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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 69

Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Board

The Australian Star · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 3

In pursuance of his powers under the Industrial Disputes Act the Industrial Registrar, Mr. G. C. Addison, has declared that Harrie Slenner, Michael Cody, James Alfred…

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Fall From an Hotel Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 8

At 6.30 p.m. yesterday Douglas Knowles, aged 32, a waiter, fell out of a top-story window in the Star Hotel, George-street. a distance of about 12 feet, striking an outhouse…

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Industrial Court. (Before Judge Heydon, President.) Re Hotels. Club. and Restaurant Employees' Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 5

Mr. Lowe, secretary of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, representing also the caterers and clubs, applied for the appointment of five nominees to the board…

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Constituting a Board for Hotel, Club, Restaurant and Caterers' Employees

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 6

Yesterday, in the Industrial Court Mr. C. Low, secretary of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, stated that the licensed victuallers, restaurant-keepers, and…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Heydon.) Wages Board for Hotels, Clubs, and Restaurants

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 10

An application for the constitution of a Wages Board to regulate the hotel, club, and restaurant industries was dealt with. Mr. C. Lowe, secretary of the United Licensed…

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Liquor Under No-license

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 8

Our New Zealand correspondent writes:-- Whenever the prohibition movement in New Zealand is under discussion it is nearly always forgotten that there is no such thing as…

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Broken Hill's Hotels. "Less Beer and More Water." Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 7

The temperance party held a demonstration last night in Blinde-street Church in connection with to-morrow's special Licensing Court. Mr. J. Copley, president of the Barrier…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 8

At the Central licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—William Forward, of the Surrey Hotel, King and Castlereagh streets, Sydney, to Robert Calder West;…

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Broken Hill's Hotels. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 8

The second special Licensing Court, following last year's local option poll, was opened at the courthouse to-day. The Court comprised Judge Gibson (chairman), and Messrs…

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Jewel Robbery From a Dublin Hotel Countess Annesley's Loss London, Thursday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 1

A big jewel, robbery was perpetrated in the Hotel Metropole in Dublin yesterday. The victim, of the robbery was the Countess of Annesley who was staying at the…

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Liquor Under No-license. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

Sir,--Your New Zealand correspondent writes of no-license electorates, and tells us how much liquor was imported into them in periods ranging from two and a half years to five. Whence does he get his figures? is…

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Special Licensing Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The Special Licensing Court, consisting of Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M., Elias Bowden, and John Bourke, S.Ms., continued its sittings on Tuesday and yesterday, investigating the petition…

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Robbery of Jewels. From Hotel Bedroom. London, Sept. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 13

Jewels belonging to the Countess of Annesley worth £1000 were stolen from a bedroom at the Hotel Metropole, Dublin…

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American Hotel for London

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 September 1908 · page 5

Within two years London will have a real up-to-date American hotel if certain negotiations that are now being carried on result successfully…

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Hotel "Barbers." Visit Two Houses. Valuable Jewellery Stolen

Evening News · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 6

Persons who visit hotels, and then go through the bedrooms for the purpose of stealing, are known to the fraternity and the police as "hotel barbers." These gentry got to work…

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Teh Publican's Change

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

Herbert Flockton, 54, a groom, was fined £8, with the option of two months' hard labour, yesterday, at the Paddington Police Court, on a charge of having stolen £2, the property of Frederick Thomas Kimpton,…

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Workers Vote No License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 8

The Southland Trades Council supports the annual conference's resolution advising the workers to vote no license in view of getting the trade under State control…

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An Hotel Case Dispute Over Sale Money

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 8

Yesterday Mr. Justice Pring and a Jury had before them an hotel case--Robert Anthony Appleton, licensed publican, versus Reach's, Limited. This was a claim for the…

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Broken Hill Licensing Court. Hotel Keepers' Victory

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday— The decision of the Supreme Court granting a writ of prohibition against the second Special Licensing Court, adjudicating in local hotel cases, has caused a…

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Hotelkeepers' Appreciation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 9

The United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales addressed the following letter to Admiral Sperry on August 26:— On behalf of the members of the United Licensed…

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