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Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 59

Fracas in an Hotel. Two Barmen Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 9

A serious fracas occurred in the public bar of the Grand Central Hotel, in which two barmen, Michael Hartigan and Fred C. Muir, were injured, the former severely. Six men,…

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The Tourists' Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 53

The Tourists' Hotel, Bomaderry Terminus, Nowra Railway, is a house justly celebrated among travellers and tourists for the extent of its accommodation. Mr. John M…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 9

The following transfers of publicans' licences have been granted by the Sydney Licensing Court:—Minnie Robinson, as executix of the estate of the late Frederick O…

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Bedroom Burglars. Guests at the Hotel Grand Central

The Sun · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 7

George Purcell, alias George Humphries. 30, and Edward Roberts, alias Rider. 27. appeared in the Water Police Court this afternoon for sentence upon a charge of stealing…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 3

The Licensing Bench sitting at the Central Police Court granted the following applications for transfers of hotel licenses:—Oxford Hotel, King-street, city, Minnie Robinson (executrix of the estate of the late…

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Whisky in a Wine Bar. Licensee Fined £30

The Sun · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 6

Letitia Tonkin, 56, is the holder of a wine licence at 593 George-street, and Mr. Smithers, S.M., told her at the Central Police Court this morning that she had very little hope of…

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A Bad Boil Over. A Publican in Court. A Witness Owns Up. Very Hard Swearing Somewhere

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 11

A case interesting to publicans and magistrates and no-license folks (and horse dealers, no doubt) was heard before Mr. Maitland, S.M., at Parramatta…

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Hotel License Cancelled. for Lack of Accommodation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 9

CARCOAR, Saturday. --A case carrying with it considerable importance to [?]-keeper was decided by the Local Liecnting Bench' this week, when Licensing Sub [?] Bleeehmore, of Carcuar, made application for…

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Theatre Licenses. for Temporary Structures. the City Council's Demands

Evening News · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 8

The Town Clerk, in his annual, report, makes some references to temporary structures, which are licenced under the Theatres and Public Halls Act of 1908…

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Burglars in the Country. Coolamon Hotel Robbed. Safe Blown Open' with Dynamite. £150 Worth Stolen

Evening News · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 5

COOLAMON. Wednesday.—Burglars operated to the town last night, and secured over £150 from the King's Royal Hotel. It is believed by the police that the thieves were from…

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The Liquor Fight in America. How Prohibition Is Spreading. No Compensation and High License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 7

The study of the liquor fight in America is an education in the persistent pursuit of an ideal. The traveller in that country sees what it is possible to do by the growth of sentiment. The…

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A Boxing Night Disturbance. Row in a Leichhardt Hotel. Some Conflicting Evidence

Evening News · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 3

Herbert Vincent Selby, 22, was charged at Glebe Police Court this morning with assaulting Peter Tancred, at Leichhardt on December 26. Tancred said he was in the Leichhardt Hotel…

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Daring Safe Robbery. Burglary in a Hotel. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 8

Robbers broke into the Royal Hotel promises on Tuesday night by prising open a window. They removed the safe through a side door on to a railway hand truck…

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Hotel Licenses Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 4

The Licensing Court, sitting at the Central Police Court on Thursday, granted the following applications for transfers of hotel license:—Blue Post Hotel, Hurstville, Hannah Tanner to Michael Leahy: Town…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 3

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following transfers of Publicans' licences:— Hannah Tanner, to Michael Leahey, Blue Post Hotel, Hurstville; William Hamilton, to…

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City Publican Fined

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 5

Angus Cameron, licensee of the Palace Hotel, George-street, Sydney, was proceeded against at the summons divisions of the Central Police Court this morning, by Thomas Kendall, in…

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The Sport of Trotting. Conflicting Applications for Licenses. Deputation of the Chief Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 December 1910 · page 6

Current racecourse licenses expire to-morrow, and the Chief .Secretary has now under consideration the matter of the issue of licenses for 1911. "With that fact in view, a deputation…

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A Publican Assaulted. Young Man with a £500 Cheque. Incident at a City Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 10

A constable was called to the King's Hotel at the corner of King and Pitt streets, city, last night. The reason was explained in the Water Police Court this morning, when…

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City Hotel-keeper Assaulted

Evening News · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 3

At the Water Police Courts Arthur Williamson, 22, was charged with baring assaulted Edward Cole, licensee of the King's Hotel, corner of Kingg and Pitt streets, Sydney…

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Hotel "Barbering."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 6

At the Water Police Court, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., George Parcell, alias Humphries, 30, and Edward Roberts, alias Reder, 27, were charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of Henry Ayres, to wit, the Hotel…

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