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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1912

1,095 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 55

A Blow to the Strikers. Return Op Ipswich Railway Men. Trade Improving in Brisbane. Hotels Again Doing Business. Coal for the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.--To-day, the tenth day of thes trike, was the quietest yet experienced. The usual gathering took place opposite the Trades-hall, about 10 o'clock, when…

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Settlement in Sight. Broken-hill Hotel and Restaurant Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 15

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Indications point to conciliatory measures being adopted for a satisfactory settlement concerning the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union and…

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Hotel Burnt. Big Blaze at Parkes. Nothing Saved

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 5

PARKER, Saturday.—A fire broke out in the Occidental Hotel in Cl[?]-street early this morning and before the local brigade could get the flamen in check the place was [?]…

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Barrier Hotel and Restaurant Employees. Labor Federation As Arbitrators

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 15

BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- At the Australian Club Hotel a conference was held between the Hotel, Restaurant, and Boardinghouse Keepers' Association, and the Hotel, Club, and…

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Preacher and Publican

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1912 · page 20

The death of the Rev. Samuel W. Thackeray, LL.D., who was known as the "parson-publican," is reported in the English papers. Dr. Thackeray had a remarkable career. At…

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Old Sydney. Castlereagh-street in the Fifties—Where John Driver Kept an Hotel—In the Early Days—Father Norbert Birt on Unacknowledged Quotations—The Marrs and the Mahers—The Porters—Three "Places": Foxlow. Brougham, Hosking—Black's Terrace: Its History—A Great Fire—A Blessing in Disguise—Opening up Moore-street-Starkey's Ginger Beer— Where Vincent Wallace Lived—The Story of Some Sweet Singers—The Hotel Australia

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1912 · page 9

We will resume our study of old Castlereagh-street. In 1855 the first house on the west side of the street was occupied by John McLean, captain, principal…

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At "The Grand Hotel"—parkhurst, the Prisoners' Paradise—color Tints for Criminals—melodious Music for Murderers. Home, Sweet Home, for the Close-cropped Crew

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1912 · page 10

The late Harry Rickards once imported a comedian from London to Australia who delighted Australian audiences with a catchy song, the refrain of which ran thus:…

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Travellers' Accommodation. Hotel-keepers' Legal Responsibilities

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

A case illustrative of the duty cast upon publicans by law, to provide lodging and necessaries for travellers and their horses, was recently tried, is which the [?]nece of a country…

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Hotel Employees Fined. for Not Joining Union. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 10

Two hotel workers in Palmerston North have been fined 20s each for failing to join the Cooks and Waiters' Union. They were employed when the Arbitration Court award…

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Hotel Employees. Conference at Broken-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The postponed conference between representatives from the Hotel, Restaurant, and Boarding-house Keepers' Association and the Hotel, Club, and…

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Complicated Licensing Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 6

A peculiar application for a wine license was heard before the Ryde Licensing Bench. J. F. Clark, of Hunter's-hill, applied for a transfer to E. S. Bold. Mr. Gannon, who appeared for Clark, explained that…

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No Milk License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 17

James A. Forgie, sanitary inspector, Redfern, at the Redfern Court, summoned James M'Naily for supplying milk for profit without being registered on the register for Redfern under the authority of the Dairies…

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Sale of a Hotel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 51

Prout's Hotel. Newmarket, Melbourne, is announced for sale by tender, which will be received up to March 30. The whole of the stock will go with the sale, including the freehold…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court this afternoon:—France a Allen Ansell to Harold St. John Bo[?], Hotel Pacific, North…

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Brisbane Quiet. Some Surprises for the Strikers. Hotels Open Full Hours. Theatres Without Orchestras

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.—The city is quiet this morning. The [?]here surrounding the Trades Hall in thick with murmurs and salvos of cheers from the various rooms where union…

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Hotels Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, sitting at the Central Police Court on Thursday, granted the following applications for transfers of hotel licenses:—Hotel Pacific, North Steyne, Manly, Francis Allen Ansell to…

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Broken-hill Hotel Employees. Conference Ended

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 15

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--The fifth and final sitting of the conference of representatives of the Hotel, Restaurant, and Boardinghouse-keepers Association, and the Hotel, Club, and…

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Hotel Life. a Growing Fashion. Not So Terrible

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 13

When I was a boy—shall we say 20 years ago?—and even a good desk later than that (writes hamilton Fyffe in a London paper), a pathetic figure used to be trotted out every…

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Barrier Hotel Employees

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 2

Matters between the Broken Hill Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees Union and the Employers Association threaten to come to a climax to-day. A dispute exists…

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

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 3

The Hotel Australia Wireless Station expects to be in communication with the following ships to-day:-- Atua, Fiji to Sydney…

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