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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1912

1,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 55

One License for Two Shops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

At the Ashfield Court, Arthur Edward [?], butcher, carrying on business at Ashfield, was against by Charles Van Treight (an inspector in the employ of the local council) on an information charging…

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Involved Wine License. Tennant v. Landlord

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 11

A complication connected with a colonial wine license, in respect of a grocer's premises at Hunter's Hill, came before the Hornsby Licensing Bunch on Tuesday…

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Barman Bothered. Host Kelly, of the Empire Hotel, Becoming Suspicious of Ahrens Sends for the Sleuths, And all Tumble Together

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 2

A couple of detectives and an hotel keeper came a cropper at the Water Police Court on Friday, when a bar-tender named William Ahrens, 38, was charged with…

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Closing Hotels at Six O'clock. a Victorian Proposal. "Sydney Would Be a Morgue.". Sydney Labor President in Support

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 9

"The city, of Sydney, or, in fact, any other large centre, would resemble a morgue more than anything else if the lights around the hotels were done away with."…

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Publicans and Labor Candidates. The Premier's Attitude Resented

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 1

Commenting upon the remark recently made in the N.S.W. Assembly by the Premier, that he favored the closing of hotels at 6. p.m. a…

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Hotel Employees. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 12

The united Licensed victuallers' Association has decided to confer with the Employeees' Union to-morrow regarding the proposed higher wages…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

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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Bookmakers and Hotel Licences

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 15

In broken Hill recently an application was made to the Licensing Court for the [?]ter of an [?] licence to a registered boo[?] nar[?] the application was opposed by the local…

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Sprig of Shillelagh. Row in a City Hotel Three Hen Charged with Assault

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 6

There was a formidable weapon exhibited at the Central Police Court this afternoon. It was a fine piece of Irish blackthorn [?] with a club sad and described as a genuine…

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Sprig of Shillelagh. Row in a City Hotel Three Men Charged with Assault

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

There was a formidable weapon exhibited at the Central Police Court yesterday. It was a fine piece of Irish blackthorn, [?] with a club end and described as a genuine…

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Police Courts. Riot at an Hotel. a Serious Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 4

Norman Williams, 29, Norman Acton, 21, and H[?] Wilson, 34, were charged on Wednesday, at the Central Police Court, with having, on December 30 [?] inflicted grievous bodily harm on Thomas Lin[?]key. There…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

The following hotel licenses were transferred yes terday at the Licensing Court:—Commercial Hotel, King-street, Percy J. Aylward, to James Lochhead; Town Hall Hotel, Oxford-street, Paddington[?]…

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Old Sydney. Apropos the Government Printing Office and the Father of Australian Printers—A Diversity of Opinion—The Government Printer on a History of the Institution—Mr. Huntington on the Subject—The Hugheses of the First Fleet—Bent-street in the First Fifties—The Home of Robert Campbell, "of Bligh-street"—Where the Brigade Office was—The Pulteney Hotel and the Australian Club—The Captain Cook, an Ancient Pub—Two Parsonages—Respecting William Blue and His North Shore Grant—Some Old Windsor Identities

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1912 · page 9

Apropos the first Government printer ("Truth" 14-1-12). A couple of years ago some controversy arose as to the name of the man who was the first, the very first,…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1912 · page 10

Being dissatisfied with their hours and rates of pay, and also the delay in gazetting the Wages Board's determination about 500 hotel, cafe, restaurant, and boarding-house…

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

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1912 · 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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Hotel and Club Employees. Strike Threatened. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 9

The Hotel. Club, and Restaurants' "Employees' Union held a special meeting last night, and after discussing the position with regard to the Broken Hill service, passed the…

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

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · 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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Country Robbery. Hotelkeeper the Victim. Bogan Gate

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

Mr. George Tothurst, licensee of the Bogan Gate Hotel, has reported to the police that he was robbed on Friday last of £9 worth of jewellery and money…

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Latest Edition. (A Portion of the Afternoon's News Will Be Found on Page [?] This Issue.) Brisbane Tram Strike. Trouble Extending. Trade Paralysed. Railways Affected. Will the Trains Stop? Hotels Closing. (Continued from page [?])

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 9

BRISBANE Wednesday Afternoon.—The effect of the general strike was visible early this morning, when the railway service was curtalled as the result of the defection of four…

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Hotel Employees. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 17

The hotel and restaurant keepers met last night to consider the demands of employees, and appointed a delegation to meet the employees to-night. A majority of the…

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