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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 62

Threw a Mug. Fight in Hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 7

William M'Grath was charged at the Glebe Police Court to-day with having behaved riotously in the Empire Hotel, Annandale, yesterday…

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No License

The Sun · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 11

"Amythist" writes:— I read Archdeacon Boyce's letter in the "Sun," and I felt that the writer, like one inspired, voiced the unspoken desire in the…

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Is Reduction of Licenses Monopoly? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 September 1913 · page 15

Sir, -- With reference to "World-wide Traveller's" letter may I point out that it has been retention of the unjust and undemocratic three-fifths majority clause that has operated against the currying of no-license in many…

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Diet and Disease. "Simply Atrocious." Conditions at Some Country Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 14

WAGGA, Tuesday.--The spreading of diseases in country districts and the danger of the spread of smallpox cause more stringent steps to he taken in the supervision of cleanliness in…

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Social Problems. a Licensor Reformer. Mr. Sherwell's Investigations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1913 · page 9

Mr. Arthur Sherwell, the Liberal member for Huddersfield, is one of the students of the House of Commons. He has the student's face and manner, and has devoted the whole…

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Among Our Advertisers. Wilmett's Crown Hotel, Cairns (N.q.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 44

Wilmett's Crown Hotel, Cairns, Northern Queensland, is all that can be wished for in every department. As a residential hostelry it offers unsurpassed inducements, being…

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The Hotel Australia, Forbes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 43

Mr. John J. Flannery, late of Tattersall's Hotel, is now the proprietor of the up-to-date Hotel Australia at Forbes, where the very best accommodation is provided, and…

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Gresham Hotel, Brisbane (Q.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 43

The Gresham Hotel, Brisbane (Q.), becomes more and more popular each year. Mr. J. J. Johnston, the proprietor, is so familiar with the most successful methods of…

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Among Our Advertisers. the Commercial Hotel, Coonamble

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 43

This fine hotel, right in the choicest part of the pretty town of Coonamble, offers visitors splendid inducements; it is conducted on lines that cannot be surpassed in any…

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Sydney Hotel Mudgee

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 38

Mudgee's famous hotel, the "Sydney," under the proprietary management of Mr Cecil Grady, offers innumerable inducements to the casual visitor to the district, to the…

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The City Council Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 September 1913 · page 6

'"As you are aware," wrote Mr. George Walker, secretary of, the Phillip Liberty League, to the comptroller of assets of the City Council yesterday, "the State elections…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 6

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—From John Bywater to Michael Halpin, Clarendon Hotel, Devonshire-street. Sydney; Mary…

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Timber Licenses

The Land · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 2

Following are important features in the question of saw-millers' licenses that cropped up in a recent deputation to the Minister for Agriculture:—…

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Buteher's License: Refusal to Effect Repairs

The Land · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 13

"Rex" asks:—(a) Is a butcher who has an order cart trading in an area, but has his shop in another area, liable for a fee for a butcher's license,…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 13

The Metropolitan Liceasing Bench at the Central Police Court has granted the following transfors of pub[?] licences:— Clarendon Hotal, Devonshire street, Sydney, John[?]…

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Released on License. Preacher Field Liberated. Back in His Old Position. Experiences in Gaol

The Sun · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 8

Leslie Lionel Field, the Methodist local preacher, who was convicted at Parramatta on six charges of fraudulently imposing on Chinese, has been released on license. Field…

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No-license and Value of Property. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 5

Sir,--That Mr. George Walker, the president of the Phillip Liberty League, should have been refused a contribution from the funds of the City Council to fight the battle of the brewers,…

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No License Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 4

An organised movement has been started in the Gordon electorate in favor of no-license and the interest already taken was by the large audience in the twn-hall. Chatswood,…

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A Hotel Fracas. Father and Sons Sentenced. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 20

A [?]an named Bell, with his four s s, took possession of the Enterprise Hotel at Old Junee on Thursday evening, using large green sticks. The landlord (Mr. Browne) used: a…

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"Social Questions" Committee Column. No-license Campaign

The Methodist · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 2

Some 50,000 No-License "Appeals to Methodists" are being issued by the S.Q. Committee. The co-operation of Superintendents of circuits is being asked, so as to ensure effective distribution. The "Appeal" is signed…

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