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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 43

License Reduction. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 5

Sir,--It is not very surprising that thousands of the more active aud Clear-headed temperance workers are getting thoroughly discontented with the results of their no-license…

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Hotel Licenses

The Propeller · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 1

The Special Court appointed to deal with the reduction of hotel licenses sat on Thursday, Judge Backhouse presiding. The…

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Hotel Tariffs Raised. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 7

In consequence of the Arbitration Court granting a six-day week to the hotel employees, the licensees of the beat houses are raising the tariff is 6d daily, and…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

The Licensing Court (Messrs T B Clegg, L C Tennant, and W H A Pye) held a sitting on Tuesday. A renewal of the publican's license held…

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Macpherson's Barley Mow Hotel

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

Macplierson's Barley Mow Hotel, one of the best known and most successful in Sydney, notifies vigorous development of their department for country…

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Young and Jackson's. Melbourne Hotel Sold. Historic Landmark. Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 9

Mr. S. J. Morell, licensee of the Orient Hotel, Bourke-street, has completed the purchase, from Mr. Henry Young, of the balance of the lease of the Ponces Bridge Hotel,…

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Making the People Pay. Hotel Tariffs Rising

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 10

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday.--In consequence of the enforcement of a six-day week for cooks and waiters, the principal hotels are raising the tariffs by eighteenpence a day, and others…

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The Affair at the Royal Oak. Throwing the Bottle of Beer. A Dangerous Pastime in Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 11

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M. Herbert John Lawn and Horace Joseph…

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Local and General Hawker's License

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 4

A hawker's license has been granted Frederick John Fuller, of Mt. Druitt…

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Vast Hotels Their Development in America Where Rich Families Live

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 April 1914 · page 23

At one time an abomination in tho sight of Heaven, the big American hotel to-day has grown into a palace of wonder, full of efficiency and comfort and real luxury—if the cost is high…

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Fires. Outbreak in the City. Deserted Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 10

Several fires occurred in the city and suburbs during the week-end. The most serious was in the King's Hotel, at the corner of King and Pitt streets,…

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Smoked to the Cells. Man Hoodwinks Police. Surprised in Hotel

The Sun · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 4

The Bois de Boulogne at Paris, where "Monte Carlo Wells," in song, was wont to walk "with an independent air," was patronised by another famous person, who…

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Hotelkeeper's Heavy Loss. Money in Pint Glass. Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 7

Nearly £1570 worth of gold, bank notes, and securities left in a glass pint beer measure by John Druce, of the Terminus Hotel, Williamstown, has been stolen. Between…

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Fires. Damage at City Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1914 · page 12

The top floor of the King's Hotel, corner of King and Pitt streets, was badly damaged by fire yesterday. About 4.45 p.m. the outbreak was discovered by a constable doing traffic…

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Wine Licensee in Trouble. Unusual Case at Water Court

Evening News · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 1

A strong case under the L[?] was said to be the first of his kind. [?] before Mr Williamson S.M. at the Water Po[?] Court the morning. Inspector Spence pro[?]ded by…

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Frenchman and the Law. Breach of Licensing Act

The Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 1

An unusual and interesting case under the Liquor Act was heard at the Water Police Court this morning, when Inspector Spence proceeded by summons against Peter Pic,…

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The Licensing Bench

Evening News · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 9

It is stated as being fairly certain that at the expiration of their term of appointment as li[?]ing magistres—a matter of a few weeks—Messrs. Smithars, payten and Barnett…

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"Snowy" Baker on His Travels Men and Boxing in America Old Australians Make Great Names in America—What Champions Past and Present are Doing Baltimore Hotel, New York, March 10, 1914

Referee · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 6

I have been in this big city about nine days. They do things on a big scale here, though in the boxing world we in Australia are quite up to date…

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Hotel Tariff Raised. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 15

Following the example set by the proposals of the first and second class hotels in deciding to pass the whole of the cost of the sixday week and increased wages granted by the…

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A Sub-let License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 9

An interesting case was heard at the Water Police Court yesterday before Mr. Wilkinson, D.S.M., in which Peter Pic, of 9 Pitt-street, was charged with employing Jean Seraphin Clement an unlicensed…

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