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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 62

Country Hotel Robbery. Ardlethan

The Sun · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 6

A thief visited Mellor's Hotel last night, and secured a quantity of jewellery belonging to a barmaid. This morning Constable Stewart arrested a man on suspicion, and…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 16

We have received the prospectus of usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., which is being formed with a capital of £85,000, less £10,000 to be held in reserve, to acquire the goodwill, license,…

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Berkeley Hotel Robbery. Heavy Sentences Imposed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--In connection with the burglary at the Hotel Berkeley, Stephen Sharman and Fell have each been sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment. James…

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Large Hotel Project

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 July 1913 · page 10

The prospectus of Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd., is published in this issue. The proposal is to form a company with a nominal capital of £85,000, comprised in shares of £1 each. Of the…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Ltd

Truth · Sunday 27 July 1913 · page 2

The attention of the investing public is drawn to the prospectus of that old established as well as favorably known Usher's Metropolitan' Hotel, Ltd., which…

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Tragedies of Hotel Fire. Bonnie Leonard's Experiences

The Sun · Sunday 27 July 1913 · page 22

Bonnie Leonard, Sydney- born, and still ae Australian as can be, despite her solid eight years' sojourn in the United States, is back to the land of her birth once more. She will…

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Usher's Metropolitan Hotel An £85,000 Company

The Sun · Sunday 27 July 1913 · page 2

The prospectus of the company to be formed to erect Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, the handsome and commodious building which is to be erected on the site of the Troeadero…

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The Country. a Dubbo Licensing Case

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 July 1913 · page 8

DUBBO, Saturday.--An appeal in a licensing case was heard at the Quarter Sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. In April the Dubbo Licensing Court granted a conditional license…

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Jewellery for Drink. an Unusual Offence. Publican Fined

The Sun · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 5

Hotelkeepers must not take Jewellery in pledge for liquor, or, rather, if they do they are liable to be fined. Jeremiah Daley, formerly a police officer,…

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Sold for £100. Mrs. Pankhurst's License. Annie Kenney's Re-arrest. London, Monday, 10.50 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 8

Mrs. Pankhurst is up and about again. This afternoon she attended a gathering of suffragettes at the Pavilion Music Hall, where she was wheeled on to the platform seated…

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Earlier Closing of Hotel Bars. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 5

Sir,--The question the earlier closing of hotel bars which has been again raised in your columns by Archdeacon Boyce is one which very closely touches the liberty of the citizen…

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Hotel Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 11

KILLARNEY (Q.). Monday.--The Imperial Hotel, occupied by Mr. Maurice Clifford, was totally destroyed by fire. The family, numbering ten, escaped in their night clothes…

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The Metropolitan Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 5

Plans and, specifications, have been prepared by Messrs. H. E. Ross and Rowe, architects, for the new Metropolitan Hotel, to stand on the site of the Trocadero Cafe,…

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Proposed Large City Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1913 · page 12

When the site of the Metropolitan Hotel at the corner of King and Castlereagh streets was acquired. Mr. A. J., Usher secured premises near by, and upon application…

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Gaming Prohibited in Hotels. Selling a Horse

Evening News · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 13

It is provided by the Liquor Act. 1912, that if any holder of a licence suffers any gaming for stakes or any unlawful game whatsoever to be carried on in his licensed premises, he…

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The Country's Money Extravagance at Military College. Hotel for Visitors. Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 31 July 1913 · page 7

When the investigations of Mr. Kelly, the Assistant Minister for Home Affairs, at Jervis Bay have been completed, some surprising facts are likely to come to light…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 7

At the sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday, the following transfers of publicans licenses were granted:-From Charles James Atkinson to Margaret Jane Byrne, New Brighton Hotel, Corso, Manly;…

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Rates on Occupation License

The Land · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 9

J.M. puts the following case:—A is the holder of an occupation license, on which several curtailments have taken place, an 1912. In June…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

The following transfers of hotel licences have been [?] by the Metropolitan [?] Court: Charles James [?] to [?] New Brighton Hotel, [?]…

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A Hotel-keeper As Butcher

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 4

Albury asks if a publican can kill sheep for hotel use. Answer.—As this is a point which if not too clear in the…

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