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Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 69

Licensed Victuallers' Association Annual Conference

The Australian Star · Monday 20 April 1908 · page 7

The first annual conference of New South Wales hotelkeepers wlli be opened to- morrow morning, at the rooms of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, City Bank…

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Latest Edition. the Liquor Law. Hotelkeepers in Conference. Whipping the Premier's Back. "The Full Pound of Flesh." Money Compensation Demanded

Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 5

The first annual conference of New South Wales hotelkeepers was entered upon at the City Bank Chambers, Pitt-street, this morning, under the presidency of Mr. J. J. Power…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association Annual Conference

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 6

The first annual conference of New South Wales hotelkeepers will be opened to-day, at the rooms of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, City Bank Chainbers. The…

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Burglar Countess Posed As Aristocrat by Day and Robbed Hotels by Night Led Gang of "Spiders"

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 3

Amelie Condemine, "Comtesse de Montell," recently arrested at Nice, proves to be a remarkable criminal. The French police declare they have discovered that she was…

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The Liquor Trade Publicans in Conference Licensing Law Criticised Money Compensation Favoured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 7

The first annual conference of the New South Wales Licensed Victuallers Association took place yesterday in City Bank Chambers, Pitt-street…

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To Defeat the No-license Party

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 8

The first annual conference of the hotelkeepers of New South Wales was held yesterday. Sir. Charles Low, secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, stated that the primary…

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Hotelkeepers in Conference. Money Compensation Wanted. "The Whip on the Premier's Back."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 7

The first annual conference of the New South Wales hotelkeepers was hold yesterday in the rooms of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, and was presided over by Mr. J. J…

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Closing the Hotels. Nine in Alexandria and Woollahra. Work of the Local Option Court

Evening News · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

The Special Local option Court for the electorate of Randwick sat at Darlinghurst, and took evidence for the purpose of classifying the Licensed premises within the district…

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Hotelkeepers' Troubles. Working of the Liquor Law. Money Compensation Wanted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 7

The first annual conference of the N.S.W. hotelkeepers was held on Tuesday at the City Bank-chambers. Pitt-street. Mr. J. J. Power presided, and there were about 40 delegates…

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Local Option. Fewer Hotels at Alexandria and Woollahra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

The Local Option Court sat at Darlinghurst Yesterday. Judge Backhouse (president), with Messrs. G. H. Smithers and M. S. Love, S.Ms., constituted the Court for the purpose of…

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Fight Among Rabbiters. Holding Up an Hotel. One Man Loses His Life

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 7

WILCANNIA, Friday.—News has been received here that some rabbiters were paid off at Yancannia Station. Then they proceeded to the public house, three miles distant, and after…

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Local Option Court. Dealing with Hotel Licences

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 8

Judge Backhouse (President) and Messrs. Smithers and Macfaxlane, S.Ms., sitting in the Special Local Option Court (Darlinghurst), for the Electorate of Alexandria yesterday…

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The Licensing Bill. Monster Petition

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The petition from London to the House of Commons against the Licensing Bill is 6 1/2 miles long, and weighs 6cwt. There are 517,000 signatures…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 9

The Central Licensing Court has granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, Pyrmont, V. Larrson to G. Maher; White Swan Hotel, Rose-street…

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The Licensing Controversy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

Mr. Charles Roberts, M.P., has done good service to the cause of liquor traffic control in "Time Limit and Local Option" (King and Son). Designed especially as an aid in the…

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Law Report. High Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice-Barton, and Mr. Justice Is[?]acs.) Victorian Licensing Law. Charles v Grierson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

Mr. Lamb, instructed by the Crown Solicitor (on behalf of the Crown Solicitor of Victoria), appeared for the applicant, John Charles, superintendent of police and…

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London's Liquor Monster Petition Against the Licensing Bill London, Thursday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 1

London's petition to the House of Commons against the new Licensing Bill is six and a half miles long, weighs six hundredweights, and contains 517,000 signatures…

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In the Wild West. Tragedy at Yancannia. Hotel Defended with Rifles

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 8

WHITE CLIFFS, Thursday.--Particulars are to hand of the Yancannia tragedy. It appears that a number of rabbiters just discharged from a station met at a hotel three miles away. A man…

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Closing Country Hotels

Evening News · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

GOULBURN, Saturday.—The Local Option Court has ordered the following hotels to be closed in the Queanbeyan district, at the periods mentioned:—Commercial Hotel, Bungendore, at…

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The Licensing Bill. London's Monster Petition. London, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 13

The petition to be presented from London to the House of Commons against the Licensing Bill is 6½ miles long, weighs 6cwt, and has 517,000 signatures…

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