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Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 62

Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 7

At the Central Police Court, the Metropolitan Li[?] Bench granted the following transfers of publicans licenses Park View Hotel. Mitchell-road. Alexandria, John D Co[?] to John Catrick: Savoy…

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Barman's Suicide. Found with Throat Cut. the North Sydney Sensation What the Hotelkeeper Saw Remarkable Evidence at Inquest. Blackened Face and Torches

Evening News · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 9

Some remarkable evidence was given at the City Coloner's Court this morning, when the Coroner held an inquest concerning the death of George Pegrum, [?] a barman, which occurred…

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Central Palace Hotel Shares

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 4

Moama.— Yes, the position of the Central Palace Hold property at the fool of the ramp right in front in front of the Central Railway Station is an…

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A License Transfer. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 6

An interesting point under the Liquor Act was raised before the Licensing Court, on an application for the transfer of the license of Tattersall's Hotel, Bodangora, from the…

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Hotel Australia Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 10

A painter, Fred. Bean, 52, of 67 Brownstreet, Paddington, fell from a staging at the Hotel Australia yesterday. He was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance,…

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No-license in New Zealand

The Sun · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 11

Having been in Masterton and, in fact, every no license area in New Zealand, I would like to bring some facts under the notice of Mr. James J. O'Donoghue, whose…

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Liquor in No-license Areas in New Zealand. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 August 1913 · page 4

Sir,--In his letter, dated August 20, Mr. James Marlon endeavors to show that the amount of liquor consumed in no-license areas is exceedingly small by comparison with that of the…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 4

On Monday, before the L.M., Mr T B Clegg, a transfer of the license of the Hotel Blue Mountains, Lawson, from Theresa Thomas to Joseph…

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The No-License Question

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 4

The Rev. F. B. Boyce has issued a strong manifesto on the No-License Question, and among other points he observes:—In a…

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Hotel Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 22

The proposal of the Federaed Liquor Trades Employees' Union to enrol in its racks barmen and barmaids was referred to at the last meeting of the Labour Council of…

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Correspondence the No-license Question. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 11

Sir,—In a short time, the people in the Local Option Poll will again decide for or against the public house. In the last poll, no less than 212,889 persons in this…

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Woman Roasted Alive. Fatal Fire in Victoria. Lucknow Hotel Destroyed. Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 7

A terrible fate overtook Miss Lowry, licensee of the Lucknow Hotel, at Lucknow, early this morning. She was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the hotel. Mr…

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Liquor in No-license Areas of New Zealand. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 11

Dear Sir, -- The facts as cabled from New Zealand placing the no-license areas in such a favorable position when compared with the incense areas, has hardly pleased Mr. Edwin…

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License or No-license at Yanco. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 16

Sir, -- That portion of the Murrumbidgee irrigation district, of which Leeton township is the centre, has funished, so far, an interesting and instructive object lesson to the improved conditions a community enjoys…

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Hotel Horror. Did George Pegrum Take His Own Life? Or was He the Victim of Foul Play? Some Sinister Circumstances Surrounding the Suicide(?) Midnight Scene in the Barman's Bedroom "Will You Marry This Woman When I Divorce Her?"

Truth · Sunday 24 August 1913 · page 8

Some sensational statements were made at the Coroner's Court on Friday last, during the hearing of an inquiry presided over" by the City Coroner, Mr. Hawkins…

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Children's Hotel. "Do Practically as They Please."

The Sun · Sunday 24 August 1913 · page 20

The most up-to-date evidence of up-to-dateness on the part of a woman is a hotel exclusively for children, at Bognor, England. The house was planned, built, and is run…

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State Hotels and Steamers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 6

PERTH, Sunday.--Though the, Scaddan Government's bill empowering it to build more State hotels was rejected by Parliament last year. the Government is already applying to the…

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A North Sydney Marriage. Actress' Remarkable Story. Told in Divorce Court. Lived in Separate Hotels

Evening News · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 7

An actress applied to Mr. Justice Gordon, in the Sydney Divorce Court, for a decree of restitution of conjugal right to compel ber husband, Frank Autnun Hawthorne Vilson,…

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The Country. Opposed to Liquor License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 4

LEETON, Monday.--At a meeting of residents of Leeton and district yesterday, a resolution was carried placing on record appreciation of the no-license policy in the district, and…

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Newcastle. Stadium License Refused

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 11

At yesterday's meeting of the Hunter Water and Sewerage Board the proposed letting for a stadium of the ground purchased for the erection of offices for the board was again referred…

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