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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 69

Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 8

The Central Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following publicans' transfers:--Martin Gibbons, Prince of Wales Hotel, Raglan-street, Sydney, to Florence…

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Broken Hill Licenses. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 11

Sir,—Having had the convictions of the above Court quashed, the temperance workers naturally feel disappointed, but at the same time they know not defeat…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 4

The Bench of the Metropolitan Licensing Court (Mr. Burnett, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Payten, and Mr. Smithers) granted the following transfers of licensed yesterday:—Prince of Wales Hotel,…

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The Publican's Window Broken with a Brick

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 8

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday William Dunban, 33, a carpenter, was charged with maliciously injuring a plate-glass window valued at £7, the property of…

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A Publican Killed. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 17

G. M. Oliphant, licensee of the Post Office Hotel, this afternoon drove in a cart to the railway trucking yards at West Tamworth, and was standing up in the back of the cart…

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Cigarettes Without a License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 11

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., Edward Louis Bates, shopkeeper, of King-street, Newtown, was charged with having sold cigarettes without first registering his name and place…

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Selling Cigarettes Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 18

The police proceeded against Edward Louis Bates, of King- street, Newton Louis Bates, of King-street, Newton. before Mr. Donaldson. S.M., at the Newtown Police Court, for selling cigarettes without having previously registered his name and place of…

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Hotel Proprietor Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 10

TAMWORTH, Friday.--Mr. George Oliphant, proprietor of the Post--office Hotel, was this afternoon riding in an open cart, with his son, near West Tamworth railway station. Both…

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To Defy British Law. Japanese Aliens to Fish Without a License. Seattle, July 13

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 August 1908 · page 12

Japanese aliens in British Columbia have entered a protest against discrimination against them in granting fishing licenses for Fraser River. Since the…

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The Sale of a Hotel a Case From Balmain

Evening News · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 3

A case of interest to persons connected with the business of hotel-keeping occupied the attention of his Honor Judge Rogers, at the Sydney District Court during this morning…

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A Gun License. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 4

Sir,—Re your report of the Linnean Society, and the members devoting some time "to the consideration of preserving from destruction the native flora and fauna," it seems there…

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The Trotters and the Rouseabout. Surry Hills Hotel Incident

Evening News · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 2

John James Crichton, described as a tea taster, formerly employed as a rouseabout and generally useful at the Eastern Hotel. Cooper-street, Surry Hills, proceeded at the Sydney…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) a Disputed Hotel Lease. Elliott v Liddle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5

This was a claim for the recovery of £100 as damages for breach of agreement. The plaintiff, Frederick Thomas Elliott, of Boyce-street, Glebe, alleged that the defendant,…

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Supreme Court of New South Wales. in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring.) the Brewer and the Publican. Tooth and Company, Ltd., v Morriss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5

Mr. Windeyer, instructed by Messrs. Asher, Old, and Jones (agents for Messrs. Braye and Cohen, of Newcastle), appeared for the plaintiffs, and moved to make absolute a rule nisi…

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REV. C. H. Nash. License to Be Issued. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 8

Although the veto to the renomination of the Rev. C. H. Nash to the incumbency of Christ Church, Geelong, has been maintained, a license is to be issued by Archbishop…

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Brewery and Hotel Tooth and Co. V. Pierce Morriss Application to the Full Court

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 7

The Full Court (Chief Justice Darley, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Pring) yesterday heard an application in connection with the case of Tooth and Co., Limited,…

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The State Courts. Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir F. Darley; Mr. Justice Cohen, aud Mr. Justice Pring.) Hotel Appeals. Both Verdicts Undisturbed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 10

An appeal was heard on behalf of Tooth and Co., against a verdict found for Pierce Morriss in an action brought by the present, appellants, and heard by Mr. Justice Sly, and a jury, at…

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Broken-hill Hotels. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 10

Sir,--The Premier's reply in reference to the above has given great satisfaction to the temperance worker, here, and it is to be Moped that no time will be lost in carrying out the expressed will of the people…

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Robbery at a Hotel. Climbed the Verandah Post

Evening News · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 8

The Prince of Wales, George-street, Haymarket, was visited by a thief some time on Tuesday evening. It is believed that as dusk set in a man…

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Trades and Labour. Hotel Employees' Union. Appointment of a Wages Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 10

The Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union held a meeting at the Queen's Hall last night. The schedule of rates of pay and hours of labour was agreed upon. The schedule will be…

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