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Hotels & licensing, 1911

1,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 53

Donnelly's Doom. The Gasbaggian Boniface. Sydney Publicano Bound Over to Keekp the Peace

Truth · Sunday 22 October 1911 · page 9

John Donnelly, a Kent-street publican, appeared in the dock in the Water Police Court on Wednesday before last, before Mr. Clarke, and prevented a sweetly picturesque…

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

The Sun · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 10

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

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Cronulla Hotel, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 11

We are informed that the Cronulla Hotel. Ltd., which was recently floated, will be registered this week, and that the architect (Mr. Thco. Marks) has been instructed to…

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The Earlier Closing of Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 7

Sir,—It is generally realised that an unfa[?]r advantage has been given to the purveyors of alcoholic beverages in allowing them to sell till 11 p.m., while other trades cease…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 10

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

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Cronulla Hotel Co

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 10

The Cronulla Hotel, which was recently floated, will, we are informed, be registered this week. The architect (Mr. Theo. Marks) has been instructed to prepare plans for the…

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Hotel Tips

The Sun · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

A lady in a Paris newspaper paints a vivid, but not at all over-colored picture of the agony of the departing hotel guest, upon whom a crowd of various servants swarm…

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Boarders' Narrow Escape. Fire in Market-street. Publican Calls Up Sleeping Lodgers

The Sun · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 8

Through the promptitude of Mr. Thomas Arthur, licensee of the Australian Hotel, Kent and Market streets, the lives of nearly 20 boarders were probably saved at…

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A Good Haul. Hotel Thief at Work

The Sun · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 8

An hotel-thief was rewarded with a good haul at the Great Western Hotel, George- street West, early yesterday morning. The police information shows that five…

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Threatened the Publican. "I'll Knock Your Head Off."

The Sun · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 4

William John Hollins, the proprietor of Hollins's Hotel. Balmain proceeded against William Deveridge, at the Balmain Police Court to-day, on a charge of using…

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Wireless Licenses. Government Control Retained

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Wednesday,--Mr. Frazer today abolished the fees of 21s for the first year and 7s 6d for succeeding years hitherto attached to the issue of the licenses to…

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Breasting the Bar. Women Who Drink in Hotels. Statements by Publicans

The Sun · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 12

Is the practice of women presenting themselves before the bar counter and calling for drinks becoming more general in Sydney? The law does not stipulate that women shall…

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Conditions of an Occupation License

The Land · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 8

A. C., Dubbo, writes:—"Would you kindly inform me what the terms and conditions of an occupation license are For instance, a piece of land…

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Broken Hill's Sunday. Turned Into a Business Day. Hotels Do Big Trade

Evening News · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 3

Sub-inspector Sawtell, in charge of the police at Broken Hill, who was recently promoted, and also is to return to Sydney, reported as follows to the Broken Hill Licensing Court:—…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 5

The following hotel liceuses were transferred yesterday by the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Grosvenor Hotel, Harris-street, Alfred Ernest Lonsdale to Adolf [?]ctin: Unity Hotel, lance Cove-road. North Sydney,…

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Drink and Opium. Youths in Hotels. the Work of Reformation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 7

The third session of the annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of New South Wales was held yesterday. Mrs. Courtenay Smith presided…

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

The Sun · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 12

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

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"Thugs" and "Assassins." Mr. Griffith Picturesque. . Licensed Political Language

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 9

Speaking to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday, the Minister for Works, Mr. Arthur. Griffith, expressed his entire endersement of the views expressed in the loader…

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The Harassed Publican. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 October 1911 · page 4

Sir,-- The present situation 'in State politics is the grossest travesty on representative government, implying as it does government by an ineffective majority, that can be conceived. The position, no matter from what party…

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Revision of Stamp Licenses. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 23

Sir,—After the lapse of three years the proposed revision has been brought into effect without consideration for public convenience. A stamp license was issued to a shopkeeper…

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