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Hotels & licensing, 1915

797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 40

Case for Hotelkeepers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 10

Mr. J. T. Donnison, president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales, referred last evening to the statement made by Mr. F. Owens, State…

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Beer Famine. Strike Still Goes On. Hotel Supplies Run Out. Mass Meeting of Union Called

Evening News · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 1

A long beer is almost as hard to [?]ning as a bottle of [?] still continues, and most of the [?] about out of stocks…

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Brewers' Strike. Hotel Stocks Nearly Depleted. Temperance Party Pleased. Decreased Drunkenness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 10

There were no fresh developments yesterday in the strike of members of the Federated Liquor Trades Employees' Union. About 4000 men and women are now idle,…

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Rushed the Hotel Soldiers' Farewell Drink Publican Prosecuted

The Sun · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 5

William Wallace Harkins, licensee of the Bells Hotel. Cowper Wharf. Woolloomooloo Bay was proceeded against by summons at the Central Police Court this morning on an…

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Beer Strike. Brewery and Hotel Employees Demand Living Wage. £3 3s. for Adults

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 10

About 1000 employees in the breweries and cordial factories of Sydney held a cease-work meeting on Friday last, November 5, to consider the best means of…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 6

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Royal Hotel, Norton-street, Leichhardt, from Henry Morgan Craig to Michael Bourke; Station…

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Liquor Problem Sydney Beer Strike Hotel Stocks Reduced to a Minimum

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

As a result of the continuance of the strike of brewers and cordial makers' employees in Sydney, the stocks of liquors in the hotels are rapidly diminishing, and…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Sir Henry Lucy.) Turning the Tide of War—Reception of News— Waste of Food in Training Camps—Mr. Gladstone's Postcards—A Famous Hotel— Randolph Churchill's Little Joke. WESTMINSTER, Oct. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 7

It Is significant of the mood in which the nation has settled down to the business of war with Gcrmany that the good news fla[?]hed on Saturday night from France and Flanders was…

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Early Hotel Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 22

The New South Wales Alliance has decided to hold a negative pledge campaign. It explains that "the pledge is not a promise to support any party or person. It is negative…

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Staying at City Hotels

The Sun · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 6

Guests at the Hotel Australia this week include:-- Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Osborne (Cooma), Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomson (N.Z.), Mr. and Mrs. David Hennessy (Melbourne),…

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Fishing No License Fees

The Sun · Sunday 14 November 1915 · page 16

Mr. W. Crooke, hon. secretary Hobart Fly Fishers' Club, writes:--When you came to us last January we were not expecting visitors. Our principal angling club--the Southern…

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Early Hotel Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 11

At the Salvation Army Congress Hall, Gpulburn-street, yesterday, Lieut.—Colonel Birkenshaw (captain chaplain) referred to the early closing of hotels. "Blame must be…

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Hotel Hours. Amending Bill in Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 8

It is not expected by Ministers that the Liquor Act Amending Bill will be among the first business taken in the Legislative Council this week. It is stated that there are…

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Diary of the War Cabinet Mystery Miasma Famous Aviator's Ordeal Hotel-shouting Forbidden London, September 19

The Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 7

The lobbies are still agog with politicians and parasites eagerly gossiping about a supposed Cabinet crisis. For the second time a plot to unship Mr. Asquith has been…

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After the Beer Trouble. Hotelkeepers' Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 6

Officials of the Federated Liquor Trade Employees' Union stated last night that all hands had returned to work yesterday morning. There had been no hitch of consequence…

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Hotel Robbery at Katoomba

Evening News · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 5

William Naughton, on remand. was charged at the Katoomb[?] Police Court with stealing sums of money totalling [?] from Colin Maclaren. G. F. Todman. and F. G. Lowden, guests…

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Zeppelins. Sydney Shipping Man in London. Scenes in City Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 14

"The following account of my experience is typical of hundreds and hundreds of others who were in London and eastern counties early in September," writes Mr. E. J. Lamb,…

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State Hotel Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 15

DARWIN, Tuesday. -- The State Hotel strike continues, and yesterday its ramifications have so extended that a general labor crisis threatens. For some four weeks now the…

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Hotels Changed Hands

Evening News · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 7

The following transfers of publicans [?] were granted by the Metropolitan [?] Court:—Thomas Heron to Joseph Murphy Durban Club Hotel. Elizabeth-street, City:…

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Licenses to Enemy Firms the Government's Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 9

MELBOURNE,Wednesday.--In a statement to-night regarding the licenses granted to certain firms previously placed on the prohibited list, Mr. Hughes said that the Government had…

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