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Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 43

Crown Hotel Sold

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

The Crown Hotel, on the corner of Cleveland and Crown streets, Redfern, changed hands yesterday at £9000, ait the rental of £4 10s per week, plus rates and taxes. The…

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Licensing Barmaids. Churchmen's Bequests. Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 5

The social questions committee of the Anglican Church and the Council of Churches to-day asked the Attorney-General to amend the licensing laws to provide for the taking…

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Big Prices for Hotels

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 2

Some big deals arc being made in hotel goodwills in Sydney. Mr. IL S. Wessel has disposed of the goodwill and lease of the Court House Hotel, Oxford-street, to…

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The Wentworth Hotel

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 39

The Wentworth Hotel, with its beautiful winter gardens, that are so suggestive of some great European hotel, is recognised as the most fashionable place for the smart…

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Financial. Wentworth Hotel, Ltd. No Dividend Forthcoming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 11

The second annual report of the above company covers the 12 months ended April 30. It states that after writing off £884 for depreciation of furniture and hotel…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the transfer of the following publicans licenses:—Edward Cole to William Fairba[?] King's Hotel, Pitt-street Sydney: Alice…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the follow hin transfers of publicans' licenses were granted-King's Hotel, Pitt-street, Sydney, from Edward Cole to William Freebairn, British Empire…

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Wentworth Hotel Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 11

"Fairplay" writes:— Sir,—The letter in your columns this morning from "Shareholder" seems to me to have been written without his having fully ascertained the facts, as I, for…

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Publican Assaulted

The Sun · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 8

James Fitzallen went into the Enfield Hotel last night with two men and called for drinks. The licensee, Francis James Connolly, was of opinion that Fitzallen had had…

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Lord Forbes Found Dead. Tragedy in Dundee Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Forbes, representative peer for Scotland since 1374, was found in a Dundee hotel with his throat cut. Lord Forbes was a well-known philanthropist,…

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The Hotel Problem. Eat and Drink Out of Doors. H.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 7

On the Continent of Europe the liquor-seller is also the victualler. The happy and useful combination is maintained. It has not died out as in England and Australia. In every…

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Motor Boats. Regulations Extended. Licensing System

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 17

The Executive Council has approved of regulations which were submitted by the Premier, providing for the regulation of motor boats plying for hire or carrying passengers…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

On 16th June, before Mr T B Clegg, P.M., and Messrs L C Tennant. and W H A Pye. J's.P. the following renewals of licenses were granted…

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Mainly About Women One Who Runs a Hotel Another Who Committed Murder the Land of the Law's Delays. Paris, May 22

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 June 1914 · page 30

I should like to tell my women readers something about a member of their sex who has a business capacity almost' as remarkable as Mrs. Hettie Green, the world-famed American…

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Cylinder Explodes. Accident at a City Hotel. Firemen Injured

Evening News · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 10

An explosion occurred among the machinery of the lighting plant underneath Adam's Hotel George and Pitt Streets, this morning, and resulted in a fireman William Simpson being…

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Hotel Metropole Sued. Fall Into Lift Well. £2000 Damages Claimed

The Sun · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 7

An action to recover £2000 damages from the Hotel Motropole, Ltd., was brought by James Gair, stock and station agent of Blighstret, city, before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury…

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A Hotel Accident. Injured Man Claims £2000. Verdict for Defendant

Evening News · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 7

The hearing of the action in which James Gair, stock and station agent and land [?] sued the Hotel [?]pole, Limited, [?] £2000 damages as compensation for an [?]…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury.) £2000 Damages Claimed. Gair v Hotel Metropole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 10

This was a suit in which James Gair, a stock and station agent and land valuer, and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Gair, Sloano, and Company, Bligh-street, Sydney, sued the…

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Sporting Review. a New Club. a Rugby League Suggestion. Licensing Act in the Way

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 16

A suggestion is mooted for the establishment of a new club for the New South Wales Rugby League, and the statement was made yesterday that it was not improbable that a definite…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury.) GAIR v Hotel Metropole, Ltd. Verdict for Defendants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

In this action, James Gair, a stock and station agent, of Bligh-street, Sydney, claimed £2000 damages from the Hotel Metropole, Ltd., as compensation for injuries caused by…

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