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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1909

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Suburban Bobberies. Hotel Barber at Work

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 4

A robbery took place at the Empire Hotel, Johnston-street, Annandale, on Thursday. During their temporary absence, some person forced an entrance in the bedroom of Misses…

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Barrier Dispute. a Cordon of Pickets. Official Ousted From Hotel. Hostility to Police. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 11

The industrial dispute and the New Year were ushered in together. Everything passed off quietly. The picketing was thorough, and only a couple of men outside the officials…

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Suicide in City Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Ernest E. Green, 35, stud overseer of a station, near Uralla, committed suicide in his bedroom, at the Alameda Hotel, Margaret and Kent streets, city, by shooting himself in the head…

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A Hindu's License. Opposed by Police. Acts of Terrorism Alleged. Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

Kidah Singh, a Hindu, made application to the police court this morning for the renewal or his hawker's license. Sub-inspector Musgrave, in opposing the…

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Parramatta Publican Fined

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

James Martin, licensee of the Federal Hotel, Parramatta, was charged at the local court with selling rum not of the nature, substance, or quality demanded. He pleaded guilty, but…

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Second Edition Barrier Disturbance. Railway Line Cut. Hotelkeepers Intimidated. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 9

Another and more successful attempt at destroying the railway line connecting the Proprietary mine and the main system was made to-day. Provision and stores for the…

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Sending a Child to an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 7

At the Redfern Police Court, before Mr. Payten, S. M., Mary Burke, of Buckingham-street, was charged with having sent Edward Sharry, a boy of 11, to an hotel for liquor. Sergeant Mason stated that he was…

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Lost His Hawker's License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 12

WAGGA, Tuesday.--Kedah Singh applied for a renewal of his hawker's license at the local court. Sub-inspector Musgrave objected to the renewal. He stated that Kedah had held up the Junction Inn, on the Uruna-road,…

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Hotel-keeper Fined

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Licensing Inspector Hughes proceeded at Newtown Police Court against John Kennedy, of the Sandringrham Hotel, King-street, Newtown, for selling rum which was not of the…

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Fire at an Hotel. Outbreak at a Furniture Factory

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call shortly before 1 o'clock this morning from the Agincourt Hotel, at the corner of George and Harris streets, City. On the arrival of the…

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Railway Line Cut. Hotelkeepers Intimidated. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

Another and more successful attempt at destroying the railway line connecting the Proprietary mine and the main system was made to-day. Provision and stores for the…

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Jack London's Article First Impressions a Candleless Hotel and the Garbage Men of Phillip-street for the "Star" by Jack London

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 1

Whenever a traveller journeys to a far country the inhabitants of that country immediately get him up on a high place, and demand that he tell them what he thinks…

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Publican's Transfer

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court this afternoon the following publican's transfer was granted:--Richard S. Gillies, York Hotel, King and York streets, Sydney, to Harry,…

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Hotel License Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

The application made by Richard S Gillies to have the license of the York Hotel, King-street, transferred to Henry Lichtsch[?]indl was granted yesterday by the Licensing Court at the Central Police Court…

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Kosciusko Tourist Season. Rush of Visitors to the Mountain. the New Government Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 6

While, owing to the heat wave, the Blue Mountains have drawn something like an abnormal tourist business from the city during the past week or two, other tourist…

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Quartering the Police. Position of Publicans. Meeting of Combined Unions. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 14

The combined unions met last night, when several publicans complained that though they objected to the Sydney police staying at their hotels the men were forced on them…

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A Busy Season at Kosciusko. Unprecedented Number Oe Visitors. the New Government Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 14

While, owing to the heat wave the Blue Mountains have drawn something like an abnormal tourist business, from the city during the past week or two, other tourist [?] not been forgotten It is…

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Liverpool Police Court "Wednesday, January 6. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., Messrs J. E. Anthony and J. Fergerson, J's.P.) on Licensed Premises

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3

Police v. Robert Owens.—Charge of allowing a man to be on bis licensed premises (the Railway Hotel) during prohibited hours. Mr. C. J. Passmore for…

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Lords or Commons ? an Extraordinary Position. the Licensing Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 9

LONDON, November 27.--The Lords of this week killed the Licensing Bill. It was an extraordinary climax to an extraordinary series of conflicts between the Commons and the Peers…

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The Broken Hill Riot Stone Throwers and Hooters the Cause. the Arrest of Mann. the Crowd Dazed. Splendid Behaviour of the Police. Explosion of Dynamite. Police Boycotted. by Domestics in Hotels and Boarding-houses

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Monday Morning.—The lesson read by the police to the over-exuberant demonstrators on Saturday has had one effect so far. It has imbued them with a…

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