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Hotels & licensing, 1909

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Licensing Bill. Application of Closure

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Clause 30 of the Licensing Bill was passed last night in Committee, in the House of Commons, on the application of the closure…

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Licensing of Plumbers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 10

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, held yesterday, the principal matter dealt with was the report of a deputation from the Master. Plumbers and…

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Publicans Transfers

The Star · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers of publicans' licences:--Elsie Hicks (executrix late Ann Speight), A.S.N. Hotel. John and…

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A Hotel-keeper's Loss

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 10

At Parramatta Court, before Mr. Maitland. S.M., Clara Morgan, 25, domestic servant, was charged with, at Auburn, on September 7, stealing £19 9s 9d, the property of Walter…

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Tram Driver Committed. Charge of Assaulting a Publican

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

At the Burwood Court two brothers, Samuel Taylor, 31, tram driver, and Ernest Oswald Taylor, 25, dealer, were charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Murdock Alexander…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 10

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench has granted the following transfers of publicans licences: A.S.N. Hotel, John and Mill streets, Sydney, from Elsie Hicks, executrix of the late Ann…

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A Publican's Experience

The Star · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 7

At the Burwood Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. I. Maitland, S.M., Ernest Oswald Taylor, a dealer, and Samuel Taylor, a tramway driver, were jointly charged with…

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Local Option in West Australia. the New Licensing Bill. Explained by Attorney-general

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--The Attorney-General (Mr. J. L. Nanson) in the Assembly moved in an explanatory speech the second reading of the Licensing Bill, introducing the system of local…

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Shots in an Hotel. Saved by a Sieves Fountainpen

The World's News · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 17

In the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, at New York, one night last month, Mr. William Craig, a lawyer, was shot while in the lift by a beautiful young woman giving the name of Mrs…

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Reduction of Licenses. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 11

In accordance with the decision of the Special Licensing Court which sat to inquire into the reduction of licenses last year, the Governor Gipps Hotel, which was first licensed…

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A Bookmaker's License. Case Against the A.j.c. Registration Bylaw to Be Tested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 10

In the Equjty Court yesterday a case was initiated, in which a bookmaker applies for an injunction against the Australian Jockey Club, asking that it should be restrained from…

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British Finance Bill. Licensing Clauses Completed. London, Sept, 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 13

The House of Commons last night, in committee, passed clause 39 of the Finance Bill, thus completing consideration of the licensing clauses of the measure. Clause 39…

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The Finance Bill. State Ownership of Land. the First Step. Licensing Clauses Complete

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 13

LONDON, Friday. -- Among the Government amendments to the Finance Bill -- which embodies the Budget -- is one which permits the State to accept real property in…

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The Country. Reduction of Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 21

WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- In accordance with the determination of the Special Licensing Court on June 18, 1908, regarding the question of the reduction of licenses, the Governor Gipps…

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Old Hotel Closed. West Maitland

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 September 1909 · page 1

The Governor Gipps Hotel, which had been licenced since 1841, was closed yesterday, in accro[?]ce with the local option vote. It…

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Local Option at Newtown. Well-known Hotel Closed

Evening News · Monday 13 September 1909 · page 8

The first licensed premises in Newt own to close in connection with the local option clauses, of the Liquor Act was. the International Hotel, at the junction of Camden and King streets,…

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A' Bookmaker's License. the A.j.c. Bylaw. Test Case in Equity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 4

The case in which a bookmaker asked that a bylaw of the A.J.C. should be declared ultra vires came on in the Equity Court yesterday. Mr. Harvey, instructed by M. J. J. Carroll,…

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City Hotel Mystery. the Death of Mr. Cox. Evidence at the Inquest. Poison in the Jar. Dyktor Committee for Trial

Evening News · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 7

The City Coroner held an inquest this morning concerning the death of Henry Robert Cox, 48, which occurred at the Hotel Arcadia, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Friday morning, September…

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Control of Motor Launches. Licenses to Be Issued. New Stringent Regulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 11

The Harbour Trust Commissioners havo decided that all motor launches used for business purposes or plying for hire in Port Jackson must be licensed from October 1, the…

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Bread Carter's Lapse. Publicans and Their Custom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 7

At the Glebe Court, before Mr. Harnett, S.M., Samuel Heapy, 45, was charged with having stolen 96½ loav[?] of bread, valued £1 [?] 1½d. Frederick Reid, master baker, by whom the accused…

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