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Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 69

Licensing Bill. Closure Applied. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 July 1908 · page 7

The motion by Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, to apply the closure to the Licensing Bill was carried by 209 votes to 89…

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Licensing Bill London, Saturday, 6.25 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 19 July 1908 · page 1

In the House of Commons last night, a resolution for the use of the guillotine in the debate on the Licensing Bill was carried by 209 votes to 39…

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Methodist Conference. the Licensing Bill. Education Controversy. London, July 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 7

The Rev. J. S. Lidgett, President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, in inaugurating the Conference at York, urged the Church to…

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Country Licensing Courts. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 8

The Special Licensing Court on Friday decided to close 10 licensed premises in the Macquarie electorate, as follows:—Lincoln Hotel (Wellington), two years from September 10,…

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Licensing Bill. Guillotine Motion Carried. a Closure Comparison. London, July 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 7

The House of Commons last night considered the resolution proposed by Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, to allot two days to clause 1 of the Licensing Bill before…

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Reduction of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 6

Since the passage of the Licensing Act the hotels in the metropolitan district have been reduced in number from 745 to 699, and it is stated that 74 hotels altogether will be…

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Licensing Bill. Application of the Guillotine. Protest by Mr. Balfour

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday. In the House of Commons, the motion by Mr. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, to apply the closure to the Licensing Bill was carried. The House…

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Wickham Electorate. Ten Hotels to Be Closed

Evening News · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The Local Option Court, Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. Love and Scott, Licensing Magistrates, this afternoon, gave effect to the reduction vote carried in the…

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Was It Poker? Bathurst Publican Fined. Police and Commercial Travellers

Evening News · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

BATHURST, Tuesday.—At the police court Daniel Hogarth, licensee of the Park Hotel, was proceeded against of an information alleging that on July 9 he allowed gaming for stakes to…

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Stolen From an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 10

Mrs. louisa Drummond reports the loss of a ring valued at £25 which was stolen from her room at the langham Hotel, at the corner of Margaret and Sussex streets, on Sunday…

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The Glebe Indignant at Losing the Club Hotel "That Trumpery Court of Wheels"

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 1

A further protest was made at the Globe Town Hall last night against the closing by the Local Option Court of the Club Hotel, St. John's-road, Glebe…

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Poker on Licensed Premises Bathurst

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 7

At the Bathurst Police Court to-day Daniel Hogarth, licensee of the Park Hotel, one of the best known hotels in the west, was charged with suffering gaming for stakes, to…

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Special Licensing Court. Ten Hotels Closed in Wickham. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 13

The Special Licensing Court, consisting of Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. Love and Scott, S.Ms., sat to-day to give decisions in regard to the closing of hotels in the Wickham…

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Licensing Bill. No Progress. Scene Narrowly Averted. London, July 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 9

The House of Commons last night spent all the sitting in committee over the first cause of the Licensing Bill, providing for the statutory reduction of licenses. No…

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Minister and Publican

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 3

The minister sends us to heaven, The publican sends us to [?]—I; And each in his way, makes the business pay…

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Wickham Hotels Closed Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 6

At the Newcastle Courthouse this afternoon a special court, consisting of Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. Love and Scott, licensing magistrates, closed the maximum…

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Police and Publican Operation of the Liquor Act Points for the Full Court

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 5

This morning Mr. Justice Sly gave his decision in the Liquor Act appeal from Hay. The matter came before his Honor on the application of Peter Lynch, a publican, who…

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Almost a Scene. Tumult in the Commons. the Licensing Bill in Committee Was Mr. Asquith Discourteous?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Yesterday's sitting of the House of Commons was spent in Committee upon Clause [?] of the Licensing Bill, providing for a statutory reduction of…

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No License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

The Rev. [?] Palmer delivered an interesting lecture, illustrated by lantern views, against the liquor traffic, in the Town Hall, Smithfield, on Monday,…

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The "Emu Hotel" Appeal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

The appeal of George W. Williamson, late licensee of the Emu Hotel, George-street, Parramatta, against his conviction by the Parramatta Bench on a charge of…

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