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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 62

Shall Bars Continue? the No-license Battle. Case for Continuance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 9

In view of the coming battle between the forces that represent respectively no-license and the continuance of the licensed liquor bar system, we published, on Saturday the case…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 15

Sir,--The following cases I have taken from our dully papers in the month of January last year. They speak for themselves:-- A woman was found in her home In Waterloo…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:— From John Jamicson to Job Booth, Cross Keys Hotel, Lower Campbell-street, city; Samuel…

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City Garrotting. Man Roughly Handled. Beaten and Robbed in Hotel

Evening News · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 8

To be set upon by a gang of garroters in the heart of the city roughly handled and robbed was the decidedly unpleasant experience of a young man. Charles Coleman, who lives in…

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To License Stallions

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 19

In veterinary matters New Zealand is a long way ahead of Australia. The Dominion Government is bringing forward a bill providing that all stallions…

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No License and Another Bogey. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 13

Sir,—Brewers and so-called Liberty Leagues, appear very anxious to evade the liquor question by raising other issues and trying to rope them in. Two women who…

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Boxing Licenses. Methodist Views

The Sun · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 4

Representations with regard to the issue of licenses to boxing halls were made to the Acting Chief Secretary this morning by a deputation from the district Synod of the…

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No-license

The Sun · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 6

Mr. James J. O'Donoghue waves a pintpot:--In view of the near approach of the local option poll, electors should be made aware of…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 11

Sir,--Brewers and so called Liberty Leagues appear very anxious to evade this liquor question by raising other issues and trying, to rope them in…

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No-License

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 4

A great open-air no-license rally will be held in High Street, this Saturday night, from the balcony of the Forestor's Hall. The Rev A Yates,…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 4

On Monday last, before the L.M., Mr T B Clogg, and Messrs A Colless and L C Tennant, J's.P., a court was held for fixing dale for hearing…

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Boxing Stadiums. Methodist Protest. License to Be Restricted. Mr. Flowers's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 19

The Methodist Synod do not desire that any further licenses be issued to boxing stadiums in the city or suburbs. To further this end a deputation from the Synod waited on the…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 18

Sir,--In your Thursday's issue Mr. Talbot quotes a statement mode by Mr. Stooke on behalf of the Liquor Trades Defence Union, that "we, as an organisation, take no part in…

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Squatter Sly-groggers, Powerful Political Pull Amateur Publicans on the Macquarie. Slaking the Thirsty Shearers. Whisky in the Guise of Butter

Truth · Sunday 2 November 1913 · page 7

While legal publicans must pay a special tax for a license to sell hard liquor, it is unfair that there should be illicit competitors who evade the license tax, and evade,…

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World's Biggest Hotel

The Sun · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 4

The biggest hotel in the United States, if not in the world, is says the New York correspondent of the London "Standard") to be erected shortly on the east aide of Broadway, between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth…

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No -License. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 12

Sir,—There is only one matter In the interview that your representative had with Mr. Stooke that 1 desire to correct. Mr. Stooke says:--In New Zealand appear to be little better…

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The No License Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 6

Sir,--The object of my letter the other day was not to make "complaint," either against the Alliance officials, or against Mr. Edwin Stooke, who represents the liquor interests in this State. The liquor problem is…

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No-license. Conference of Clergymen. Prayers in the Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 12

At the invitation of the executive of the New South Wales Alliance, about 100 clergymen mot in conference at the Y.M.C.A. yesterday to deal with tho no-license question…

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Misbehavior in Hotels. Deterrent Sentences

The Sun · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 8

A feature of police court proceedings is that seldom a day passes without men being charged with using disgusting and offensive language In hotel bars. At the Central Court…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 7

Sir, -- I need scarcely and to the tetter of Mr. O. A. Piggott, who is thoroughly reliable, in replying to Mr. Donovan, president of the United Liberty League. Inquiries made in Mr…

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