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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1912

1,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 55

Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licenses:—City Hotel, Kent and King streets, from John Joseph Dorahy to Stuart McColloch; Park View Hotel. Rose…

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Transfers of Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court sat yesterday, when the following transfers were granted; -- Edward Cooke, to John Thomas O'Maley (Harris-street); Frederick Cresswell to James…

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A Stroud Hotel. Strong Comments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 15

In the [?]weastle Court of Quarter Sessions yesterday, Judge Fitzardinge had before him an appeal of Walter Augus Reichert against a conviction by Mr. W. L. Brown. P[?] and Stroud. Mr. Pickburn appeared for…

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Glenbrook Sports Refusal of Publican's Booth

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 6

The Church of England Chaplain, Railway Extension Works, Glenbrook, wiles:— The refusal of a license for a…

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£400,000 Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 December 1912 · page 5

At last, apparently, the long discussed scheme of building a big hotel on the site of the old Princess's Theatre in Oxford Street is to take shape, says a London exchange…

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The Color Line. Minstrels Turned Out of Hotels. "Wouldn't Have Them Coons." ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 1 December 1912 · page 9

The color line has been rigidly drawn at Port Pirie, and as a result the town is in an agitated state, and a considerable amount of feeling is being shown…

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Dogs in Swell Hotels. £2 a Day Board. Duke's Pets Costly

The Sun · Monday 2 December 1912 · page 10

Two pounds a day board at the hotel for each of their pet dogs was one of the experiences of Mrs. F. W. Vanderblit, of New York, and the Duchess of Manchester at…

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Hit the Publican. Right Lead to the Body

The Sun · Monday 2 December 1912 · page 3

"I comes along mid mine friend and he goes into the Port Jackson I says I won't go in there. He was in there for some time and I goes in and says Come on to mine friend…

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Fracas in City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 December 1912 · page 12

There uns a disturbance at the Mansion House Hotel at the corner of George and Eugine streets, city, on Friday night, someone started throwing glasses and bottles about, and this…

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A Snake in Bed. Hotel Boarder's Fright

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 7

QUIRINDI, Tuesday.--On Sunday a snake was found coiled up in a bed at the Wallabadah Hotel. A boarder got a surprise when retiring, and he lost no time in killing the snake…

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Refused Td Pay His Board. Hotel Guest Sent to Gaol

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 13

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Alfred Blomgren (46), a watch- maker, who arrived in Bathurst from Sydney a fortnight ago, put up at Mrs. M'Sorley'a Family Hotel. At the expiration of the first week he was asked by the landlady…

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Auctioneer License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

At Parramatta Court on November 26 general were issued to Walter John Airey, Charles E. Bardsley, and John W. Perry. District license were granted…

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Hotels Change Hands

The Sun · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 7
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The Metropolitan Licensing Court this afternoon granted the following transfers of publicans licenses:--Herbert William Plummer to Georgina Penton, Court House…

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Federal Capital. Question of Hotels. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 10

In the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Home Affairs, in reply to a question, said that the sale fo intoxicating liquors in the Federal territory was governed by an…

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Safe Breakers. £300 Taken From Hotel. Bent Coins Found. Yerranderie

Evening News · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 8

The police were not long in clearing up the burglary at the local hotel. where the thieves broke in took the iron safe away and blew it open. They secured about £300…

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Dropped Into the Cellar. Hotelkfeper Sued for Damages

Evening News · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 9

In the District Court this morning. before Judge [?] Shedan fought to[?] for injuries [?] coming…

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Angling. Rod Licenses.—new Zealand's Enormous Profits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 December 1912 · page 12

A letter just received by a well-known Sydney angler from the secretary of the Wellington (N.Z.) Acclimatisation Society contains figures which will probably astonish anglers in this State, and will illustrate to the New…

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Metropolita Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 5

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following hotel licenses were transferred:—lierbert W. Plummer to Georgina Penton, Courthouse Hotel, Australia-street, Newtown; Benjamin Henry Reilly to…

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Federal Capital. Question of Hotels. Melrourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 13

In the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Home Affairs, in reply to a question, said that the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Federal territory was governed by an…

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