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Hotels & licensing, 1910

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Chicago Chinese Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

An hotel solely for Chinamen is being erected in Chicago in the heart of the hotel district. The work is being carried out by Chinamen themselves, and the decorations will be…

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Fire in an Hotel. Brigade Crosses Border. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 9

M'Ivor's Empire Hotel at Wahgunyah, a two-storied brick building was partially destroyed by fire this morning. About 2 o'clock the Corowa Fire Brigade was summoned, and,…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) Lords and Commons—Prorogation and Dissolution—The Artful Publican—Nationalisation of Railways. WESTMINSTER, Nov. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

During the past fortnight pressure has been brought to bear upon the Prime Minister by the fighting section of his party with the object of averting dissolution. He has been…

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Motor Traffic. the New Act. Licensing of Drivers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 17

The Motor Traffic Act, 1909, passed by the State Legislature during the early portion of the session just closed, and which comes into operation to-day, gives the authorities a…

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Custom's Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

The following amendments are to be effected in Via General orders relating to licenses:— G.O. 381 is hereby amended by the addition of the following sentence:—"If the renewal [?]e be [?]ct paid…

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Police Courts. Assaulted with a Tumbler. Disturbance in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 11

At the Redfern Police Court, before Mr. King, S.M., John J. Strange, aged 28, dealer, was charged with having assaulted Alexander Stewart, thereby causing him actual bodily harm, at Redfern,…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, January 3. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

The license of the Auburn Hotel, Auburn was transferred from William J. Sewell to M. Keogh…

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Hotels and Aviators

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 13

It is perhaps carly days to ask: How will the aeroplane affect hotel-keepers? But, says the "Caterer," the question has already engaged the attention of the "hotelier" in…

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Disturbance in a Hotel. Three Miners Charged

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

CLIFTON, Thursday Morning.—Geo. Burrows, Frederick Smith, and Enoch Jackson, miners, were charged at Clifton Police Court with being drunk and disorderly on licensed premises of…

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Licensing Court

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

At the weekly Licensing Court, held at the Central Police Court to-day, Messrs. Smithers, Barnett, and Clarke, stipendiary magistrates, presided. The following renewals of…

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Timber Regulations. Under the New Act. Licenses, Royalty, and Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

Regulations under the new Forestry Act were gazetted yesterday. The following Crown lands are exempted from license to cut or remove timber unless…

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Disturbance in an Hotel. Alleged Assault on Constable. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

Court cases were heard yesterday, in which several of the strikers were concerned. The courthouse was packed with miners, and crowds of men and women gathered outside…

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Officer's Downfall. Baronet Gets Six Months. for Victimising London Hotels. London, Thursday, 3.45 p.m

The Star · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 1

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Robert Murray, Bart., was in one of the London courts to-day sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having obtained credit at…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 16

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench at the Central Police Court granted the application of Mary Ann Hughes (administratrix of the estate of the late Frank ([?], Hughes) for the transference of the license of the…

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Railways of the Future. Traveling Hotels

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

It is a well-recognised fact that our present railway systems are very inadequate to the demands of modern traffic. The reason of this is to be sought in the development of the…

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Hotel Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 7

Mr. Wells, licensee of the Trafulgar Hotel, in George-street, city, discovered early yesterday morning that the hotel promises had been entered by thieves, and a number of banknotes and some gold…

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Hotel Metropole, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 9

The fourth annual report of the above company states that the profit mid loss account shows a balance of £11,654, the gross profit for the year ended December 31 being…

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Reward of Virtue. £10,000 Bequest to an Hotel Pageboy. an Irish-american Boy. New York

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 19

Michael Dunphy, an hotel page-boy, of Irish Parentage, to-day inherited £10,000, thereby proving that Fortune has not yet ceased to bestow her gifts most unexpectedly…

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Parramatta. Licensing Court. Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 5

At a meeting of the Parramatta Licensing Court presided over by Mr. E. L. Ma[?]tland, S.M., and Mr. C. J. Byrnes L.M., on Wednesday, William Gregory applied for a colonial…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 10

The following applications for transfers of publicans' licenses were yesterday granted by the Metropolitan licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court:— Royal Exhibition Hotel, Devonshire-street, city, Henry…

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