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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1912

1,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 55

Mammoth New Hotel for Sydney. A £50,000 Project

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 10

There is no doubt Sydney is sadly behind in its provision for hotel accommodation for the teeming thousands who now visit the…

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No Room. Sydney's Overflowing Hotels. the Perpetual Reply. "Sorry, Sir; Full Right Up." Trials of Accommodation Seekers. Pressing Need for More Hotels. Enterprising and Giltedged Proposal

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 10

Justified [?] is the [?]tery of the citizens of Sydney against the insdequ[?] of our tramway system to as[?]torlly ful[?] requirements, visitors to this Queen City of the South, and…

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The Digger's License. Chapter X.—(Continued.)

The World's News · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 22

WELL, you know, to be fair, I don't think she ever did love me. It was a family arrangement that suited everyone…

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Direct Commission. Licensing of Brokers and Agents. Solved in New York

The Sun · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

In the February Issue of the London Insurance Agents and Brokers "Journal" appears the following:-- "Through the courtesy of…

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Selling Liquor in No-license Distict. No-licensb District

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 14

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--At Ashburton to-day Gideon Scott was fined 150 for keeping liquor for sale in a no-license district. This is the man whose stock was kept buried in the…

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Desirable Investment for Country Residents Huge Hotel to be Built in Sydney

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 10

It is not often that country residents have an opportunity of investing in a city proposition they thoroughly understand, more so, indeed, than city people…

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More Hotels Needed

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 6

There is room in Sydney for at least three new general hotels of large size, and three new private hotels (that is without bars) almost equally large. All the existing…

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Victorian Treasurer Defies the Law. Refuses to Issue License. Melbourne. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 7

Mr. Watt, State Treasurer, against whom a mandamus was granted ordering him to issue a two-gallon wine and spirit license to Matthew Win. Slade, of Edgarton, near Wonthaggi, stated…

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Hotel Licensee Shot

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 4

James Prendergast, licensee of a hotel at Yangan, Queensland, was found late on Saturday night, lying at some distance from his hotel with a gunshot wound in the…

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JUDGE V. Minister. Trouble Over a Avine License. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

Mr. Watt, State Treasurer, says he will not obey the mandamus issued on Friday by Mr. Justice a'Beckett calling on him to issue a wine and spirit merchant's license to…

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

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

The Hotel Australia expects to be in touch with the following ships to-day by Australasian wireless: -- Manuka, Sydney to Wellington…

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College & Hotel. Teaching Teachers. Proposed New Training College

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

With the exception of the few denominational and other private schools the whole of the teaching of the children of New South Wales is done in Government-owned schools…

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A South Coast Hotel

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

The popularity of the South Coast as a tourist resort is becoming more manifest every day -- so much so that in many centres those whose business it is to cater for…

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Mysterious Shooting. Hotelkeeper Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

WARWICK, Sunday.--James Prendergast, licensee of an hotel at Yangan, was found shortly before midnight on Saturday lying about 15 chains from his hotel with a gunshot wound…

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Buildings and Works. Progress of the Trades. Large City Residential Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 12

Mr. G. Sydney Jones, architect, has completed plans, and tenders are being received, for a very large hotel which it is proposed to build on the site of the old Belmore…

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Early Closing of Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 5

Sir,—The numerous petitions which have recently been presented to Parliament against the proposed early closing of hotels are a healthy indication that the liberty-loving…

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A Clever Swindle. Publican Victimised. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 10

Mrs. Kilfoyle, licensee or Tattersall's Hotel, Dubbo, was the victim of a elever piece of swindling recently. She ordered some tea from a Sydney firm through their district…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 10

The Hotel Australia expects to be in touch with the following ships to-day by Australasian wireless:--Maital, Auckland to Newcastle…

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Mr. Watt Obdurate. Served with a Writ. Will Not Grant License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A writ of mandamus issued by Mr. Justice A'Beckett, and calling upon the Treasurer to grant a two-gallon license to Mathew William Slade, of Edgarton, near…

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Early Closing of Hotels. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 11

Sir.--The numerous petitions which have recently been presented to Parliament against the proposed early closing of hotels are a healthy indication that the liberty-loving…

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