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Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 62

Chicago Hotel Fire. Frenzied Italians Burnt. Black Hand Bomb Suspected. New York

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 1

Fearful scenes were part of a fire yesterday in a Chicago three-storey hotel, known as the Marco Hotel, and frequented by Italians…

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BOARDER-BURGLAR. Robberies at London Private Hotels. Ingenious Plan

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 4

Daring robberies -- apparently the work of the same individual or gang of individuals -- took place during the holidays at boarding houses and private hotels in South…

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Cyclone at Nyngan. Hotel Roof Carried Away. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 9

A terrific windstorm blew over Nyngan on Sunday afternoon. It struck Lee's Railway Hotel with tremendous force, stripping the roof off the building, and tore the posts off the…

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Disastrous Fire. Some Narrow Escapes. Two Hotels Destroyed. Clarencetown

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 10

A disastrous fire occurred here last night, when the Crown Hotel burnt to the ground as well as the adjoining building, known as the Ship Inn. Only the walls remains…

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Disturbance in an Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 9

At the Redfern Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Clarke. S. M., Aubrey Swan, 22, was charged with having used bad language in the bar of the Lalla Rookh Hotel, City-road,…

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Mummer Memoirs. an Ancient Playbill "The Octoroon" in 1875 — Good Stock Company — at the Old Queen's — the Brothers Hollowway — Kate Arden and Maggie Oliver — John Dunn and Mrs. Wooldridge — Jim Harker and Johnny Welsh — G. P. Carey and J. G. Joyce — Some Old Time Hotels — at Coogee Before the Trams

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

I am indebted to my friend, Mr. G. L. Goodman for an interesting old playbill. It is "L" Entr Acte" "Theatrical and Musical Critic and Advertiser."…

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Hotel Burnt. Narrow Escape of Occupants

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 11

CLARENCETOWN, Wednesday.--A disastrous fire occurred here last night, the Crown Hotel being burnt to the ground, also an adjoining building known as the Ship Inn. Only the…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following publicans' licenses were transferred:—Mount View liotel, Riley-street, from Joseph Fallon to Percival Edward Leander; Bristol Arms Hotel, Harris-street, from…

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Hotelkeepers As Dairymen

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 6

At last meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council attention was drawn to the practice of hotelkeepers keeping a few cows for the purposes of their…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

At the Metropolitan Licensing court the following transfer of publication license were granted—Mount View Hotel Rlley street from Joseph Falloa to Pereival Edward Leader;…

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Plumbers' Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 12

At the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday, a letter was received from fhe secretary the Worshipful Plumbers' Association of London, with regard to the…

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Lismore Licensed Victuallers' Ra[?] Club. Summer Meeting. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 12

The summer meeting of the Lismore Licensed Victuallers' Race Club was held yesterday, when the weather was fine and the attendance moderate. Results:…

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Hotel Afire. Girl Leaps From Balcony. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 21

A fire broke out at 1.30 this morning in the Royal Hotel, the leading hotel in the town. Tho girls employed at the hotel were sleeping on the side balcony when the flames burst…

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Fires Hotel Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 14

WELLINGTON, Friday. -- At 1.30 this morning, Mr. H. Pick, licensee of the Royal Hotel, was awakened by an alarm of fire, which had started in the girl's wing, and within a few…

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Hotel-keepers' University

Globe · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 5

Anticipating the projected "Hotel Academy" in the Berlid, the Federation of French Employees of Hotels and Restaurants opened recently in the Rue du Mont-Tabos the "Ecole des Maltres…

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In Hotels. Music and Dancing Prohibited

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

It constitutes on offence under the Liques Acts for any licensed publican or holder of a colonial wine license to permit music or dancing in any room or part of his licensed house,…

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Curious Hotel Scene. Guests Leave When Boxer's Wife Arrives

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 6

There was rather a tragic scene at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. The Pompeian Room and the big grill- room adjoining were crowded with the usual guests, when a man…

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Publican and Constable

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

A case of interest of licensed victualers was heard at the Deniliquin Police Court recently, when Mrs. Cameron, license of the Victoria Hotel, North…

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Petition for Publican's License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 19

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- The Licensing Bench, consisting of Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Elias Bowden; L.M., concluded an inquiry to-day into the petition, lodged on behalf of Samuel William Snape, for a…

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Hotel and Caterers' Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 11

The members of the Amalgamated Hotel and Caterers' Employees' Mutual Benefit Association of Now South Wales held their annual picnic at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita,…

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