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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1910

1,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 59

Publican and Butcher. Outcome of a Pony Deal

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

In the Sydney District Court, before Judge Backhouse, this morning, Joseph Cox, hotel keeper, of Lithgow, sought to recover £20 damages from W. Crabtree, butcher, of…

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Barman Found Dead. Under a Hotel Bar. Cyanide of Potassium Poisoning

The Star · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

Arthur Joyce Maples, 36, a barman, was found lying dead under the counter in a bar at the Arcadia Hotel, Pitt-street, last evening, There were. no marks of violence about…

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Transfer of Hotel License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the following application of transfer of hotel license:- Albert Hotel, Elizabeth and Red[?]ern streets, Red[?]n, Mary Smith (widow, and administratrix of the estate…

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Hotel Waiters' Pay. Nice Question for the Court

Evening News · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 7

In the Industrial Court this afternoon Judge Heydon was engaged in hearing evidence connected with a summons issued by the union concerned against Alexander Clark Hilliar, of…

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Snake Killed in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 7

On Wednesday a large black snake was discovered on its way through the hall of Mr. Plasto's Steamboat Hotel, Ryde, by Mrs. Plasto, who was just coming out of the…

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Extinguished Licenses. £230,000 Compensation. London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 7

Compensation to the amount of £230,000 has been awarded in connection with 91 public-honses, the licenses for which were extinguished at the London Sessions. The…

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Ninety London Hotels Closed. Heavy Compensation Awarded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Compensation to the extent of £230,000 has been awarded the proprietors of 91 public houses which were extinguished at the London…

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Hotels and Suicides

Evening News · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 3

The inconvenience caused by suicides in hotels has resulted in a manifesto being issued by the German Hotel—keepers' Union, politely requesting would-be suicides not to patronise…

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"This Failure of No-license." Lecture at Hurstville. (Continued from previous issue)

The St George Call · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 6

Consequently, out of thirty-three millions living in districts from which alcohol has been legally abolished, over two-thirds have attained this end by…

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A Prospective Publican. Sale That Didn't Come Off. How a Newtown Hotelkeeper Was Tricked

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 6

The extraordinary conduct of a recent visitor to Newtown who represented himself as a one-time hotel owner in West Australia and at present a farmer in the Bathurst districts…

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Hotelkeeper Victimised. with a Valueless Cheque. an Arrest Made

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 5

A man visited the Star Hotel, George-street North, on Monday afternoon, and succeeded in in passing a valueless cheque on Mrs. Mitchell, the licensee. Mrs. Mitchell cashed the cheque for…

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Railway Hoardings. Should They Be Licensed?

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 7

Willoughby Council is of opinion that the railway authorities should pay a licence for hoardings equally with any ratepayer, and with a view to, ascertaining what chance exists for…

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Sydney's Historic Hostelry. the Royal Hotel

The Star · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 7

This property having been purchased by the Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales, ere long this old-time home and meeting place of…

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Mummer Memoirs. the Royal Hotel—doomed—reminiscent of Joe Simmons— Joe Wyatt—barnet Levy. No. 105

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

The Royal Hotel in George street, Sydney, is doomed. When the present lessee surrenders in about four years time the house, with its many old,…

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Nolan's Coraki Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 44

Nolan's Coraki Hotel is casily found by all visitors to the Richmond River. It is a most comfortable house, and is conveniently sitnated. The host is good ness personified…

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A Grafton Hotel.£

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 44

The Great Northern Hotel, Spring-street, South Grafton, holds its own for its accommodation. The genial host, Mr. D. Murphy, has carned for himself so good a name in…

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Father Dempsey's Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 35

Father Dempsey's Hotel in St. Louis, U.S.A., has just, finished its third year. It provides clean, comfortable lodging for 10 cents a night; good meals at from 5 to 10…

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Was He Poisoned? Man's Strange Death in a Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

John James Creightpn. 34, a tea taster, died at the Cricketers' Rest Hotel, at the corner of Pitt and Red fern streets, Redfern, on Wednesday night, under peculiar circumstances. At…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

The annual meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales was held on Tuesday at the rooms, when the piesident, Mr. J. B. Sutton, presided over a…

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A Tea Taster's Death. Sudden Tragedy in an Hotel Bar

The Star · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

John J. Creighton, 34, a tea-taster by occupation, who lived at the Fountain Hotel, George-street West, fell dead in the bar of the Cricketers' Rest Hotel, in Pitt-street,…

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