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Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 59

Licensing Conviction Quashed

The Star · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 1

Edwin Hungerford Castle, licensee of the Bristol Arms Hotel, was convicted and fined £3, with 17s costs, in default one month's imprisonment in Darlinghurst gaol, by Mr…

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No-license and Liberty. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 10

Sir, -- Mr. G. D. Stark, secretary of the Gordon Electorate No-license League, attempts in your issue of the 20th instant to take me to task for some remarks of mine reported in your colums on the 22nd. I have no…

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The Drink Problem Mr. B[?]runtnell in Favor of No-license

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

Mr Albert Bruntnell, official Iec-[turer for the N.S.W. Temperance Alliance, addressed a good meeting at the Temperance Hall, Penrith, on…

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Mr. Lloyd Against No-license

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

Mr W A. Lloyd, the offioial lecturer of the Liquor Trades Defence Union of New South Wales, addressed a fairly well attended meeting at the…

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The Question of "No-license." to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 8

Sir,—In a few months the people of this country will, in the Second Local Option Poll, vote as to Continuance. Reduction and No-License. In the aggregate the first poll was the largest, including informal…

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Tragic Fire in Canada. an Hotel Destroyed. Eleven Persons Burned to Death. Ontario, Friday, 2 p.m

The Star · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 1

No fewer than eleven lives wore lost in a fire that occurred last night at the Rossmore Hotel in Cornwall. Major Beattie, a member of the British…

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Licensed Victuallers and the Imprisoned Strike Leaders

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 May 1910 · page 12

The president, vice-president, and members of the committee of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, representing about 3000 of the hotel-keepers of the State, have presented a petition to…

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Early Closing Act. Appeal by a Publican

Evening News · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 3

An application was made to the Full Court this morning, on behalf of John Sheerer, licensee of the Lansdowne Hotel. George-street, Sydney, for a rule nisi for a prohibition, to…

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A Mysterious Robbery. Jewellery Valued at £100 Stolen. From the Wentworth Hotel

The Star · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 4

The police are investigating a my[?]erious jobbery of jewellery reported to have taken place at the Wentworth Hotel, Church Hill, on Saturday…

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No-license and Liberty. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 8

Sir,--Mr. J. Knight Smith, writing under the heading "No-license and Liverty," very plausibly endeavors to prove that no-license is opposed to the liberty of the subject. The question is, What is Liberty? I take it…

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BANCO. (Before the Chief Justice, Dr. Cullen; Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Gordon.) Work in the Hotel Bar. Does the Early Closing Act Apply?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 10

The question whether a publican who keeps a barman at work after closing time in cleansing-up in the bar is liable under the Early Closing Act is involved in the appeal of [?]…

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The Moore Park Fatality. Its Sequel. Licensed Drivers Fined and Disqualified. a Part-owner Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 7

At the Water Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. A. N. Barnett, S.M., Tom Bushell and Frank Baynton were proceeded against for having furiously driven a motor-car; and…

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No License and Liberty. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 12

Sir,--The purpose of my previous letter has been served [?] as Mr. Knight Smith accepts my correction of his statement to the effect that no-license aimed at depriving the majority of a privilege because of the…

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Motor Drivers' Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 2

Motor cars and motor cycles have now been licensed and numbered in Parramatta, and their drivers have to be licensed. This week has seen applications for…

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Hotel Open on Polling Day. Publican Feted

Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 5

CLIFTON, Thursday.-At the police court, M. Tarpey, licensee of the Clifton Hotel, was barged with keeping his premises open for the sale of liquor on polling day. Defendant…

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The Public Health. Licensing Tanneries and Woolscours

The Star · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 6

The condition of certain wool scours and tanneries formed the subject of a report by the Randwick sanitary Inspector at the last Randwick Council meeting. The…

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No-license and Liberty. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 8

Sir,--In your issue of the 29th ultimo you were good enough to publish some remarks of mine in reply to Mr. G. D. Stark, secretary of the Gordon Electorate No license League. In your issue of the 3rd instant, I…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

At the meeting of the Metropolitan [?] Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—James Palmer to James M. Henderson, Railway View Hotel, Well-street, Redfern; Daniel…

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Mysterious Hotel Fires. a Man Charged

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 7

GOULBURN, Friday Afternoon.-At the Police Court to-day. Leslie Jas. Davies was charged with having on May 4 maliciously set fire, to the Southern Railway Hotel, Goulburn…

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