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Hotels & licensing, 1911

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

The Sun · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 1

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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Hours in Hotels

The Sun · Saturday 28 October 1911 · page 4

"Mr. Complin says an unfair advantage has been given to the purveyors of alcoholic beverages in allowing them to sell till 11 p.m., and it cannot be for the good of the…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 10

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

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Early Closing of Hotels. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 14

Sir,--The apparent levity with which the numerous petitions, in fev[?]r of the early closing of hotels, are being received by the members at each session of Parliament, may give an impression that the petitioners…

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Big Fire in Tasmania. Great Destruction of Property. Hotel Inmates' Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 October 1911 · page 9

LAUNCESTON,. Monday.--A fire at Tullah early this morning completely razed Kelly's Hotel, comprising 42 rooms, Kelly's-hall-- 20ft. distant --and a couple of shops, offices and 10…

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

The Sun · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 10

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

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Licenses Reduction Melbourne and Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Licenses Reduction Board to-day announced that it had decided to de-license 17 more hotels in the city and suburbs, and had awarded compensation to…

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Rockhampton's Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 41

The Leichhardt Hotel, Rockhampton, Q., is so well known and so often commended that it is really only necessary to mention the name to regular travellers. But for…

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The Imperial Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 41

The attention Mrs. A. McConnell bestows on her customers, as hostess of the Imperial Hotel, Mount Morgan, Q., makes the stay of the guest pleasant and homelike. The…

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The Great Southern Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 41

Goulburn has in the Great Southern an hotel that is replete with every modern convenience. Mr. Edward Dodds, the proprietor, besides stocking the best brands of liquors,…

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

The Sun · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 12

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

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The Harassed Publican. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 November 1911 · page 6

Sir,--In Friday's issue of your paper appeared a letter from a correspondent signing himself "Liberty," endeavoring to enlist the sympathy of your readers for the woeful condition, as pictured by him, of the "harassed…

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Hotel Requisites Supply Company

Evening News · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 15

One of the biggest problems of the hotel-keeper after having secured his licence and found necessary cash for "goal will," etc, her in the furnishing of his hotel. But this problem is easier to solve than [?] the rush of orders item from the country and other [?] more from and the company on Society moved into new promices at 20 Market-street, where they have an up-to-date office and a…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 3

The following transfers of Publicans licences have been granted:—Glemnore Hotel Cumberland-street, Sydney. William Barwick to Charles Peachey: Birkenhead Hotel,…

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Early Closing for Hotels. Temperance Party's New Move

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 5

Mr. John Complin, secretary N.S.W. Alliance, writes:— It is generally conceded that an unfair advantage has been given to the…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 5

The following transfers of hotel licenses were yesterday effected at the sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Bench:—Glenmore Hotel, Cumberland-street, city, William Barwick to Charles Peachey;…

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Selling Liquor Without License. Fine Reduced by Half

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 9

MUDGEE,Thursday.—The case of Walter Joseph Noonan, who was fined, £30 at Windeyer Police Court on September 13 for selling liquor without a license, has been brought before the…

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Government As Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 14

PERTH, Friday.--Interesting evidence was given by the manager of the State Hotel, Gwal[?]. It showed that the capital cost of that enterprise was £9446, and the net profits for eight…

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Parramatta Court. Monday, October 3D. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M.) Trouble in a Hotel Yard

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 11

Richard Attwood v. Wm. H. Essex.—Alleged assault. Mr. F.W. Todhunter for the complainant; Mr. Fanker for the defendant…

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Sharpers and Hotels. How Well-known "Guns" Lie in Wait for New Arrivals. Cause of Police Inactivity

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 November 1911 · page 7

"Do you see those fellows standing over there," said a prominent Sydney citizen to a "Sunday Times" representative yesterday. He pointed to a little group of three or four men…

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