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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1911

1,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 53

" Ghost " in Tights Count Accused of Many Hotel Robberies

The Arrow · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 2

It is announced at Berlin that one of the most dangerous international swindlers, Count Ostrovsky, has been arrested at Nice. This man is well-known to tho Berlin police as the…

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Novel Hotel. Beer from Bank of England

The World's News · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 9

A day census of the City of London was taken recently, and amongst other queer things that came out was the fact that the Bank of England is classed as a tavern…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 9

The Hotel Australia Commercial "Wireless Station expects to be in communication with tho following ships between 2 and 11 p.m. today:--…

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Tragedy of a Letter. Disappointed Man Kills Himself in Hotel. London, May 20

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 June 1911 · page 22

Three times in one day did a young Hungarian of 23, named Ulajos Szatmar, ring up his landlady on the telephone to inquire whether a letter had arrived for him from his father…

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Found in Hotel Yard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 10

About 2.45 p.m. on Saturday a woman named Ivy Swanson was found lying in a state of collapse in the yard of the Crecy Hotel, Oxford-street, Darlinghurat, with a bottle of lysol…

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Selling an Hotel Verdict for the Plaintiff

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 8

Evidence waas concluded today in No 1 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four, in the action in which George Allan proceeded against Rech's, Ltd., In…

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Not the Right Whisky. Paddington Publican Fined

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 8

Ellen Keys, licensee of the Light Brigade Hotel, Oxford -street, Paddington, was proceeded against in the Paddington Court this morning on a charge, under the Pure Food…

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The Hotel Metropole Ltd

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1911 · page 9

The improvement in the profits of this company in 1910 has certainly justified (so far as that rear was concerned) the action, or the directors in taking over the bulk of…

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Not the Whisky Asked For. Paddington Hotel-keeper Fined

Evening News · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 11

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Licensing Fees. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 7

The Licensing Court held in Bathurst to-day was somewhat unique, inasmuch as the applicants for renewals were ordered to be present, this not having been the course for some…

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Extensive Country Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Monks, architect of Wagga, has prepared plans for a number of hotel improvements in country towns and some of these are of considerable magnitude. At…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 4

The Hotel Australia wireless station expects to enter into communication with the following ships today: -- Riverina, Melbourne to Sydney…

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Licensing Legislation. State Laws Compared. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 21

Mr. Andrews, chairman of the Licenses Reduction Board said to-day that the amount of compensation awarded was £195,434. The total number of hotels closed, or to be closod since…

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Over the Sea. Skips in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 1

The Hotel Australia wireless station expects to enter into communication with the following ships between 2 and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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On the Water--waggon. Victoria's Reduced Licenses. £195,434 in Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Licenses Reduction Board has found out that seven more hotels in the city are not necessary for the convenience of the public, or the requirements of the…

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Special Licenses. Wild Any More Be Issued?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 7

Mr. John Inglis headed a deputation which mot the Minister at Acacia Creek, regarding the issue of special licenses for timber-getting. Areas of timber, he, stated, had been portioned…

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£1000 for One Dog License

Globe · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. Cecil Chapman, the London metropolitan magistrate, who presided at the annual meeting of the Children's League of Kindness for South London, last month, said that his…

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Over the Sea. Ships in Touch by Wireless. May Be Spoken From Hotel Australia

The Sun · Thursday 29 June 1911 · page 6

The Australia Hotel commercial station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless, Ltd., with the following ships between 2 and 11 p.m. today:--…

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85.—Definition of Vehicles to be Licensed

The Land · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 9

(Q.)—We have obtained the power to license vehicles and their drivers, and we are at a loss to know what vehicles come under this power. There…

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83.—Suspension of Driver's License

The Land · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 9

(Q.).—I have to invite attention to Ordinance 47, section 31 (public vehicles), and to ask if some alteration in the wording is not necessary, as…

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