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Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 69

Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has granted the following transfers of publicans licences:—Michael Skeban to Caroline Smith, Bristol Arms, Harris-street, Ultimo; Arthur E…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

The Central Licensing Court yesterday granted the following publicans' transfers:-- Michael Skehan, Bristol Arms Hotel, Harris- street, Ultimo, to Caroline Smith;…

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Parramatta District. Reducing the Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 11

The Special Licensing Court, consisting of Judge Backhouse and Messrs. W. M. M'Farlane and M. S. Love, S.Ms., sat at the Parramatta Court on Tuesday, for the purpose of…

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Closing the Hotels Special Court Sitting

The Australian Star · Friday 22 May 1908 · page 7

The Special Local Option Court continued its sittings at Darlinghurst yesterday, when evidence was taken in regard to the licensed premises in Lane Cove electorate, with a…

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Sunday Oysters at Tem Ugly's. Hotel Licensee Proceeded Against

Evening News · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 7

At Newtown Police Court, Sarah Bennett, licensee of the Sea Breeze Hotel, Blakehurst, was proceeded against by Sub-inspector Macintosh, of Marrickville, for having Frederick Cox on her…

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[?]Ysters at an Hotel. How the License Is Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfar[?]ane, S.M., Sarah Bennett, licensee of the Sea Breeze Hotel at Tom Ugly's Point, was proceeded against on a charge of having permitted persons to…

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Reduction of Licenses. Camden Electorate. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 11

A Special Court was held in the courthouse yesterday afternoon before Judge Backhouse (chairman) and Messrs. Macfarlane and Smithers, S.Ms., under section 70 of the Liquor Amendment Act, for the purpose of…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 6

The first Court in connection with he reduction of licenses for the Hawkesbury Electorate was held at the Penrith Court House on…

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Hotel Licence Cancelled

Evening News · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 15

BATHURST, Saturday.—George Frederick Evans was, at the Bathurst Licensing Court disqualified from, holding a licence under the Liquar Acts for a period of three years…

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John Wesley on Drink, Tobacco, and Taxes His Idea of a Licensing Bill

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 12

The London "Quarterly Review" for April publishes a very interesting article on the economics of John Wesley. The famous Apostle of Methodism--…

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The Federal Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

The decision of the "Local Option," or Special Licensing, Court in regard to the Federal Hotel, Parramatta North, was that it should go in three…

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Local Option Court. Sherbrooke Electorate. Tuesday, May 19. (Before Judge Backhouse, and Messrs. Macfarlane and Love, D.S.M.'s., the Special Licensing Court.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 11

Tooth and Co. proved interest in the Victoria Hotel, Smithfield, and the owner's husband (E. J. Laughton) proved an interest also…

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Hotel Paradise for Women. As Cosy As Home

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 May 1908 · page 9

The magnificent now Piccadilly Hotel, which is about to he opened in London, is a striking proof of the fact that nothing has been more powerful in shaping the…

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Hotels to Close. Dates Fixed by the Court

Evening News · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 5

The Special Local Option Courts for Ashfield. Balmain, Burwood, and Waverley sat at Darlinghurst this morning, and announced the dates on which the licences of a number of the…

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The Country. Cancellation Under the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1908 · page 10

BATHURST, Sunday. -- For having been thrice convicted of breaches of the Liquor Act within the past three years, George Frederick Evans, licensee of the Railway Hotel Bathurst, was…

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Reduction of Licenses. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 10

The Local Option Court to consider [?] reduction of hotels in the Richmond sat in Lismore on Saturday. The licensees of the following hotels were called upon to show cause…

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Fewer Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 10

The Local Option Court, sitting at Darlinghurst yesterday morning, announced the periods at which the licenses of the following hotels should expire:--…

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The Publican and the Law. an Appeal to the Full Court

Evening News · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

An appeal, arising out of a prosecution under the Liquor Act, engaged the attention of No. 2 Pull Court. It came before their Honors in the nature of a special case, and the parties were…

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Brush with a Burglar. Hotelkeeper's Smart Capture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 10

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., William G. Parsons, alias Thomas Elwell, 34, was charged with having been found for an unlawful purpose…

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Hotel and Caterers' Employee Association

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 2

The committee of the above club, with its energetic secretary. Mr. W. Mortimer, opened one of its many Winter handicaps of Saturday evening last. The game…

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