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Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 69

Nine Hotels Closed. Balmain, Ashfield, Burwood, and Waverley

Evening News · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 5

The Special Licensing Courts for Ashfield, Balmain, Burwood, and Waverley sat this afternoon at Darlinghurst, for the purpose of making reductions in the number of licensed…

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Police Courts. Dairy License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 5

At the Ashfield Police Court on Friday, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, D.S.M., Peter Cunningham, dairyman, of Leichhardt, was proceeded against under section 7 of the Dairies Supervision Act, for…

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Hotel Fire Electric Wire Fuses

The Australian Star · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 1

There was an exciting ten minutes fight with homes at the Cambridge Hotel at the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets on Saturday. Through, it is stated, the fusing…

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No-license Campaign. 26 Victorian Hotels to Be Closed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 7

After a month's inquiry concerning 47 hotels in Ballarat and the surrounding districts, the Licenses Reduction Board this afternoon announced that 26 hotels were to be closed…

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Granville Hotels Closed

Evening News · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

The Granville Local Option Court, sitting at Parramatta this morning, announced that the licence of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Wood-ville-road, Granville, would cease to exist in…

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Closing Seven Parramatta Hotels

Evening News · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 4

The Special Local Option Court sat at the Parramatta Courthouse this morning, and gave its decision with reference to the cancellation of licences in the Parramatta Electorate…

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Local Option Court. Reduction of Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 4

The President announced that the Court had decided to make the following reduction of licenses:- Ashfield.—The Plough Inn,…

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Suicide in a City Hotel. Shot Six Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Stephen Murphy, concerning the death of a foreigner known as R. Laforret. who was found dead in a bedroom at the Grand…

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The Licensing Bill. Dissentient Liberal. "No Chinese Cheap Labourer." London, May l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 7

Mr. Samuel Howard Whitbread, M.P. (Liberal) for the Huntingdon division of Huntingdonshire, addressing his constituents on Saturday, said that the Licensing…

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Liberals in Revolt. More Licensing Bill Dissent. Yet Another Defection

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Mr. S. H. Whitbread (Liberal member for Huntingdon) addressed his constituents on Saturday on the subject of the Licensing Bill…

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Special Licensing Court at Bega

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

BEGA, Monday.--At the special licensing court, under the Liquor Amendment Act, held at Bega Court-house, Judge Fitzhardinge presided Messrs. H. S. Hawkins and F…

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Local Option. More Hotels to Close

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

The Local Option Court (Judge Backhouse and Messrs. Smithers and Macfarlane, S.Ms.) determined yesterday that five hotels should close in Balmain one in Ashfield, two in…

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Suicide in a City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 8

The coroner, (Mr. S. Murphy) hold an inquest yesterday on the body of R. Laforret, which was found in a bedroom at the Grand Central Hotel, on the 15th inst. The medical…

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Midnight Episode in Regent-street. Peculiar Hotel Case

Evening News · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 7

A laborer named James Halloran appeared at the Central Police Court this morning on charges of having used indecent language in Regent-street on May 17; of having damaged…

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Fewer Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 8

The decision of the Special Local Option Court to close seven of the hotels in the Parramatta district brings home the real significance of the local option vote…

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Local Option Court. Parramatta Loses Seven Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 7

A special Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse (president), and Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane and M. S. Love, S.Ms., which has held several sittings to determine the fate of licensed…

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The Granville Hotels. One at Granville and Auburn to Go. Tuesday, May 19. (Before Judge Backhouse, and Messrs. V. M. Macfarlane and Smithers, D.S.M's.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

The Bench declared that the number of licenses in Granville should be reduced by two, and that the license of the ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL,…

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Tuesday, May 19. Scatter of Local Licenses. The Parramatta North "Nine-Pins." The Penalties of Black Marks. (Before His Honor Judge Backhouse, and Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane and M. S. Love, D.S.M.'s.) Classification Day

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

There was again a large attendance of licensees, clerks of Petty Sessions from different districts, and solicitors. Among the lawyers were Messrs. Parrish, Old,…

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Under the New Act. Special Licensing Court. Parramatta Electorate. (Before Judge Backhouse and Messrs. W. M. Macfarlane and M. S. Love, S.M's.) Thursday, May 14

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

Inspector Grugeon, correcting his testimony of Wednesday, gave evidence that the population of Parramatta North was 5000. There were 2150 voters. The…

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Country Hotel Profits. Big Margin for Licensee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The profits made by the licensee of a country hotel were brought out In evidence at the sitting of the Licenses Reduction Board to-day. The licensee of the…

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