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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 62

Big Robbery. Thieves in Coogee Hotel. Judge's Wife's Heavy Loss. Jewellery Worth £300 Stolen

Evening News · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 8

A daring robbery was carried out at Coogee on Wednesday afternoon, the Coogee Bay Hotel, which faces the ocean, being entered, and £300 worth of jewellery belonging to Mrs…

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The State Publican

The Australian Worker · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 19

When the nationalisation of the liquor traffic is brought about, as one day must happen, the trade will have to be very rigorously safeguarded…

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Visitors Robbed. Hotel "Barber" Active. Position Serious in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 1

The hotel "barber" has been particularly active in Melbourne during the past few weeks. Robberies from visitors at city hotels are of daily occurrence, and the…

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In New Zealand. Full Tram Service in Auckland. Hotels Re-opened

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--Little change is apparent in the strike position. The waterside workers, carters, and seamen remain solidly out. but the wharf work is proceeding apace. There…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 November 1913 · page 11

Sir,--Mr. J. W. Evans is entirely Justified in expressing his own opinions, but I protest against him claiming Father Matthew as being opposed to legislative action in dealing with…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 5

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Patrick Bourke to Michael Glaucey, Thurless Castle Hotel, Cleveland-street, Sydney; James…

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City Hotel Shooting. Man Found Dead

Evening News · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 9

Just before 1 o'clock this afternoon a revolver shot was heard from a room occupied by W. J. Davis, at the [?] of Wales Hotel at the Baymarket…

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Business Improving. Hotels Reopened. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 9

There is no change in the sectional strike. Business is rapidly improving. It is stated that contributions are being sent freely to the strike funds. The little band of strikers…

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Hotel Hours

The Sun · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 8

I can say that on alt grounds I quite agree with "Eight Hours a Day" about the long hours worked by the employees. Lam rather surprised that this has not been brought…

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The No-license Battle. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 5

Sir,--I am one of the no-license canvassers who lose no opportunity of pointing out, in season and out season, that licensers who are removed by the no-license or reduction…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 4

At the Penrith Licensing Court, on Monday last, before Messrs T B Clegg, L.M., and L C Tennant, J.P. a transfer of publican's license at the…

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One Girl Found. the Parramatta Disappearance. Mona Drury Discovered. in a City Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 1

Miss Mons [?] was stated had been last from Parramatta was discovered this morning in the [?]…

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Why No-license Must Come

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 6

The president of the New South Wales Alliance has handed us the manifesto of that body. The Alliance, by its constitution, cannot…

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The No-license Campaign. an Appeal From the President

The Methodist · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 8

Once again the people of New South Wales have the opportunity at the ballot box of dealing with one of the most gigantic evils of the day. It is a great responsibility. No words of mine arc necessary to…

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Gundaroo and No-license

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 13

GUNNING, Friday. -- The no-license campaign in the Goulburn electorate is being strenuously conducted by both sides. In no part of the electorate has the fight been more keen than at…

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The No License Battle. Alliance Manifesto

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 November 1913 · page 13

The New South Wales Alliance has issued a lengthy manifesto under the heading "Why No- license Must Come." Most of the statements made have been published in our columns…

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Mona Drury Found. Booked Room in Hotel. Refuses to Explain

The Sun · Sunday 30 November 1913 · page 4

Mona, Drury, the eighteen-year-old girl who disappeared so mysteriously from her home In Parramatta last Monday, was discovered by Senior-constable Charlton, of…

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How the Wind Blows. Irish Publicans

The Sun · Sunday 30 November 1913 · page 18

I wish many of our Irish people would lay down their glass for thelr country as readily as they have always shown their willingness to lay down their lives. It…

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No-license

The Sun · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 2

I would like to answer Mrs. Beatrix Wilson, of Watson's Bay. She seems very anxious about the deficit of the State Treasury and the high taxes already prevailing…

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Where to Put the Cross. No-license Advocates. Revs. Yarrington and Yeates in the Domain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 7

"Put the cross in the bottom square." The bold red lettering stared out at many hundreds of men--not to forget a goodly sprinkling of women--who crowded round a four-wheeled…

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