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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1909

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Hotel Robberies

Evening News · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

A thief got into the bedroom of Miss Addison, a housemaid employed at Belfield's Hotel, King and George streets, City, during her absence and stole several articles of jewellery…

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Tourist Hotel at Suva

The Star · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 29

Our Suva (Fiji) correspondent writes under date April 12;-- The directors of the Union Company are still keen on the erection of a tourist hotel…

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(Proceeding.) Liquor Trade. Hotel-keepers' Challenge. N.S.W. Alliance Accepts

Evening News · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 5

The Licensed Victuallers Association recently challenged the New South Wales Alliance to accept a straight out issue—prohibition or no prohibition, at the next general election. A…

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Breach of the Licensing Act. a Peculiar Case. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1909 · page 11

At the local Police Court, the licensee of the Federal Hotel was charged with having permitted music in the public dining-room of his hotel, when such room and premises were…

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A Housemaid's Discovery. at the Grand Central Hotel

The Star · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 10

A housemaid employed at the Grand Central Hotel made a horrible discovery yesterday afternoon. After lunch she found one of the doors of the bedrooms it was her duty…

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The Licensed Victuallers and Majority Rule. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1909 · page 9

Sir.-- It is pleasing to note that Mr. Sutton, the president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, thoroughly approves of a bare majority deciding questions in State option. This is an important point, and I desire to…

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Our American Budget Jack Johnson's Home Coming Hotels Close Their Doors—Texas Objects to White Wife. Champion Won't Fight Longford for England's £1000. Johnson-Jeffries Purses—Fitzpatrick says Retired Champion Can Lick the Black—Mr. H. D. McIntosh Hot-foot After the Match—K[?]hell on the Scene—Corbett Restive—Langford and Barry in a Torrid Tussle. Burns-Johnson Pictures—The Fight as our Correspondent Saw It. Athletic Doings in the States

Referee · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 1

WITH James J. Jeffries, Jack Johnson, and Hugh D. McIntosh all in the Land of the Free at one and the same…

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Fire in an Hotel. Man Burned to Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 8

The Commercial Hotel at Ramsey was destroyed by fire early this morning, and a man named James Dick was burned to death. Deceased is supposed to have gone to sleep in…

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Physical Culture and Drink. Publican's Application Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 10

MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday,--At the Murwillumbah Licensing Court, Miles M'Donald, licensee of the Club House Hotel, application for permission to use portion of his licensed…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Star · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers to publicans' licences:--Theedore S. Pleyen, Glenmore Hotel. Cumberland-street. Sydney…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 2

The following transfers of publicans' licence have been granted by the metropolitan Licensing Bench:—Glenmore Hotel, Cumberland-street, Sydney, Theodore S. Pleym to James…

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Struggle in an Hotel. Detective Assaulted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 8

While Senior-detectives G. Brown and Murdoch were in Liverpool-street yesterday morning they observed three men in conversation. One of them, named May, had…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 8

(Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., and Mr. C. J. Byrnes, J.P., Licensing Magistrates.) The publican's license of E. J. Powell…

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Rules at Funniman's Hotel

The Arrow · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 16

Guests are requested not to speak to the dumb waiter. If the room gets too warm, open the window and see the fire escape…

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Dog That Fetches Its Own License

The World's News · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 10

Mr. G. G. Hamar, of Rochester, is the possessor of a dog, a cross between an Irish retriever and an Irish terrier, which has been so trained that by means of sounds it goes to…

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Benefits of No-license. Medical Men's Views. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 13

The four medical men practising at Oamaru have signed the following statement:—"In view of the fact that Commissioners from Australia and others visiting Oamaru to inquire…

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No-license. What New Zealand Doctors Say

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 11

WELLINGTON, Friday.--Four medical men practising in Oamaru have signed the following statement:--"In view of the fact that commissioners from…

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A Warning to Licensees

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1909 · page 4

At tho Parramatta Licensing Court on Wednesday, Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., the chairman of the Bench, said that the quarterly report stated that in respect of…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court. Transfers of Publicans' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court, Messrs. Smithers (chairman), Donaldson, King, and Payten, S.Ms., yesterday granted the following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses:—Glenmore Hotel, Cumberland…

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Fire in a City Hotel

Evening News · Tuesday 4 May 1909 · page 4

The headquarters station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday night to proceed to the Commercial Hotel. Sussex and Druitt streets,…

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