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Hotels & licensing, 1909

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Richest Woman Saves Hotel Tips

The Star · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 7

An amusing story of Mrs. Hetty Green, the prominent American financier, is told by a New York correspondent. When the "richest woman in the world,"…

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Hotels in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--The licenses of all Wellington hotels were renewed today. Ten o'clock was fixed as the closing hour at Auckland. Fourteen hotelkeepers have been…

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Local Option in Victoria. More Licenses Cancelled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday,--The Licenses Reduction Board to-day decided to deprive 11 more hotels of their licenses…

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The Hotel Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 4

A large party has gone to Kosciusko, in connection with the opening of the Hotel Kosciusko. Among those making the trip are Lord and Lady Chelmsford, Mr. Wade (Premier), Mr…

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Richest Woman Saves Hotel Tips

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 2

An amusing story of Mrs. Hetty Green, the prominent American [?] is told by the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail."…

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Sports in the Snow. the New Hotel Kosciusko. Opened by Lord Chelmsford. the Future St. Moritz of Australia. a Description of the Governor's Trip

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 6

"Leave Sydney by to-night's train; breakfast in Cooma; and have lunch at the Hotel Kosciusko." It sounded ridiculous, to one who had visited…

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Hotel Koseiusko. the Opening Ceremomy. an Interesting Tourist Experiment

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 5

MOUNT KOSCIUSKO, Tuesday.—The Hotel Kosciusko was opened by the Governor at a dinner on Monday evening, in the presence of about 80 guests, including Lady Chelmsford…

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Hotel Melee. [?]Allegations of Robbery

The Star · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 11

There was an exciting melee yesterday in the Belmore Hotel, Circular Quay. William Sadler, with several men, were drinking in one of the parlors of the hotel, when…

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A Tourist Experiment Hotel Kosciusko Opened. Highest Habitation in Australia. Governor Performs the Ceremony. Facilities Foe Alpine Sport and Health. a Licensing Law That Hit Back

Evening News · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 8

"Since we have transferred to the Common­wealth the control of meteorology, we have no influence over the climate, and therefore are not in any way responsible for the absence of…

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The Official Banquet. Speech by Lord Chelmsford. the Government Hotel Without a License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 10

THE HOSPICE, Tuesday. -- The official ceremony of declaring the Hotel Kosciusko, more familiarly spoken of as The Hospice, open to the public, was performed by Lord…

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Vaucluse. an Interesting Old Building From Hotel to Council Chambers

Evening News · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

In the near future the Vaucluse Municipality is to have a new council chambers and a Town Hall at Watson's Bay. Both are certainly a necessity, as the building in which the local…

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Parramatta Licensing Court

Evening News · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 7

At the Parramatta Licensing Court this afternoon, the licence of the Wool Pack Hotel, Parramatta, was transferred to William Daniel Haydon, brother of the licensee. The licence…

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Australia's Playground. Kosciusko Hotel Opened. Governor's Remarkable Speech. Mr. M'gowen and Mr. Wade. (From Our Special Reporter.) I. Mount Kosciusko

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 8

Last night the State Governor formally opened to the people of Australia a district which, once having soon it, one cannot doubt to be the playground of Australia in the future…

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Breach of Licensing Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 7

Before Mr. J. A. King, S.M., in the Redfern Court, Sub-inspector Kelly proceeded against Patrick Donnelian, of the Pier Hotel, Botany-road, Botany, with having on May 23, while licensee of the hotel, permitted…

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Opening Hotel Kosciusko

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 53

The Hotel Kosciusko was opened by the Governor at a dinner on June 7, in the presence of about 80 guests, including Lady Chelmsford, Captain Verney, A.D.C., Mr. and. Mis…

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Hotel or Hospice? to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 4

Sir,—I read with much interest your article, on "Australia's Playground," and the opening of the "Kosc[?]usko Hotel," and, although a most temperate man, I can hardly endorse the…

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New Zealand. Licenses in King Country. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 8

Considerable trouble has been "caused by the local committee granting a number of licenses in that portion of the North Island known as King Country, formerly solely inhabited by…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court. Publicans' Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench (Messrs. Smithers, chairman, Barnett, Donaldson, Mac[?]arlane, and Payten, S.Ms.) granted the following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses yesterday:—Ri[?]leman's Arms Hotel,…

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A Hotel Burnt, Sinmates' Narrow Escape

Evening News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 2

COONAMBLE, Friday.-The Avenue Hotel was totally destroyed toy fire about 3 o'clock this morning, together with all the contents. The bullding, which contained two storeys, was…

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The Church and the Hotel

Evening News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 6

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond's contrast between the difference of warmth in the church and the public house is fully justified by the facts of the case, but it is scarcely fair to…

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