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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1914

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Parkes and Its Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 11

PARKES, Wednesday.--To-night, at 11 o'clock, the licenses of the Bushman's and Railway Hotels expire. At the Reduction Court held six years ago three hotels were given…

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Bathurst Hotels Close

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 11

BATHURST, Wednesday.--The two remaining hotels affected by the reduction vote in the Bathurst electorate in 1907 closed to-night. These are the Hibernia, George-street; and the…

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Hotel Employees' Award

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 11

The secretary of the Licensed Victuallers' Association (Mr. C. Lowe) said yesterday, in regard to the recent Wages Board proceedings, that only certain of the provisions of the award…

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Parramatta Hotel Gone

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Another old Parramatta hostelry put in its last day of business on December 31. This was the Town and Country Hotel, Parramatta North, which was one of those rubbed out by…

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A Hawker's License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Bathurst asks me if it is essential fur him to have 11 licence before he can sell vegetables. Answer: You will require to take…

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Country News. Two Hotels Closed. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

Two hotels, the Coach and Horses and the Rose and Crown, were closed on Tuesday night, as a result of the voto at the 1910 election…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 4

A sitting of the Licensing Court was hold on Monday before Messrs T B Clegg (chairman) and Mr L C Tennant. The publican's license of the…

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Boy Thieves. Rob Many Hotels

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 8

Full confession that he and his companions have robbed two or three rooms in each of not less than fifteen local hotels in the last month, has been made by George Yank, a…

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Promptness and Rapidity. An Electric Hotel for Paris

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

M. GEORGIA KNAP proposes to erect, in Paris an hotel which will be a marvel of electro-mechanics. In this hotel, for which the name…

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Frederick the Very Great. London Man, 7ft 10in., Who Has to Pay for Two Beds at Hotels

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 19

SEVEN feet ten inches, and still growing, is the remarkable height record at Frederick Kempster, shown on this page, who, when visiting Bath recently, dismayed an hotel-keeper by,…

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Young Licensed Victuallers' Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 18

The following are the results of the Young Licensed Victuallers' race meeting:- FIRST DAY. YOUNG, Friday…

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Two Hotels Closed. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 17

Two of the oldest hotels were closed on Wednesday night in accordance with the reduction vote carried in Ashburnham six years ago. There are now only nine hotels in…

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Hotel Burned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 16

A fire at Mataura destroyed a private hotel, two shops, and stables. The damage is extensive. The women and children in the hotel were rescued with difficulty…

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L[?]it Hinschlo Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 6

With the closing hours of 1913 the license, or Hinseh's Town and Country Hotel, Parramatta North, expired, Hover to be again renewed, no doubt. The…

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License Board v. Local Option

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1914 · page 18

The no license vote in New South Wales has increased considerably since the poll of 1910. was taken, though in not one of the 90 electorates was no license carried; in 16…

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Ragtime Competitions. Guests' Entertainment. Wentworth Hotel Licensee Fined. Music and Dancing in Winter Gardens

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 7

A case of interest to [?] was [?] with [?] Mr. Love at the Water Police Court this morning. [?] the licenses of the [?] in [?] was…

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Ragtime Dancing. Amusing the Hotel Guests. Licensee Fined

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 9

A case of considerable interest was heard in the summons division of the Water Police Court this morning, when Sub-Inspector Stephen proceeded against Hannah…

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How Mr. R. L Baker Scored. Banquet at Hotel Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 8

How Mr. R. L. Baker "got one over" on Mr. Hugh D. M'Intosh was a good story told at the banquet tendered to the Americans by the Stadium's proprietor at the Hotel Australia…

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Old Hotel Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 8

PENRITH, Saturday.--Under the reduction clause of the Local Option Act, the Commercial Hotel, at St. Marys (conducted by Mr. T. R. Smith for the last three years and two months)…

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