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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 62

To-day's Tight and the Publicans. To the Editor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 11

Sir,—will you kindly permit me to contradict a rumour that is gaining currency to the effect that the local Liberty League is likely to adopt an attitude of…

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A Successful Actor-publican

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 December 1913 · page 6

Mr. Andrew Higginson, the beauty-actor, who recently left the Royal Comic Opera Company, is now running an hotel down in Gippsland. So far the venture has proved extremely…

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The Hotel Sydney

Truth · Sunday 14 December 1913 · page 9

This new hotel, built on the most modern lines, fronting the Central Railway Station, and overlooking Belmore Park, will be thrown open on Tuesday next, the…

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No-license Foolishness

Truth · Sunday 14 December 1913 · page 5

The no-license fanatic, when acting as judge in his own cause, is sillier than a pious old maid in love for the tenth time. He inquired, as often as he is lost for fresh…

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Dead in a Hotel Late Victorian Wine Expert. Vancouver

The Sun · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 1

A man named Bragato, said to have been formerly connected with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, has been found dead in a room in a hotel here…

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London's Leading Hotels. the "Combine" System. Foreign Managers. Dividends Paid by Wines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 12

LONDON, November 6.--The names Gelardi, Slanz, Kaiser, and Holm appear in the list of the managers of the first seven or eight hotels in London. The English manager is rare in…

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The No-license Fight. Alliance Meeting. Remarks by Archdeacon Boyce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 10

The whole question of the recent election and the result of the no-license campaign was discussed last night at a meeting of the New South Wales council of the alliance. The…

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Sunday on Licensed Premises

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 3

Clarence River would like to know the law relating to the closing of H[?]ensed premises on Sundays. Answer.—Section 7 of the Liquor…

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City Publican Fined

Evening News · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 9

Anthony Herman Loebet, license of the Flagstaff Hotel, Princes-street, City, was proceeded against, before Mr. Payten, at the Water Summons Court, for allowing a man on…

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Hotel Burned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 9

The Greymare Hotel, at Greymare, on the Goondiwindi line, was totally destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The building was insured for £400 with the Queensland…

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A City Robbery. Jewels Valued at £150 Disappear. From a George-street Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 7

Close on £150 worth of jewellery, consisting of a chain with a diamond pendant attached, a diamond ring, and a diamond stud, was stolen from the Victoria Hotel, No. 315 George-street,…

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A Hotel Sensation. London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 7

A lady visitor at a hotel at Torquay lost £2500 worth of jewels, which disappeared from her bedroom. Her maid, a girl named Graham, is also…

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Hotel or Farm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 16

At the annual sitting of the Melbourne Licensing Court, objection was taken to the renewal of the license of the Metropolitan Hotel, North Melbourne, on the novel ground that the…

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No-license Campaign. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1913 · page 23

At a no-license rally last night Mr. Toombes, organiser, said that so far as he could judge from the figures available Goulburn had made a greater no-license gain than…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—From Mowbray S. Betty to Henry Charles Crusha, Hit or Miss Hotel, WinderHill-street,…

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Alleged Unclean Premises. Hotelkeeper Fined £5. BATHURST

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 5

At the Police Court to-day, Albert Burke, licensed of the King's Hotel, George-street, was fined £5 on a charge of not keeping his licensed [?] clean…

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Adulterated Liquor. Hotelkeepers Fined

The Sun · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 7

A number of hotelkeepers were prosecuted at the Glebe Police Court to-day for selling adulterated liquor. Bridget Lenihan, licensee of the Baden…

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Election Day Liquor. Publican Fined

The Sun · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 7

Albert Read, formerly a policeman, was charged at the Glebe Police Court to-day with that a man, William Norris, was found on the premises of the Kauri Hotel, Glebe,…

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Police Courts. Thursday, December Is. Struck a Publican

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 4

James Horner was charged at the Paddington Court with assaulting Thomas Edward Linkenbagh, of the Brand National Hotel, Elizabeth and Underwond streets. Defendant, for whom Mr. Fanker appeared, pleaded…

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Licensing Court MONDAY. Before the L.M., Mr T B Clegg, and Messrs A Colless and L C Tennant, J's.P. Thomas Loe was granted a hawker's license

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 7

The enquiry in the matter for a publican's license for premises situate at Leura within the Hartley Electorate, in the Penrith Licensing District,…

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