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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 69

A Bush Tragedy Fatal Fight in a Hotel the Yancannia Case

Evening News · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 6

The White Cliffs police on April 21 received a telephone message from Yancannia, 60 miles north, to the effect that a man named Hiddle had been found dead in a shed at the rear of…

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Mountain Shires. Licenses and Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.--A conference of representatives of the Blaxland, Oberon; and Blue Mountains Shire Councils was held at Wallerawang, with a to some arrangement being come to between the…

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Closing the Hotels. Randwick and St. Leonards Electorates

Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

The Local Option Court for the Electorate of St. Leonards sat at Darlinghurst on Tuesday and announced that, it had been decided to reduce the number of hotel licences in the…

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Hospital Saturday Collectors. the Publican's Allegations "A Base Slander," Says Mr. Dorman

Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 8

The statement made yesterday by the licensee of the Supreme Court Hotel, King-street, while Siring evidence" bearing on the coarse of allowing females of ill repute to remain on his…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Licensing Bill. Second Reading Carried. Drastic Amendments Hoped For

Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The majority, 394, which voted for the second reading of the Licensing Bill, was composed of 333 Liberals, 51 Laborites, 3 Nationalists, and 7 Unionists…

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Licensing Bill. Second Reading Carried. Overwhelming Majority. London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 9

The debate on the motion on the second reading of the Licensing Bill was concluded in the House of Commons last night…

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Licensee's Defence. Remarkable Assertion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 10

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Frederick Henlen, licensee of the Supreme Court Hotel, was summoned for permitting certain women to assemble upon his premises. Mr. Smithers appeared for the…

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Fair Champagne Drinkers the Licensee's Impression

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6

Frederick Henlen, licensee of the Supreme Court Hotel, King-street, was charged at the Water yesterday, with allowing disorderly women to assemble upon his premises on…

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Licensing Bill Composition of the Majority That Carried the Second Reading London, Tuesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 1

By 394 votes to 148, the Licensing Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons last night. The majority was composed of 333 Liberals,…

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Closing the Hotels Special Court Sitting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 8

The Special Local Option Court sat again at Darlinghurst yesterday. Evidence in regard to the licensed premises in the electorates of Burwood and St…

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The Licensing Bill. Second Reading Carried. Big Liberal Majority. Mr. Asquith on Confiscation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday, the debate on the second reading of the Licensing Bill was resumed…

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Police Courts. Licensing Act Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 12

Frederick Henlen, the licensee of the Supreme Court Hotel, King-street, appeared before Mr. Barnett, S.M., at the Water Court to answer a summons, which alleged that he permitted women to assemble on his premises…

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Fewer Hotels. at St. Leonards and Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 12

The Local Option Court for the electorate of St. Leonards, consisting of Judge Backhouse (president), and Messrs. G. H. Smithers and M. Macfariane, S.Ms., sat at Darlinghurst…

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Local Option Court. Parramatta and Granville Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

The adjourned sittings of the Special Courts appointed to deal with licensed, houses for the sale of liquor, under the now Licensing Act, for the electorates of…

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Hospital Saturday. the Supreme Court Hotel Case

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6

Mr. John J. Cohen, hon. general secretary, writes: The evidence in the prosecution of the licensee of the Supreme Court Hotel, King-street, as reported in the papers, has caused…

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Well-known Publican's Death

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Troy, one of the best-known hotel-keepers in the metropolis, died at St. Vincent's Hospital this afternoon, at the age of 52 years. Mr Troy had the happy knack of…

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Licensing Bill. the Voting Analysed. London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

The 394 members of the House of Commons who voted for the second reading of the Licensing Bill consisted of 333 Liberals, 51 Labour, 3 Nationalists, and 7…

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Parramatta District. Reduction of Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 10

Special courts in connection with the proposed reduction of licenses in the electorates of Parramatta and Granville were held in the Parramatta Courthouse on Monday. The Bench…

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English Licensing Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 6

The triumphant passage of the Licensing Bill through its second reading stage is a good omen which should urge Mr. Asquith to proceed to committee as soon as…

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Closing the Hotels Special Court's Sittings

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

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

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