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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1913

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 62

Licensed for Pleasure Only

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 17

National sin was one branch of the subject discussed at the annual gathering of Evangelical clergy, at Islington (Eng.). The Rev. J. G. McCormick said he would rather see England…

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"The Jiggers." Hotelkeeper Tells Why He Does Not Love Motor Cyclists

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 6

"Do you know," said the country hotelkeeper, who was in reflective mood, "that just about the worst type of tourist you can get hold of is the motor cyclist ?"…

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Twenty Burned. Fearful Fire in Omaha. Hotel a Death-trap. Building that was Twice Codemned. New York

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 1

A fearful fire occurred at Omaha, Nebraska, yesterday, as a result of which at least 20 people lost their lives. The blaze destroyed the Hotel Dewey in…

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Deficiency in Licensing Act

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 4

An application was made to the Parramatta Licensing Bench to-day by Messrs. Hodgson Smith, and Company, of Summer Hill, whose business place was recently destroyed by fire…

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A City of Gloom. Suburbs in Darkness. Hotels and Shops Lighted by Candles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 9

The city of Sydney were a gloomy aspect on Saturday night and last night. Fortunately the streets of the city were brilliantly illuminated with electric light, but this only served…

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Friedmann in New York. Consumptives Throng Hotel. London, Sunday, 9.35 p.m

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 8

Wonderful scenes are being witnessed at the hotel in New York where Dr. Friedmann, the German scientist, who claims to have found a cure for consumption, is staying…

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Insane with Terror. Hotel Eire Disaster. Score of Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 9

VANCOUVER, Friday Evening.--At Omaha (Nebraska) an hotel has been burned and a score of people he dead in the ruins. Two of the guests at the hotel Decame insane…

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Scenes in Other Suburbs. Dark Streets and Badly Lighted Shops. an Optimist at the Piano. Ghostly Shadows in the Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 10

In Balmain the absence of illumination was very noticeable, generally in private houses and particularly in side streets. Darling-street houses were dull, but out of the black…

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Hotel Reinstated. Licensing Decision. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 13

A case of considerable interest and importance was decided by the Dubbo Licensing Bench, after a hearing extending over several days, when Mrs. Tuck, for whom Mr. A…

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Hotel Fire Disaster. a Soore of Lives Lest

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

At Omaha (Nebraska) an hold has been burned and a score of people lie dead in the ruins. Two of the guests at the hotel became insane with fright…

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No-license. Methodist Demonstration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 13

At the Lyceum Hull yesterday members of the Methodist Church dealt with the temperance question. The Rev. Harold Wheen referred to the…

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Where Is the Failure? No License and Drink. Methodist Demonstration

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 9

"It is not a question of whether no-license has been a failure, but whether the drink trade has been a failure," said Rev. Harold Wheen at the no-license demonstration in connection…

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The No-license Vote. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 12

Sir,--As reported in your issue of to-day, Mr. Albert Bruntnell, M.L.A., at the Methodist demonstration held yesterday, told his audience that the no-license vote increased in New South…

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Club House Hotel, Gunnedah

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 45

The Club House Hotel, of which Mr. C. Montgomery is the proprietor, forms one of the landmarks of Gunnedah, and, being centrally situated, forms a splendid point from…

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Granuaille Hotel Banglow

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 38

The Granualle Hotel, that popular resort, under the hospitable resign of the proprictress, Mrs. C. Garvey, has just undergone through renovation from attie to basement…

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Imperial Hotel, Murwillumbah

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 44

Mr. E. J. Packerell, the genial proprietor of the famous Imperial Hotel, Murwilliambah, still advertises first-class accommodation at his finely-appointed and splendidly…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 11

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench, at the Central Police Court, granted the following [?] transfer—Ins[?] Hotel, [?] street, North Sydney, William John Clark to…

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Shots in Hotel. City Sensation

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 7

A sensation was caused at the corner of Castlereagh and Market streets late this afternoon, when a man walked into the bar of the Cambridge Hotel and fired two shots…

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Cambridge Hotel Shooting. Man and Woman Wounded

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 1

Tho Cambridge Hotel shooting affair this afternoon resulted in a woman -- Vic[?] Cogh[?]an, of "Oakley" Beach-man[?] Coogee, being shot in the right br[?]…

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Too Many Visitors. Dr. Friedmann in New York. Hotel Overrun with Patients. New York

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 8

Since his arrival in New York Dr. Friedmann has been so overwhelmed by the visits of consumptives anxious to be treated with his new cure that he has been compelled to…

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