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Hotels & licensing, 1914

844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 43

Deniliquin Licensed Victuallers' Race Club. Summer Meeting. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 12

The annual summer meeting of the Licensed Vi[?][?]allers' Race Club was held to-day, in muggy weather. The going was excellent, the fields fair, and the [?]acing good. Results:…

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Aarons's Exchange Hotel Dividend of 12 12 Per Cent

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 1

The report and balance-sheet of Aarons's Exchange Hotel Company, Limited, which will be submitted to a meeting of shareholders on Thursday afternoon next…

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Big Country Fire. Hotel and Shop Gutted. Out Break at Manilla

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

MANILLA. Monday.--A disastrous fire broke out, during the luncheon hour, in Mr. Appell's tobacconist shop. The flames got a big hold of the building, which was quickly gutted…

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Publicans Anxious

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

Owing to the absence of the Minister for Justice the situation with regard to the Local Option vote in Granville is unaltered, though in temperance circles the…

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Auctioneer's License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 2

At Parramatta Licensing Court on Wednesday, before Mr. W. Burton-Smith, S.M., William J. Ferris, or Ross-street, Parramatta, applied for a district auctioneer's…

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Biggest Hotel in the World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 40

The biggest hotel in the United States, if not in the world, is (says the New York correspondent of the "Standadd") to be erected shortly on the east side of Broadway,…

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Country Tragedy. Man Shot Dead. After Wounding His Mate. Quarrel in a Hotel. Gunnedah

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 7

Two men, named James Vernon and George argent, residents of Breeza, had a quarrel on Monday last at the local hotel regarding their espabilitics as fighting men. The quarrel had…

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Wanted a Drink. Seaman Shot by Publican. Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 7

A leading seaman on the flagship Australia named M'Culloch was shot in the leg by the licensee of the Tramway Hotel lost night. It is reported that M'Culloch endeavored to…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the license of the Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Fort-street, Sydney, was transferred from James King to John William Heatley…

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Difference of Opinion. Fight in Hotel. Two Men Fined

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 7

"He was fighting in the Bald Face Stag Hotel, Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, last night," said Constable Sullivan, at the Glebe Court to-day, when Benjamin Pippin, aged 22…

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Bootless Hotel Guests' Riot

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 6

Seventy-six guests in a Brussels hotel found that their boots and shoes had been stolen during the night. They smashed a quantity of…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, 28th January. (Before Mr. E. L. Maitland, S.M., and Messrs. W. F. Jago and A. H. Collett, J's.P., Licensing Magistrates.) A Granville Transfer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 9

An application for transfer of the licence of the Royal Hotel, Granville, from F. P. Clerke to D. O'Shea was objected to…

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Labor Economy of a Great Hotel

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 February 1914 · page 1

Few people who make sporadic visits to a great modern hotel have any conception of the amount of labor involved in its domestic menage, or the amount of thought that has to be…

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Question of Domicile. Auctioneer and His License

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 7

The question whether a person whose business extends from another State into New South Wales, but who has no permanent residence in this State, can get an…

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Rocklily Hotel. Old Rendezvous Closed. Where Parkes and Dalley Dined. Frenchman's Famous Paintings

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 10

After nearly thirty years' cheerful existence, the old Rocklily Hotel on the Pitt-water-road, near Mona Yale, closed its doors a few days ago against the sale of…

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Old Hotel Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

WAUCHOPE, Monday.--The Bonnie Doon Hotel, Rolland Plains, which was closed by the first reduction court, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday. The property was owned…

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Dirty Premises. Hotel-keeper Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 9

NEWCASLT, Mondoay.-- At the Police Court to-day William Edward Hartnett, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street West, was fined £3. with 6s costs. in defeault three weeks…

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Dirty Hotel Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 17

William Edward Hartnett, of the Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street West, was at the Summons Court' fined £3, with 6s costs, for falling to keep his licensed premises free from…

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Border Licenses. an Interstate Anomaly. Moama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 20

A month ago Thos. Dodd and John Cunningham, dealers, of Echuca, made application to the Moama Licensing Court for a collector's license. Mr. Scott, P.M., who was on…

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Drunken Persons in Hotels. Seasonable Force Only to Be Used

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 4

Under the powers conferred by the Liquor Act, 1912, any Licenses may refuse to admit into, and may turn out of his Bcensed premises, any person who is John drunk, violent…

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