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Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 69

Hospital Saturday Incident. Supreme Court Hotel Case. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

Sir,--The evidence: In the prosecution of the license of the Supreme Court Hotel, King- street, as reported in the papers, has caused the board of directors of the Hospital Saturday…

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Selling Liquor Without a License. Fines of £60

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

CLIFTON, Wednesday.--At the Clifton Police Court to-day, before Lieutenant-Colonel Chisholm, P.M., Albert Price, of Coledale was proceeded against on an information alleging that he sold liquor at Coledale without a…

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Licensing Bill Majority. Liberals Want Amendments

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The majority (394) which voted for. the second reading of the Licensing Bill was composed of 333 Liberals, 51 Laborites, 3 Nationalists,…

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Central Licensing Court

The Australian Star · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 7

At the Central Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Donaldson, S. M. (presiding) and Messrs. King and Love, D.S.Ms., granted a publican's transfer from Join Livingstone, of…

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Closing the Hotels Special Court Sitting

The Australian Star · Friday 8 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…

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The Licensing Controversy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 5

In the "Nineteenth Century" Mr. Edwin A. Pratt sets out to show that the Licensing Bill, which has just passed its second reading, affords no guarantee of Increased…

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A Peculiar Case Publican v. CUSTOMER

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

A most unusual case was heard at the Balmain Court yesterday. A publican named Donald Chapman was proceeded against for supplying liquor on Good Friday, at his hotel,…

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The Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

In discussing the Licensing Bill brought down by Mr. Asquith, a writer in the "Albany Review" adopting the signature of "A Licensing Administrator," supports the measure warmly,…

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Sherbrooke Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

A special Court for Sherbrooke, under the Liquor (Amendment) Act, will be , held on Tuesday, tho 12th of May, at the Parramatta Courthouse., when all…

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At Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 May 1908 · page 7

Mr. C. J. Roberts, of Roberts' Hotel, George—street, was emphatic in his statement that sweated sovereigns are more frequently passed than over before…

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Robbery at a Pyrmont Hotel

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 6

A robbery took place at the Sunderland Hotel, Harris and Fig streets, Pynnont, on Sunday, the sum of £36 10s in cash being stolen. The licensee, George Brooks, and his wife left…

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Hotel Robbery

The Australian Star · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 1

The detectives were this morning informed of a robbery which took place at the Sutherland Hotel, Harris -street, Pyrmont, during yesterday afternoon. The licensee states…

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A New Hotel Building Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 6

The demolition of Simeon Lords's old house in Bridge-street (erected about 1810, and the oldest building in Sydney) has its converse proceeding being now undertaken in an adjacent…

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A Man From Gulgong Robbed in a City Hotel

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

A robbery is reported as having occurred at the Bourke Hotel, corner of George and Goulburn streets, on Sunday night. Mr. Frank L. Egan, a visitor, from Gulgong[?] was…

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Wine in Hotels Why It Is Poor the Amateur Publican

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

The difficulty in obtaining good wine fit hotels has frequently been commented on. In order to ascertain the reason for this, a "Star" reporter interviewed Mr. F…

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The No License Fight. Position of Presbyterians. Bar Majority Not Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 6

At the sitting of the New South wales Presbyterian Assembly last night the most important of the business was that routing to the temperance question…

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Granville and Auburn Hotels

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 7

The Special Licensing Court (Judge Backhouse, and Messrs. Macfarlane and Smithers, S. Ms.) had a long sitting at parramatta dealing with the hotels in the Granville electorate…

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Special Licensing Court at Parramatta

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 7

The Special Licensing: Court (Judge Backhouse and Messrs. M'Farlane and Love. D.S.Ms.), in connection with the local option vote, sat at Parramatta this morning, to hear…

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Delegates to the First Annual Conference of the New South Wales Licensed Victuallers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 20

Back row, reading from left to right: Messrs. H. R. Ridout, (Country Representative U.L.V.A.) E…

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Dirty Hotel Premises. Lord Mayor Active. Every Place to Be Examined

Evening News · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 7

Complaint has been made that the public conveniences of a number of hotel premises in the city of Sydney are constantly in a disgusting state, in most instances the trouble in the…

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