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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1909

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse and juries. Mr. Harris, Crown Prosecutor.) an Hotel Brawl

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

William Wicks was charged with having maliciously wounded Frank Carson. He pleaded not guilty. Carson stated that in a hotel in Goulburn-street Wicks struck him…

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The Publican's Challenge. Decision of the N.s.w. Alliance

Evening News · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 9

The usual council meeting of the N.S.W. Alliance was held at the headquarters, Park and Castlereagh streets. The president read the annual report dealing with the work of the…

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Johnson and Wife Search for Rooms. Vancouver Hotel Men Draw the Color Line on Champion

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 6

The following from an American paper:— Vancouver hotel proprietors drew the color line very strictly Tuesday night when Jack Johnson, the black…

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Opening Hotel Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 6

Arrangements have been made that on Monday, Juno 7, which is the day to be observed as a public holiday in honor of the Prince of Wales' birthday, the Hotel Kosciusko shall be opened…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court. Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing; Bench yesterday grant[?] the following applications for transfers of hotel licenses:—Gas Hotel, King-street, citt, John Morier to Robert French; Northern Club Hotel, George-street,…

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Publicans' Transfers

The Star · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 10

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences: -- John Morier, Gas Hotel, Kent-street, Sydney, to Robert French: James A. Anderson, Railway Hotel, George…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 8

The following transfers of publicans licences have been granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Bench:—Gas Hotel, Kent-street, Sydney, John Morier to Robert French; Railway Hotel,…

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Barrier Turmoil. Recognition of Unionism. Remission of Sentences Sought. Reduction of License Fees. a Wild Threat. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

The industrial position has not improved. The mass meeting last night emphasised two things on the same basis as Port Pirie, that there must be full recognition of unionism, and…

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Position at Port Pirie. Wharf-labourers' Decision. Picketing an Hotel. Port Pirie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 7

The A.M.A. which is mainly composed of wharf-labourers, at a special meeting held last evening decided not to work coke ships at the Proprietary Company's works until the present…

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A Challenge to the Brewers and Publicans. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 9

Sir,--The president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association Issued a challenge lately to the temperance party, when I promptly took up. I now in my turn issue a challenge, and it is…

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Are Unionists Wavering? Picketing an Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 8

DELAIDE, Thursday,--It is reported that at a meeting held last night at Port Pirie, members of the Amalgamated Workers Association decided to take no further part in the industrial…

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New British Taxes. Higher License Fees. a "Ruinous Increase." London, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 13

A meeting of the license trades of the city, including distillers, passed a resolution emphatically protesting against the "ruinous increase" in duties and license…

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Children Drowned by Their Mother. Fathers Gruesome Discovery in Hotel. Mental. Aberration. London, April 1

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 May 1909 · page 12

The Crown and Anchor Hotel at Long Ditton was the scene of a terrible tragedy on Saturday night. While Mr. Baldock, the landlord, was…

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Meaning of the Budget. Enormous License Fees. How Capital Pays. London, May 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 7

Notwithstanding the week's debate in the House of Commons, the operation of several Budget proposals is still obscure, especially the death duty on the unearned…

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Challenge to Brewers and Publicans

The Star · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 5

Canon Boyce, in a letter to the "Telegraph," issues a challenge to the brewers and publicans in the following terms: -- I challenge them to prove that the liquor bars are beneficial to the State and the home…

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Budget Debate. Several Obscure Proposals. Enormous Increase in Cost of Licenses. Taxicab Drivers Striking

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Notwithstanding that the debate on the Budget has been proceeding for a week in Committee of the House of Commons, the operation of…

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The New British Taxation. Hotel Proprietors Protesting

Evening News · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—Hotel proprietors are protesting against the enormous cost of licences under the Budget proposals, and are urging the imposition of taxation on drinks of…

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Hotel-keeper's Bankruptcy. His Experience with Navvies. Examined by His Official Assignee

Evening News · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 5

Examined by his official assignee (Mr. C. F. W. Lloyd) before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, James Herren, who had formerly carried on business at the Two Mile Hotel, Walgett, and…

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Publicans' Protest. Against the New Licence Fees. LONDON, Monday, 2.55 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 9

Hotel proprietors are protesting against the enormous licence fees provided for by the Budget, and are urging the taxation of drinks to the amount of 4½d in the pound…

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Hotel Licenses. London, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 9

Hotel proprietors are protesting against the enormous license fees imposed by the Budget, and are urging the taxation of drinks by 4½d in the £, similar to the…

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