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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

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Jones' or Jacobs. Fight Foe a License

Evening News · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 10

A struggle between two rival butchers to obtain a licence for a shop in Oxford-street, has occupied the time of the Paddington Council o several occasions lately, and has led to…

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The Spring Races. Will Smallpox Affect Them? Hotel Manager's Views

The Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 6

The smallpox outbreak has been responsible for a falling-off in the receipts of most business houses. The decrease has been marked in many instances. Hotels have not escaped…

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Broke Hotel Mirror

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1913 · page 6

Elizabeth Harrison (23), was charged at the Redfern Court with maliciously injuring a mirror, value £5, the property of Mary Rolfe, at Waterloo. The accused went into the Cauliflower Hotel,…

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Among Our Advertisers. Sir Joseph Banks' Hotel, Botany

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 43

The Olympic Pleasure Grounds, Botany, attached to the famous Sir Joseph Banks' Hotel, are under the proprietary care of Mr. E. J. Gardiner, and probably no place…

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Dodds' Family Hotel, Cooma

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 43

Mrs. Annie Mowbray is the popular hostess of the far-famed family hotel at Cooma, yclept "Dodds." Under her supervision the establishment is a family hotel in the best…

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Exchange Hotel, Parkes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 August 1913 · page 46

At his Exchange Hotel, Parkes, Mr. Joseph Murphy, the proprietor, advertises every convenience for the travelling public at very moderate charges. "Every…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—From Catherine Byrne to Philip Byrne, York Hotel, York-street, Sydney; Rachel…

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Lease of Hotel and Paddock

The Land · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 10

"Subscriber" writes:—A man has rented an hotel from me with about two acres of land, for which he holds a lease for a term of five years. Apart…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 7

The Metropolitan Licencing Bench.at the Central Police Court, granted the following [?] of publicans' licences:—York HOtel, York-street, Sydney, Catherine Byr[?]o to Philip…

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All Night Again. Parliament Sits Up. Super-land Tax. Imperial Hotel Purchase

The Sun · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 6

Mr. Meehan was in good form when the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon. He was still passing cheerful remarks, and calling for cheers for the King when the…

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Unusual Licensing Application

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 August 1913 · page 15

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--At the last meeting of the Licensing Court application was made on behalf of James Elphick, licensee of the Maryvale Hotel, for the issue, under…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 4

At the Licensing Court, on Monday, before Mr T B Clegg, L.M., the licensing inspector having no objection, the license of the Grand Hotel,…

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"Only Just Begun." Two Men in a Hotel. Adelaide

Evening News · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 5

There were sensational happenings at the Lady Ferguenn Hotel, Cattle-street, carry this morning, with the result that two powerfully built men named Patrck Cull and William…

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Ulster Rifle Club. Licenses Cancelled. London

The Sun · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 8

The Irish authorities have ordered the cancellation of all licenses issued to rifle clubs in Ulster. The Government presumably thinks that…

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Is Reduction of Licenses Monopoly? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 11

Sir, -- In travelling through New South Wales I have been interested in the arguments for and against no-license. I find very little is said about New Zealand…

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No-license Victory. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 22

Sir, -- That portion of the Murrumbidgee irrigation [?]of which the township of Leeton is the centre has just concluded a successful anti-liquor agitation. The irrigation scheme was begun under a no-license policy, and…

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Ulster Rifle Club. Licenses Cancelled. London

The Sun · Sunday 31 August 1913 · page 5

The Irish authorities have ordered the cancellation of all licenses issued to rifle clubs in Ulster. The Government presumably thinks that…

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Jolley's Jaunt. Drank Rum All Day. a Smash in George-street Hotel

Evening News · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 6

When charged at the Water Police Court this morning with having assaulted Mack [?] licenses of the Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, on Saturday, and also with damaging an…

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Disturbance in Hotel. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 11

A serious disturbance occurred in Hartland's Courthouse Hotel, William-street, late on Saturday night. Glasses and bottles were freely hurled about, and the bar of the hotel…

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Jolley's Lively Time. Just Missed the Publican

The Sun · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 6

Robert Jolley 28 years old, drank rum all day on Saturday. In the evening he went to the Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, in a depressed mood. He sat in a chair, and the…

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