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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 43

No License

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 10

At a meeting of the no-license committee of the Allowrie electorate. Mr. G. A. Somerville, of Kiama, secretary, was presented with a gold chain and pendant…

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Closing Hotels in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 15

During the six and a hair years of its existence the Licenses Redistribution Board in Victoria has closed and compensated 710 hotels at a total cost to the trade of £344,952,…

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Strange Fire Warning. Outbreak in King-street. Girl's Dream Saves Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 8

But for the remarkable drain of a young lady. employed at the Montana Hotel, a whole block of buildings at the corner of King and Sussex streets might have been completely…

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Found in Hotel. Left Her Child to Go Shopping. "Aggie of Woolloomooloo."

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

The [?] Arms Hotel, Bourke-street, city, was on the evening of January 9 the scene of an occurrence, involving a charge of abandoning an infant, which came before Mr. [?]…

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Baby's Escapades. Crawls on Hotel Floor. Police Charge Dismissed

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

Although only five months old, Lavelle Lee has already acquired habits of staying out late at night, and passing the evening in public-house parlors. She also has seemed…

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No-license and the Liquor Question. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 7

Sir, -- It is to be regretted that Mr. G. D. Clark in his advocacy of State-wide prohibition should play into the hands of the liquor party by socking to belittle No-liceuse…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitans Licensing Court:—From Robert B. Bell to Frank [?] Unity Hotel, Lane Cove-road, North Sydney;…

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Motor Driver's License; Minutes of Meetings

The Land · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

"Subscriber" asks:—(1) If I owned a motor oar, could I drive it without holding a motor driver's certificate? (2) If I paid the necessary license or…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

At the sitting of the Licensing Bouch the following tranafers of hotel licenses were granted—Victoris Hotel, at the corner of [?] and victoria [?] from Richard…

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Jewellery Missed From Hotel

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

A gold watch and muff [?] a gold bangle, and a oearl pocklet, valued in all of £40, the property of Miss R. Sims, of the Oxford Hotel, in King-street, City, was stolen on Thursday…

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No-license and the Liquor Problem. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 12

Sir, -- I have neither the time nor the inclination for merely personal controversy on the liquor question, and, as Mr. Jas. Marion has not in any way challenged my plain statement of facts, there is really no need for a…

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The Bayswater. Old Hotel Delicensed. Memories of Early Days

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

An old landmark has lost its individuality by the licence being withdrawn of the Bayswater Hotel, in Rushcutter's Bay, almost exactly opposite the eastern gate of the Stadium…

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Hotel Robbery. £200 Jewels Missing. Sydney Lady's Big Loss. Adelaide

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

The Clarence Hotel, in King William-street, was the scene of an extensive jewellery theft, when Mrs. M'Leighlan, daughter of the [?] lost £200 worth of gems…

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Big Change at Haymarket. The "Hotel Sydney."

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 9

The big enterprise of creating practically a new part of the city life at the Haymarket-changing an area of the old days into a tip-top…

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Hatpin Pest. Outcry in England. Suggested Issue of Licenses

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 21

They seem to be suffering rather badly from the hatpin over in England just at present. A young woman has just been prosecuted, not for the damage that she…

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Murder of Mr. Reeks Still a Mystery. a Publican's Story. the Men in the Motor

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 1

The [?] Thomas Kent Reeks, the Sydney Marine our near. Whose [?] was found in a disused [?] Wolverhampton, still remains [?]…

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Thieves in the Country. Hotel Boarder Robbed. Lismore

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 3

On Friday morning a robbery was perpetrated at the Richmond Hotel, the proprietor (Mr. Peoples) being a heavy loser. Yesterday morning some. excitement was…

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A Country Blaze. Hotel and Shop Destroyed. Manilla

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 12

Considerable damage was wrought by a are which broke out about midday yesterday inn a tobecconist's shop. kept by Mr. Applell. The flames soon…

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Dairy Licenses

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

Narra[?] If your dairy premises are brought into conformity with the Act and meet with the approval of the health [?] the council has no power to refuse to grant you a license,…

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A Wood Cutter's License

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

Belbungra tells me that A is the holder of a woodcutter's [?]cuse for green fuel on a Conditional purchase, and wishes to know it B can cast the wood without a license…

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