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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 43

Hotel Transaction. an Agent in Trouble

Evening News · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 8

A middle-aged man, Les[?] Morris Harrison, pleaded not guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to a charge of having f[?]ntly mi[?]ppropriated the sum of £66, the balance of £[?]…

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Hotel Bar Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 14

No evidence of a scuffle having taken place was offered at the inquest on the retired Civil servant, Geo. Prain, who died in a Dunedin hotel bar. Consequently, the…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) Licensed Pilots' Association. Howie and another v Banks and others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 9

This was a suit in which John McDonald Howie and Arthur Eyre Dabelle prayed, amoag other things, that accounts be taken of all moneys received, and of all payments made by…

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Dancing at Hotel. Prosecution at Cooma. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 8

A fine of £15 and costs was imposed on the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Cooma, for allowing dancing and music on the promises without having a permit…

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The Licensed Pilots' Association Case

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. Justice Harvey yesterday, the hearing was concluded of the suit in which John McDonald Howie and Arthur Eyre Dabelle prayed, among…

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Hotel Music and Dancing. a Cooma Prosecution

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

A fine of £1[?] and costs was imposed on the licensee of the Royal Hotel, Cooma (N.S.W.), for allowing dancing and music on the premises without…

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Industrial Arbit[?]ation Court. (Before Mr. Justice Edmunds.) Licensed Victuallers' Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 7

The appeal by the United Licensed Victuallers' Association for a variation of the award made by the Domestic Group, No. 1 Board, was again before the Court…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Edmunds,) Licensed Victuallers' Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 7

The appeal by the United Licensed Victuallers' Association for a variation of the award made by the Domestic Group, No. 1 Board, is still part heard. Mr. Watt was granted leave…

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Current News. Publicans and Sinners

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

A woman named Margaret Edwards, on ball, for durnkenness and disorderly conduct at Blacktown, was fined 40s, or a month's imprisonment at the Parramatta…

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German-clubs. Suggestion in Parliament' to Cancel Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 November 1914 · page 10

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. George Nesbitt, member for Lismore, asked the Premier whether he was aware that two German clubs existed in Sydney, and that both…

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Licensed Cabs

The Land · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 7

A ratepayer at Temora drew the council's attention to what he considered was not a "fair deal." He said he had to take out a license to…

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Theatre Licenses Refused. London

Evening News · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 1

The London C[?] his [?] for several [?] in which Germans [?]…

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German Clubs in Sydney. Suggestion to Cancel Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 1

In the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, Mr. Nesbitt, member for Lismore, asked the Premier if he were aware that two German clubs existed in Sydney, and…

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Important Sanitary Invention. Railway Stations, Schools, Hotels, Residences, &c

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 4

A most welcome health Improvement is the "G.E.C." Lavatory Closet and seat, an Australian Invention, and made wholly by…

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Must Have Had a Thirst. Horse Bolts Into Hotel

Evening News · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 3

An exciting runaway occurred in the city this morning, when a horse and spring van, in charge of Sur Chong, of George-street, City, dashed into the [?] bar of Duff's Hotel, at…

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A Fire at Gilcandra. Tho Railway Hotel Destroyed

The Farmer and Settler · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 2

The largest are known in Gilgandra (N.S.W.) occurred on Thursday morning, when the Railway Hotel, a two-storied brick structure, containing sixty rooms…

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Closing Hotels. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 7

The chairman of the Licenses' Reduction Board announced on Friday that the board had closed this year 87 hotels, making a total of 797 since it began operations. The…

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Broken Hill Licensed Vict[?]allers' Ra[?]ing Club. Ben Cruachan Wins L.V. Handicap. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 10

The local Licensed Victualler Racing Club held a race meeting un Saturday afternoon when there was a moderne attendance and good fields. Caringal fell in the Hurdle Race, and his jockey (Johnson) [?]…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Judge Edmunds.) Licensed Victuallers' Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 9

In the appeal by the United Licensed Victuallers' Association for a variation of the award made by the Domestic Group, No. 1 Board, a further adjournment was granted in…

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Curran's Royal Hotel, Gilgandra

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 42

"With the high temperatures experienced of late in the country, it is a relief for the business traveller or the pleasure tripper to know that at the end of a long and wear…

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