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Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 59

Compulsory Licensing of Stallions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 10

The Victorian Chamber of Agiculture, after considerable discussion, decided to approve the following scheme for the compulsory licensing…

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An Up-to-date Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 3

The new Blackstone Hotel in Chicago is provided with an unusually complete electrical equipment. In the kitchen, particularly, extensive use is made of electrical labor-savin…

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Unlawfully on Licensed Premises

The Star · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 6

George Huteherson, 30, a laborer, was, at the Crescent Hotel yesterday morning, in the bar, when Senior-constable Orr came along. This morning at the Central Police Court he…

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First Time From Home. and He Never Went Back. a Cooma Hotel Squabble. Narrabri

The Star · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 6

Kane, the vicitm of the Cooma Hotel brawl, died in the hospital on Wednesday. The body has been removed to Rivertsone for interment…

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Australia Hotel Company. Important Transfer of Shares

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The purchase of a large number of shares in the Australia Hotel Company has been one of the matters of much interest to business men of Sydney and Melbourne recently. It is stated…

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The Country. Didn't Pay the Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday.--At the police court today Henry Waite, drover, was proceeded against by the licensee of the Courthouse Hotel for refusing to pay on demand a reasonable…

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Hotel Where Guests Are Non-paying

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 45

In the little town of Essen, Germany, is a hotel—a first-class hotel—at which the principal guests who put up there never have to pay for their accommodation. It is…

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Peculiar Fire at a City Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

A peculiar alarm of fire was raised at Belfield's Hotel, George and King streets, Sydney, on Wednesday night, and great excitement prevailed in the vicinity until a mechanic from…

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Alleged Theft at an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 10

Joseph Edward Prince, 21, was charged at the Water Police Court, before Mr. W. Clarke, D.S.M., with stealing in the dwelling-house of Florence Wells, Traf[?]lgar Hotel, George-street North, a…

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The Liquor Problem. No License in New Zealand. Illegal Sales and Lookers. Furtiveness And. Stealth. Ii

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

Accompanied by a Wellington friend, the writer landed at Ashburton railway station, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Ashburton is one of the 12 no-license electorates in New Zealand,…

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New Liquor Licenses. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

Sir.--One of the results expected by respectable and law-abiding citizens from the present liquor law was freedom from the worry, annoyance, loss of time, expenditure of money, and sometimes unwarrantable…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court, granted the following applications for the transfer of hotel licenses:—Commercial Hotel, Sussex-street,…

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Watered Brandy. a Publican Fined

Evening News · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

Mr. Barnett, S.M. delivered his reserved decision in the summons division of the Central Police Court this morning In the case in which Inspector Kendall, licensing…

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Westminster Hotel Sensation

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 7

The police are still looking for the man who attempted to rod Miss Adele Schmitz of the takings of the bar at the Westminster Hotel, George-treet West on Thursday night last, but…

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No License. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 14

Sir.—In your report of the meeting held at Kogarah by Mr. Lloyd official lecturer of the liquor trades in yout issue of 19th ult, the name of Dr. Fitchett was used by Mr. Lloyd…

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"The Failure of No-license." Lecture at Hurstville

The St George Call · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 6

Before a good attendance at Hurstville Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. A. Lloyd, lecturer to the Liquor Trades Defence Union of New South Wales,…

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Charge Against a Publican a North Sydney Case. the Man on the Seat

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 7

William Beaumont, licensee of the Federal Hotel, Mount and Miller streets. North Sydney, was proceeded against by Sub-inspector West, at the North Sydney Police Court this morning,…

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No-license Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

Speaking at a meeting of the State council of the New South Wales Alliance on Monday, Canon Boyco, the president, said this year would be noted for the second local option…

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The Glass "Pint." Interesting to Hotelkeepers

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

A case of special interest to publicans and others who use glass mugs to supply customers with pints of beer was heard at the Water Police Court yesterday afternoon, when Charles Degotardi, inspector of weights and…

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Publicans and Unjust Mugs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 8

On January 25, at the Water Police Court, Charles Degotardi, Inspector, of Weights and Measures, proceeded against Florence Wells, licensee of the Trafalgar Hotel, George-street,…

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