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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 69

Harry Walter's Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 26

Who has not spoken of Harry Walters? Who is there in the city unfamiliar with the sign of the Prince of Wales? It is a fine, handsome building in George-street,…

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Central Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4

The following transfers of publicans licenses, were granted yesterday at the Centnl Licensing Court:— New Nation Hotel, Bourke-street, Sydney, James Tully to William H. Jarman; Northern Rivers Hotel,…

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Hotel Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 7

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted yesterday afternoon at the ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench:--New Nation Hotel,…

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Raffling a Pair of Fowls. Wine Licensee Fined. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8

At the Police Court to-day, George Albert Earl, holder of a colonial wine license at Allendale, was fined 10s and costs for bating allowed gambling on the premises…

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Government's Hopes. Prime Minister Interviewed. Lords' Reform Too Moderate. New Licensing Legislation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. Afternoon.--Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerham, Prime Minister, is still looking wan and strained, though he is considerably better…

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£400 Stolen. From an Hotel Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At about closing time (11.30 p.m.) on Wednesday, a cash-box, containing £130 in cash, £170 in cheques and scrip, and £100 worth of jewellery, was stolen…

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Theft in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 8

Daisy Ross, or Dingwall (17), was charged at the Glebe Court with stealing £4, the property of J. Hays, licensee of the Native Rose Hotel, Leichhardt. Accused was engaged as a servant by Hays in October last, and soon…

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Church and Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 8

The cry of "tainted money" is stirring the ranks of the Presbyterian clergy in Philadelphia, called forth by the fact that £10,000 of the ministers' insurance money…

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Caught in a Hotel. on Christmas Day. Publican and Customer Fined

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court this morning, Thomas Loughrey, licensee of the Railway Hotel, Auburn, was proceeded against ror having sold liquor during prohibited hours on…

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Berlin's Big Hotel

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 1

'Berlin's new £1,000,000 hotel, the Adion at Partner Piatz and Unter den Linden, has already become one of the show sights of the town. It represents the first successful…

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Hotel Metropole, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 11

The second annual report of the above company for the 12 months ended December 31 last states that the business of the year was satisfactory, and the result good,…

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Selling Tobacco Without a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 4

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Love, D.S.M., John Price, of Celeveland-street, Darlington, was charged with having sold tobacco without a license. It was stated that defendant's license…

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"Licensed" Auctioneers

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 8

Auctioneer writes:—May I ask why so many estate agents and others have written up auctioneer, when no licence exists, or ever has, while I and others pay £15 for same. It is…

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A Hotel Keeper Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

BATHURST. Thursday. —A sensation was caused to-day when it became known that Sufton How, licensee of the Great Western Family Hotel, had been found at an early hour this morning in a serious condition, suffering from…

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Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 4

The following transfers of publicans licenses were yesterday granted at the Central Licensing Court:— Cronulla Beach Hotel, Cronulla Beach, William [?] Davis to William H. Davis; Domain Hotel, [?]…

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A Bathurst Publican Found with a Bullet Wound in His Head Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

Sutton Row, licensee of the Great Western Family Hotel, Lambert and Stewart streets, was found in the hotel at an early hour this morning with a bullet wound in his head…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 3

The only transfers of publicans' licences at the sitting of the Metroplitan Licensing Bench yesterday were the following:--Cronulla Beach Hotel, Cronulla, from William S…

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Collecting Forcharity. Collectors Who Must Be Licensed in Other Countries

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

Respecting the new bylaws issued by the Public Work Department to suburban councils under the new Local Government Act, concerning street and other collections FOR charitable…

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Test Match Argument. Why They Went to the Hotel. a Bathurst Case

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

BATHURST, Saturday.—A case which cradled a good deal of Interest was heard at the Bathurst Police Court before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P. M., when William Henry Davis, Hilton West,…

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Kaiser's Effigy Burnt. German Consul Expelled From His Hotel. Violent Demonstration. Vienna. December 8

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 12

The Emperor William's effigy was burnt last evening in Lemberg in front of the hotel where the German Consul was staying…

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