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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

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"Issue Special Licenses."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 6

The Chief Secretary believes that the action taken by the City Council in regard to city barrowmen is partly the result of a letter he wrote about a fortnight ago drawing the…

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Closing of Hotels. Battle of Petitions. Scene in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 10

The appearance in the Legislative Assembly last night of the two-mile petition containing 144,000 signatures, and praying for the closing of hotels at 6 o'clock during the war, produced…

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State Parliament. Hotel Closing. Mr. Brown's Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 12

The question of the early closing of hotels during the war was brought before the Legislative Assembly prominently last night. A monster petition, containing 144,000 signatures,…

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Licensing Rents Bill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Chief Secretary moved the second reading of the Licensing Rents and Fees Adjustment Bill. He siad he believed that in the bill…

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The Courts. Civil a Braidwood Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 4

Mr. Justice Ferguson and u Jury were engaged in No. 2 Court yesterday determining an action in which Elizabeth Ellen Royds and William Molyno[?] Boyds…

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Hotel Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 4

According to n return tabled yesterday in the Legislative Assembly the revenue from the Government Hotel ut Mount Kosciusko, for the year ended June 30 last was [?]7188, and tbe…

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Early Closing of Hotels. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 10

Sir,—Whilst we hear such on outcry from the publicans against closing the hotels at 6 o'clock, it would be interesting to know why so many hotelkeepers insist on their…

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"Parliament Won't Be Pooled." Adelaide and Hotel Closing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A petition was presented by the Corporation of Adelaide in the Assembly, praying that hotel bars in the city would be exempt from 6 o'clock closing in view…

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Local and General. Transfer of License

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 August 1915 · page 4

At the Penrith Court House on Tuesday last, before Mr T B Clegg, P.M., the license of the Oriental Hotel Springwood, was transferred from A…

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Early Closing of Hotels

Evening News · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 4

Mr. W. D. B. Creagh writes:— The inactivity of the Governments—State and Federal—in dealing with the liquor question, is causing the general public much concern. The…

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Early Hotel Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 7

There was a very large attendance at the Methodist School Hall at Waverley on Monday, when a motion was unanimously carried in favour of the closing of hotel bars at [?]…

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Shorter Hotel Hours. More Drunkenness in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The number of persons brought before the City Court on charges of drunkenness shows no decrease since the closing of hotels at 9.30 p.m. On the contrary,…

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Hotel Lavatories. Question of Access

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 15

Ald. Clarke naked, at last night's City Council meeting, whether the police had closed lavatory accommodation in many of the city hotels; and, if so upon what grounds had this action been…

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Hotel Hours. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly a bill to [?] effect to the referendum on 6 o'clock closing of hotels was read a second time…

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The Hotel Sydney

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 8

Among the guests at the Hotel Sydney during the past week wore:— Mr. J..T. Sullivan, Ooonamble; Mr. A. E. Cutler, Newcastle; Mrs. T. H. Wilson,…

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Dudley Hotel Burnt

Evening News · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 6

The Ocean View Hotel, at Dudley, near Newcastle, was totally destroyed by fire on friday morning It was a two-stofeyed brick building, and the fire was first discovered by the…

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Hotel Destroyed. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 16

The Ocean View Hotel at Dudley was destroyed, by a fire which broke out at 3 o'clock this morning. The licensee of the hotel, Mr. John George Ward, and Mrs. Ward,…

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Early Hotel Closing. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 15

The legislative Assembly passed without division the second reading of a bill for a referendum on the reduction of hotel-trading hours. An amendment was carried specifically…

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Hotel Burned Down. a Climb Down Sheets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Ocean View Hotel at Dudley, a two-storied brick building, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. At about 3 o'clock the licence (Mr. John George Ward),…

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Ministers Defeat Council. License for South Coast Stadium. Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 1 September 1915 · page 2

Some time ago application was made to the Chief Secretary for permission to build a place of public amusement at Wollongong, provisional approval being granted. The plans of the…

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