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Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 43

Fire at the Exchange Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 8

A lighted match, carelessly thrown on the payement, and then dropping through a grating into a box of straw envelopes in the cellar of the Exchange Hotel, at the corner of Pitt…

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Prohibited Persons. Case Against Hotel Licensee. Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 10

A case of importance to hotelkeepers was decided at the local Police Court. Senior-sergeant Fraser proceeded against James Baxter, licensee of the Federal Hotel, for…

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Death in Hotel Brawl

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., .Monday.—During a drunken brawl at Morvon, near Timaru, a young man, Wells, was knocked insensible, and died in the hospital. A man named Lander has…

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Recruiting in Papua. Licenses Cancelled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Judge Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, says that two recruiters' licenses in the Territory have been cancelled, and that one is under consideration…

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Dodd's Family Hotel, Cooma

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 38

Cooma is one of the most popular of tourists resorts. Of late years, at all seasons of the year, it is crowded with visitors either j on skating, sight-seeing or fishing bent, so…

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Among Our Advertisers. T. Williams, Club Hotel, Gleninnes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 42

The attention and kindness visitors receive while staying at the Club Hotel, Glen Innes, is an inducement in itself to make them go northwards, even when not…

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Hotel to Re-open

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 4

INVERELL, Wednesday.--The hearing of an application for the re-licensing of the building recently known as the Royal Oak Hotel, in Byron-street, has concluded. The Bench…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 5

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Coint the followings transfers of publicans licenses were granted:—Rifleman's Arms Hotel, Fitzroy-street, Sydney from David Dibble to Emily Cauld; True…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has granted the following transfers of publicans' licenses —David Dibble to Emily Gauld, Rifleman's Arms Hotel, Fitzroy-street, Sydney: Mery Ann…

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The Licensing of Agents. Weeding out the Unscrupulous

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 4

In support of the proposal to place commission agents on the same footing at auctioneers, Mr. E. Robson, of Tumbi Umbi. expresses his…

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Hotel Prices

The Sun · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 6

Through a confusion of figures it was stated on Monday that the record price for an hotel in Sydney was paid for the "First and Last" at Circular Quay. Messrs. Hooper and Rice,…

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The Hotel Problem. the Bar or the Inn (By "Civis.") I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 7

There is a continual campaign being waged in Australia for the elimination of the hotels as a means of making the people temperate. With the struggles of the two combatants—…

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Some Hotel Values. Heavy Bonuses and High Rents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 5

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Wednesday, Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., and Mr. A. H. Collett, J.P., Licensing Magistrates, dealt with renewals of…

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Making Men Drunk Publicans Largely to Blame Apathy of the Police Wanted: the Open Bar

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 June 1914 · page 1

It is nearly time that the curse of drunkenness was dealt with in shirt sleeves. We have had academic suggestions for reform ad nauseum, and still the wretched record of over…

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Bookmaker's Licenses

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 June 1914 · page 11

Bookmakers wishing to follow their calling at meetings of the Associated Racing Clubs during the quarter ending September 30, are reminded that applications for registration must…

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Disastrous Fire. Outbreak at Cloncurry. Hotel and Shops Demolished. Max Burned to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Shortly after 11 o' clock on Saturday night, a disastrous fire broke out in the Post Office Hotel, Cloncurry, the well-known copper mining town in the Burke…

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Private Irrigation. When Licenses are Necessary. [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

[?] will be necessary to obtain a license for the purpose of pumping water from a river adjoining his land. Answer: If you want the water for…

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Licensing Electricians

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 7

Mainly because of the number of fires that have been reported in the city of late, Aid. 12. E. Lindsay Thompson yesterday asked the cicatrice lighting committee City Council…

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Preventing Drunkenness. on Licensed Premises

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

A publican was recently convicted for allowing a man in a drunken condition to remain upon his licensed premises, thereby constituting a breach of the Liquor Act. On appeal…

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Broken Hill Licensed Victuallers' Race Club. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 16

The following entries have been received for the Silver City Cup, l[?]m.—Dave Power, Flavus Nut, Concurrent, Ben Cruachan, On Parade, Hamburg Belle, Culwalla, Pistol King, Pasture, Alraf, Persian…

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