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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 69

Fighting the Licensing Bill

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1908 · page 12

Brewers and publicans in Great Britain are raising a fund of £100,000 to conduct a great campaign against the Licensing Bill…

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World's Biggest Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1908 · page 5

Chicago is planning to build the biggest hotel in the world. This is the new La Salle Hotel, to be erected at La Salle and Madison streets. With the furnishings,…

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No Dividends. the English Licensing Bill Brewers Predict Ruin to the Trade

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—At a mass meeting held at Burton with regard to the proposed Licensing Bill great enthusiasm was shown…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office. 4.50 P.m. St. Peters and Waterloo Hotels. Should the Numbers Be Reduced? Evidence at the Local Option Court

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 5

The Special Licensing Court appointed to deal with the question of reduction of licences in the Botany Electorate continued its investigations at Darlinghurst this morning, Judge Back…

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The Brewers' Outcry. Against the Licensing Bill. Absolute Ruin for Burton. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 1

The campaign against the Licensing Bill is being energetically curried on. Burton-on-Trent, noted for the brewing of its sales, was the scene of a mass meeting…

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The British Licensing Bill

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

Fifty members of the Stock Exchange, in a memorial to Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, protested that the Licensing Bill was so confiscatory that it would…

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Fire in a Hotel Cellar

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

YASS, Tuesday.—A narrow escape from serious loss by fire occurred at Comins' Hotel yesterday. The licensee went into the cellar for the purpose of drawing a bucket of rum, and…

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Botany Hotels. Reducing Their Number. the Brewers' Interests. Licences in Redfern Electorate

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

The Special Licensing Court appointed to deal with the question of reduction of licences in the Botany electorate continued its Investigations at Darlinghurst this morning, Judge…

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Hotels in Redfern. Which of Them Should Close? Special Court Inquiry. (Continued from page 4.)

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

Senior-sergeant Stephens, of the Redfern Police, gave further evidence after our first edition went to press. To Mr. Colman: A drink could be obtained…

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Licensing Agents. (To the Editor. "Sydney Stock and Station Journal.")

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

Sir,-During the past couple of years a great deal has been written so as to put a stop to the alien or pocket-book agency business. But to…

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The Licensing Bill. Lord Burton's Protest. Big Losses Foreshadowed. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7

At a mass meeting in Burton-on-Trent, at which there was great enthusiasm, Lord Burton, director of Bass and Co., Ltd., said that the Licensing Bill would…

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Treatment of Lunatics. Licensed House Provision. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7

Dr. L. Forbes Winslow has been fined £50 for lodging a lunatic in an unlicensed house. Dr. Winslow was the founder of the…

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Closing the Hotels. Special Court Sittings. Botany and Redfern Electorates

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

The special court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Act Amendment Act 1905 to inquire into and give effect to the local option vote taken at the last…

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Closing the Hotels. Special Court Sittings. the Botany Electorate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 7

The Special Court appointed under the provisions of the Licensing Act Amendment Act to inquire into and give to the local option vote taken at the last general State…

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Grazing License of 400,000 Acres. Me. Bent Will Take It Away

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Mr. Bene was informed to-day that there was one man on the Murray who had 400,000 acres of land under grazing license and 4000 acres under wheat…

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The Mirror of Justice. That Licensing Vote

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 5

"Can you do Addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one, and one anyone, and one and one, and one and one, and one and one?"…

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Disturbance in an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 10

Roy Baton and John Worby, two young men, who had been making a disturbance in an hotel at Bondi Junction on a recent afternoon, were dealt with of the Paddington Court. Eaton was fined 15, and Worby was…

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Hotels in Redfern. Which of Them Should Close? To-day's Evidence

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

The Special Licensing Court appointed to deal with the matter of the redaction of licences sat this morning at Darlinghuret, and heard evidence in reference to the hotels in the Redfern…

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The Trade Up in Arms. Protest Against Licensing Bill. "A Political Fraud." London, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 9

A monster meeting of the liquor trade to inaugurate a icampaign against the Licensing Bill was held in the Queen's Hall yesterday. So crowded was the…

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No License in Allowrie. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 12

Sir,—In your article in Thursday's paper, when referring to the local option poll of Allowrie, you state: "Clearly there could be no prohibition, and as it turns out there can…

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