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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1911

1,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 53

Without Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 21

Edward Chapman (50) was charged at the Water Court that he, on December 20 last, not being the holder of a license, was carrying about 18 bottles of beer. Chapman was fined £30, or four months' imprisonment. The offence…

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A Bandit Outrage. Two Youths Rob an Hotel. and Shoot an Officer. They Escape on the Ice. New York

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

Deports from Duluth state that after robbing the night clerk at an hotel, two bandits, under 20 years of age, were arrested with about £1000 booty in their…

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Crowded Hotels. London

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1911 · page 7

All the leading hotels in London have had their rooms booked up to Coronation week…

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The Girl Behind the Bar. Publican Pleads Ignorance of the Law

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 6

At Newtown. Police Court to-day John Knighton, licensce of the Southern Cross Hotel, St. Peters, was proceeded against upon a charge of having allowed his…

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Largest in the World. New York's Big Hotel. to Cost £2,700,000. New York

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 1

Some of buildings in Thirty-fourth-street, Old Broadway, are now being demolished to make way for what is to be the largest hotel in the world…

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In Temora's Business Quarter. William Small's Royal Hotel

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 28

THE Royal Hotel occupies a central position in the town, and is recognised as one of the leading houses. It is an association house, that is, it holds the certificate of C.T. Association of…

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Fishermen at War. Bomb Thrown at a 'Frisco Hotel "Busting" Up a Trust. San Francisco

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 1

A great sensation was caused by a bomb outrage in the Latin quarter. The bomb was thrown by an Italian fisherman at a hotel that is mostly occupied by…

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Hotel Manners. Examples and Lessons

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 8

The following though published in a London weakly paper, it not without its lesson's the wide world over:—In these days when almost everybody makes a point of taking a…

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New Zealand. Licensing Act Prosecution. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 10

The first prosecution under the new Licensing Act resulted in a young man at Foxton being fined for obtaining liquor by declaring ho wns over 21 years of ago…

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Parramatta Licensing Court Wednesday, January 11. (Beforo Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., and Mr. C. J. Byrnes, J.P., Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

Elizabeth Richardson applied for a renewal of a colonial wine license for Granville Granted. James S. Drowning (Royal Hotel,…

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Fire at a Hotel. Guests Rescued Through Burning Roof

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

BERNE (Switzerland). Friday Evening— A fire occurred last night at the Grand Hotel Continental, Montcux. The guests were rescued through the burning roof…

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Victoria. Closing of Hotels. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 11

The number of hotels closed during 1910 by the Licenses Reduction Board was 99, making a total since the initiation of the board's work of 410, and bringing the amount of…

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Police Courts. License Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

The Licensing Court, sitting at the Central Police Court, granted the following application for the transfer of hotel Heenses:—Union Hotel, Union-street, Newtown, Elizabeth Herbert (execntrix of the will of…

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Fire in Hotel. Rescued Through Burning Roof. Berne, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 7

A fire occurred at the Grand Hotel Continental at Montereix. The guests were rescued through the burning roof…

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Old Sydney. The Albion Mills, Wharf, and Hotel—John Terry Hughes— A Family History—Sam Terry's Will—The "Botany Bay Rothschild"—The History of the Albion Estate— "Widow Welsh"—Sir John Van Heekeren. No. 170

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1911 · page 12

Those who may be interested in "Old Sydney" will do well to vim the Mitchell Library, where may be inspected many treasures concerning the Mother City. One…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union the following office-bearers were elected:—President, Mr. H. Forrest; vice-presidents, Messrs, J. Cripps and H. Potter;…

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Hotel Employees' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

A special meeting of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers Employees' Union was held at the Queen's-hall, Pitt-street, on Tuesday evening. The following officers were…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Monday, January 16. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., and Mr. C. J. Byrnes, J.P., Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

James Samuel Browing applied for renewal of his publican's license (of the Royal Hotel, Auburn). The case was adjourned till Saturday…

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State Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 11

At a meeting of the Metropolitan District Lodge of the International Order of Good Templars, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:—(1) That this meeting…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

The Executive Council yesterday approved of the reappointment of the following stipendiary magistrates to constitute the Metropolitan Licensing Court, namely, Messrs…

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