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Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 59

An Enfield License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 10

At the last meeting of the Enfield Council a formal application for a noxious trade's license was made by Alderman J. Mackay. The council had secured a legal opinion on the matter and this was to the effect…

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No-license Lecture

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 9

Mrs. Harrison-Lee Cowie delivered a lecture, "Around the World on an Aeroplane," in the Congregational-hall, Pitt-street, last night. Mrs. Cr. Barton, of Glasgow presided…

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Mysterious Fires. Five Outbreaks in One Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 9

GOULBURN, Thursday. -- An extraordinary and mysterious series of fires occurred during last night and early this morning at the Southern Railway Hotel. There are ten [?]pstair…

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Mysterious Hotel Fires. Evidence at the Inquiry

Evening News · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 14

GOULBURN, Saturday Afternoon.-The inquiry into the fires at the Southern Railway Hotel on Wednesday night was continued this morning…

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Goulburn Hotel Fires. Coronial Inquiry Opened

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 14

GOULBURN, Friday.--The Coroner, Mr. O'Brien, commenced today an inquiry into the cause of the fires at the Southern Railway Hotel on Wednesday night. Leslie James Davis was…

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A Publican Killed. Fell Down the Cellar

The Star · Monday 9 May 1910 · page 1

Michael Norris, 56, licensee of the Port Jackson Hotel, in George-street North, died in St. Vincent's private hospital last night from hemorrhage of the brain brought on…

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Sons of Temperance. Demonstration at Lyceum. How No-license Acts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 May 1910 · page 12

Yesterday afternoon in the Lyceum-hall, Bro. W. J. Walker, general secretary of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, delivered a lantern lecture on "The Case for No-License in the…

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Fight in Hotel Yard. Man Charged with Killing. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 6

Late on Sunday night the Semaphore police were informed that Frederick James Gald single man, residing with his parents at Sutherland-street, Glanville, had died from the…

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Counterfeit Notes. Hotelkeepers Victimised. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 6

A number of counterfeit banknotes were passed in Newcastle on Saturday last. The notes are for £1, and are very good representations; but the paper on which they are printed…

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Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employe

The Star · Tuesday 10 May 1910 · page 2

Mrs. Morrish, lady organiser for the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union, has just returned from an organising tour of the Newcastle district, which proved very…

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Eastern Suburbs Hotel-keepers

Evening News · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

At a meeting of the licensed victuallers in the electorates of Paddington, Waverley, and Woollahra, held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Queenstreet, Woollahra, it was decided to from the…

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No License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 6

Mrs. Barton, of Glasgow New South Wales Alliance lecturer, yesterday accompanied a party of Ladies of the Churches of Christ Sisters Conference committee on their monthly visit to Newingtron Asylum. The visit gave…

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When a Pint. and Not a Pint. Short Measure Beer. the Public Suffer. So Do the Publicans

Evening News · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 6

At the Sydney Water Police Court recently, a case possessing features of considerable interest to hotelkeepers and their customers was disposed of. A local publican was proceeded…

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Hotelkeepers' Complaint. "Not Getting Fair Play." a Reply by the Premier

Evening News · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

"We want no favors from Parliament, but we all want fair play, and we think we are not gettig it," said the President of the N.S.W. United Licensed Victuallers' Association (Mr…

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A Publican's Death

The Star · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

An inquest was held this afternoon on the body of Michael Norris, 56, late licensee of the Port Jackson Hotel, in George-street North, who died in St. Vincent's Private…

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Hotel Transfers

The Star · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court to-day the following transfers of hotel licensee were granted:-- Grand View Hotel, Oxford-street,…

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A Man and His Beer. Licensed Victuallers' Picnic. the Trade and Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 8

Fully 200 persons sat down to luncheon at the annual picnic of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association at Clontarf yesterday, under the chairmanship of the president, Mr. J. B…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 8

At the annual picnic of the United Licensed Victuallers at Clontarf yesterday, the president. Mr. J. B. Sutton, referred to the death of King Edward VII. "I am sure," he said, "that…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted yesterday:—John Unitt to Mary Lees Franklin, Grand View Hotel, Oxford street, Paddington; Margaret J. Gunther to Alfred Robinson, Manhattan…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 13 May 1910 · page 10

The tallowing transfers of publicans' licenses hare been granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court:-John Unitt to Mary L. Franklin. Grand View Hotel. Oxford-street, Paddington…

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