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Hotels & licensing, 1911

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Innisfail Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 53

Visitors to Northern Queensland know the Strand Hotel at Innisfail, kept by Mr. Arthur J. Moran (late of Ravenswood), for it is well equipped as regards…

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Sensational Fire. at Great London Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Night—A sensational fire occurred to-night in the upper storeys of the Carlton Hotel, at the corner of Pall Mall and the Haymarket…

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Fire at the Carlton. London Hotel in Flames. Many Thrilling Escapes. London

The Sun · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 8

A great sensation was created in the city this evening when flumes were seen breaking through the roof of the Carlton, one of London's most palatial hotels…

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Sale of Occupation Licenses. Bega Land District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

At the Crown Lands Office, Beira, at noon on Tuesday, the 5th day of September, 1011, Lot No. 544 of 6,640 acres, about 15 miles from Nimmitabel…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. London Hotel Fire. American Actor Perishes. Some Narrow Escapes

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 8

LONDON. Thursday Evening.—Among those who escaped from the Carlton Hotel during the fire was "Billie Burke," the well-known vandeville artist, and Herr Durnburg. the…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 9

Transfers of the following hotel licences have been granted:—emil Bohm to Mark Lapin, Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, City, Ada Brightwell to Walter R. Goble, Trafalgar Hotel…

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Fire in London. Carlton Hotel Ablaze. Sensational Escapes. London, Aug. 9., 11.25 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 7

A sensational fire occurred to-night in the upper stories of the Carlton Hotel. The servants escaped by means of ladders…

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

The Sun · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 2

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless, Ltd., with the following ships, between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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After Closing Hours. Hotelkeeper Fined £6

The Sun · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 4

The police proceeded against Margaret Bungate, of the Celtic Hotel, to-day, in the Central Summons Court, charging her with allowing a person to be on the hotel premises at an…

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Big London Fire. the Carlton Hotel Ablaze. Inmates Escape by Ladders. a Life Lost and Great Damage Wrought

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--A sensational fire broke out in the upper stories of the Carlton Hotel, London, yesterday. The outbreak originated in the shaft of the…

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Rules of the Road. Motor Vehicles. Cancellation of Drivers Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 7

New regulations for motor traffic, which have been made under the Motor Traffic Act, 1909, contain some interesting alterations. The new regulations apply to the whole State. Under…

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New Zealand's Drink Statistics. No Case Against No-license

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 11

Archdeacon Boyce, president of the New South Wales Alliance, does not consider that the temperance cause is prejudiced by the report of the Police Department referred to in the…

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Conditional Publican's License. Granted at Abermain. Against Police Objection

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 18

WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- An important licensing matter was decided by the Maitland licensing bench, in which John Lambie appealed for the issue of a certificate recommending the…

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McAllister's Crystal Palace Hotel

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 9

It will be interesting to country readers to learn that the late Mr. Walter McAllister's popular [?] in Sydney, the Crystal Palace…

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Back to Prison Convict on License Forces Magistrate's Signature

The Arrow · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 2

Making reckless play with a lady's lost cheque-book, a man of 50 named George Wilson bad found himself sentenced to three years' penal servitude, when he only came out from…

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Daring Daylight Robbery. Well-known Hew York Hotel Plundered

The World's News · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 3

A most audacious and well-planned robbery under erms is reported to have taken place recently at the popular and fashionable Grand Hotel, New York…

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Municipal Hotel for Girls

The World's News · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 9

A municipal boarding-house for working girls is projected by the town council of Rixdorf, one of the boroughs of Greater Berlin, which stands in the same relation to Berlin as West Ham to…

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Huge Telephone Service for New York Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 11

A greater telephone service than is afforded by most cities and towns, and provided by what will be the largest private telephone exchange in the world, has been contracted for an hotel…

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Queensland Licensing Law. an Amending Bill. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 11

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night Mr. Appel tabled the Amending Licensing Bill. The measure is to come into force on January 1, 1912. It is…

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

The Sun · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 1

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless, Ltd., with the following ships, between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. to- day:--…

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