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Hotels & licensing, 1911

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

A Publican's Duty

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 6

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Maitland, S.M., a case interesting to hotel-keepers was heard. Geo. Reynolds, a young man, was…

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The Xmas Rush. All the Hotels Report Crowded Houses. Records Beaten

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 December 1911 · page 7

"Absolutely full," said the manager of the Australia yesterday. "Yes, we've been, very rushed"? "Is it a record?"…

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Smoking By Women Removal of Ban in New York Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 December 1911 · page 25

A Bill introduced by the Board of Aldermen of New York to prohibit smoking by women in public having been pronounced illegal, several of the leading hotel managers announce…

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An Up-to-date Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 December 1911 · page 2

Amongst the many improvements in Sydney's , hotels there are few that are approached by those made at the Wentworth Hotel, whose proprietress, Mrs. Maclurcan, is well-known as a…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 26 December 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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Prison Hotel the Dinner Table

Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 4

Unknown to its future tenants, who are prevented at present from reading the morning papers (says the "Mail" of October 19), the new prison house of rest of habitual offenders…

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Licensed Baby Carriages

Evening News · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 10

Every owner of a baby carriage will take an interest in the news lately arrived from Berlin that a new law has been passed requiring that all baby carriages be licensed and…

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

The Sun · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 8

The Hotel Australia Station expects to enter into communication by Australasian Wireless with the following ships between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. to-day:--…

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

The Sun · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 9

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

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Those Forged Notes. More Hotelkeepers Victimised

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Since the arrest of two men in Bendigo, who are charged with passing forged Federal bank-notes, a number of cases in which persons have been victimised…

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A Licensing Application

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 4

Wellington asks if a man holding a license for a hotel for two years is entitled to a favorable report in the event of his making an application for…

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Hotel and Carters' Union. Proposed New Award

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 9

The award under which the members of tho Hotel, Club, Restaurant, and Caterers Employees' Union is working expires in April next. In consequence the union has drawn up a schedule…

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A Good Haul. Thieves Ransack Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Thieves at an hotel in Brighton, where many wealthy guests were staying, ransacked many rooms with great success…

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Hotel and Carterers Employees' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 17

As the award under which the members of the Hotel, Club, and Caterers' Employees' Union are working will expire in April next, the union has prepared a new claim to submit to the Industrial…

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Old Sydney. In the Vicinity of the Rum Hospital—A Walk Down Hunter-st.—Where John Thomas Campbell Lived—And Judge Tberry—Dr. J. C Cox—The Lord Nelson Inn—The Old Three Tuns—Where the Star Hotel Stood—The Sir Maurice O'Connell—The Solomons—Where the Red Cow Stood—The First Church : Its Site—Where Parson Johnson Preached and Prayed and Soothed the Heart Forlorn—A Projected Memorial—Where the First Parson Lived—Macnamara, John Mitchell's Friend—My Friend's Chronology Resumed—John Thompson—The Wilds and Kables—A Wedding by Special License at St. Mary's—J. G O'Connor—An Historic Colonist and Distinguished Citizen—A Man of Many Parts

Truth · Sunday 31 December 1911 · page 9

Before we leave the neighborhood of the Rum Hospital, let us talk a walk down Hunter-street, say, in the mid-fifties. Over half a century has completely…

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Hotel Ransacked. Big QUANTITy of Jewellery Stolen. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 December 1911 · page 7

Thieves ransacked a hotel at Brighton, and secured several thousand pounds' worth of jewellery…

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Sensational Jewel Robbery. Young Man Charged with Theft, and Hotel Keeper with Receiving.—titled Lady Prosecutes. London, November 24

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 December 1911 · page 3

A Jewel robbery was investigated at Folkestone Police Court, when George Edward Trice, about 22 years of age, was charged with stealing jewellery, valued at £700, the property of…

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Actor Arrested on Charge of Stealing. Sensational Sequel to Boat Train Meeting—hotel Dinner Party. London, November 24

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 December 1911 · page 25

A remarkable story of the alleged theft of a valuable brooch, belonging to Lady Abdy, was related at Bow-street Police Court, when monto Jocelyn Preston Arnot, a tall, fair…

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Lights O' London. Gleanings in the Gilded Gomorrah. Whiffs From West End and Squalid From Squalid East. the Week, the Weak, & the Wicked. in the World's Metropolis—and Little England. Stories of Sin, Shame, Suffering. Scandal, and Sensation in Synopsis. a Turned Worm. Duncan's Dire Discovery. Catches Carry Canoodling with His Missus—serks to Sack a Sinful Servant. "No, Archirald, Certainly Not!" Then Purge-paralysed Publican Pulls Pistol and Plugs His Wife's Paramour. London, November 24

Truth · Sunday 31 December 1911 · page 10

The catch cry of London just now is "No, Archibald, certainly not." You hear it everywhere; in the streets, the cafes, and, above all, in the music-halls, where…

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