst to-day for…

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Lending Collectors' License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 10

Thomas Burgess was summoned at Redfern Police Court on the information of Senior-constable Moore, with, while being a person licensed as a collector under the Secondhand Dealers and Collectors Act, having lent his…

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Securing a License. Alleged Attempted Corruption. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 8

To-day Detective Sergeant parlomspm arrested W. H. Boardman, a business manager of Perth, charging him on warrant with having, at Perth, on November 21 last, corruptly…

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Reduction of Licenses. Settling Preliminaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 5

The Special Court in connection with the vote for the reduction of hotel licenses in the electorates of Glebe, Leichhardt Marrickville, Middle Harbour, and Newtown sat…

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Closing Hotels Special Court Sitting To-day's Proceedings

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 1

The Special Licensing Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (chairman), and Messrs. G. H. Smithers and W. M. Macfarlane, S.Ms, (members), sat at Darlinghurst to-day for…

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Fewer Hotels. Local Option Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 10

Special Courts in connection with the vote for reduction in the number of hotels in the electorates of Glebe, Leichhardt, Marrickville, Middle Harbor, and Newtown were held at Darlinghurst…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 11

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court, has granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Hotel Premier Seddon, George-street, Sydney, from…

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Queen Victoria Markets Theatre or Hotel. Alderman Taylor's Proposals Adopted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 3

The general purposes committee of the City Council yesterday further discussed Alderman Taylor's proposals regarding the Queen Victoria Markets…

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Reduction of Licenses. More Preliminaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

The special Courts presided over by Judge Backhouse, who had with him Messrs. G. H. Smithers, S.M., and W. M. Macfarlane, S.M., again sat yesterday at Darlinghurst in…

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Publicans' Licences

The Australian Star · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 6

At the weekly meeting of the Licensing Bench yesterday the following transfers of publicans licences were granted:--Hotel Premier Seddon, George- street, Sydney, from…

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Fewer Hotels. Local Option Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 5

"This Court will work Itself; all we have to do is simply to start it going." said Judge Backhouse (President of the Special Court now sitting in connection with the vote for reduction)…

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