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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

1,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 69

Motor Traffic. New Legislation. Registration and License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 7

Last night in the Legislative Council the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Mr. J. Hughes) gave notice of his intention to move for leave to introduce a bill to provide for…

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The Licensing Bill. Compensation Clauses Passed. London, Oct. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 7

In Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons last night clauses X. and XI., dealing with compensation to be awarded for the extinction of an old on-license, were…

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A Publican's Appeal

The Australian Star · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 7

The Full Court resumed the hearing to-day of the appeal of Peter Lynch of the Perseverance Hotel Hay from a conviction made against him under the Liquor Act. The…

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Motor-cars. Regulating Their Use and Traffic. Registration and Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 October 1908 · page 10

In the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. HUGHES gave notice of his intention to ask next Wednesday for leave to introduce a bill to provide for the regulation of motor vehicles…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 3

The Licensing Bench yesterday, at the Central Police Court, granted the following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses:—Port Jackson Hotel. George-street North, Arthur E. Summerling to Michael…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Australian Star · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 8

The Central Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following publicans' transfers:-- Arthur E. Summerling, Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, North, Sydney, to Michael…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 3

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench has granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:—Port Jackson, George-street, North, Sydney, from Arthur E. Sumerling to Michael Norris;…

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Clubbed the Publican. with a Bottle of Beer

Evening News · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 8

At the Burwood Court a laborer named John Denehy was charged by warrant with having assaulted William George Cole at Flemington on October 22. He pleaded guilty…

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Queer Hotel Guest

The Australian Star · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 5

On Sunday last an elegantly attired lady who gave her name as Marin Schinca, of Savona, took up her abode at one of the beat hotels here (writes a Milan…

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Breaches of the Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 10

Edward Arthur, licenses of the Cleveland Hotel, Buckingham-street, Sydney, at the Redfern Court, was fined £3, with 6s costs, in default one month, for keeping his premises open on Sunday for purposes of…

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"Tipping" in Hotels. an Austrian Traveller's Experiences

The World's News · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 9

A wealthy Austrian hotel proprietor, Herr H. Mayor, who has a theory that all hotel employees should be paid a living wage, and that "tipping" in hotels should be abolished, has…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) The Lords and the Licensing Bill.—Irish Vote and the Government.—Two Strikes and a Moral.—Important Change in Railway Policy. WESTMINSTER, Sept. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 5

I learn from an authoritative source that Lord Lansdowne, in consultation with colleagues in the late Unionist Cabinet, has decided that the Licensing Bill shall not pass…

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No-license Party

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 15

In connection with the forward-movement exhibition of the no-license party, which will be held at the end of February and beginning of March of next year, a moonlight harbor excursion and concert have been arranged…

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South Australian Licensing Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 15

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Mr. A. H. Peake (Treasurer), in the Assembly moved the second reading of the Licensing Bill which consolidates and amends the existing law. It provides for the abolition of the permit system, prevents…

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The Licensing Bill. Limiting Sunday Hours. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 November 1908 · page 7

The clause in the Licensing Bill restricting the opening of hotels in the provinces on Sunday to three hours, has been carried in the House of…

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The Licensing Bill London, Saturday. 6.50 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 1 November 1908 · page 1

The debate on the Licensing Bill was continued in the House of Commons last night. The clause restricting the opening of hotels in the provinces on Sundays to three…

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Wine Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 9

Though it is not possible at present to aseertain exactly the number of Australian wine licenses in existence in the State, the number is stated to have been approximately…

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The Licensing Bill. Restriction of Sunday Trading. to Operate in the Provinces

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--The clause in the Licensing Bill restricting the opening of hotels in the provinces on Sundays to three hours, was adopted by the House of…

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Regulation of Hoabdings. Protest From the Glebe. Licenses Refused

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 8

At a meeting of the Glebe Council last evening a letter Avas read from the Under-Secretary for Public Works, notifying the aldermen of an alteration in the ordinances…

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The Burglar Boom. "Hotel Barber" at Work. Robbery at Five Dock

Evening News · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 6

Although the policy bare safely under look and key several persons who it is believed were responsible for some of the many cases of breaking and entering which have taken place…

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