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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 40

Licensing Public Vehicles

The Land · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 6

The Council of Patrick Plums Shire having recently acquired the power to regulate the licensing of public vehicles and drivers, the appointment of an…

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Hotels Changed Hands

Evening News · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted it following transfers of publicans licences Alfred James Conder to George Dennie Whyms, Surry Hills Hotel, Smith-street,…

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Hotel Hours. Liquor Bill Dropped

Evening News · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 6

By 14 votes to 11 the Legislative Council last night adhered to 9 o'clock as the most suitable closing hour for hotels, Mr. Pitzgerald's motion that the Council should not insist upon its…

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Sanitation of Country Hotels

Evening News · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 5

The Premier has asked the Minister [?] British to [?] the provisions of the [?] Act. [?] Mr. Holman interested himself to this…

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State Session. Hotel Hours. Nine O'clock Closing. Bill Dropped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 10

Both Houses were in a state of suspended animation for several hours last night while their representatives conferred, with a view to solving the deadlock over the Fair Rents…

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Hotel to Hotel Old Man Done to Death

The Sun · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 7

The death of the old-age pensioner Robert Roberts in Kent-street on September 13 was again referred to in the Central Criminal Court this afternoon, when Henry Fenton…

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Hotel Sanitation Provisions in Country

The Sun · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 5

The Premier has been in communication with the Minister of Health respecting the enforcement of the provisions of the Amending Public Health Act relating to sanitary…

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The Closing of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 8

Mr. James W. Evans, Bay View Hotel, Gladesville, writes:-- "Mr. Power, of the Empire Hotel, has taken a wrong view of closing at. 9 if the…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Simpson.) Purchase of a Walcha Hotel. Spittle v Maloney and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 9

The suit of Spittle v Maloney and another, in which James Spittle, of Rockwall-crescent, Potts Point, Sydney, in which the plaintiff asked for an injunction to restrain John…

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The Publicans' Victory

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 8

The Upper House having insisted on the right to be consistent with itself, which under the party whip wielded by the hands of the publicans the Assembly had…

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The Courts. Civil. an Hotel Transaction

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 7

In the Equity court before the Chief Judge yesterday, the suit in which James Spittle, of Rockdale Crescent, Potts Pt., sought an injunction to restrain John Maloney and his wife…

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Country Hotels. Question of Sanitary Conveniences

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 11

The Premier has been ln communication with the Minister for Public Health respecting the enforcement of tho provisions of the Amending Public Health Act relating to sanitary…

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A Rydalmere License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 6

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Wednesday (before Messrs. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M., and W. F. Jago, L.M.) an application was made by Herbert Alfred…

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Legal Early Closing of Hotels

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 December 1915 · page 17

Some restriction has been placed on the hours during which liquor may be sold or consumed in the hotels and clubs in England. It is governed by the Intoxicating Liquor (Temporary Restriction) Act, 1014;…

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Zeppelin Raid Charges Alleged Signals From Hotel

The Sun · Sunday 19 December 1915 · page 24

When the two men who were charged under the Vagrancy Act with signalling to the enemy on the night of the last raid from the roof of an hotel were brought up in…

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Soldiers and Drink. Publicans' Responsibilities Closer Supervision Needed

Evening News · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 8

Conferences recently were held between representatives of the military authorities and the executive of the Licensed Victu[?] Association, with the object of preventing the [?]…

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McPHERSON'S Barley Mow Hotel

Referee · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 8

This long-established and well-known favorite hotel is once more in evidence with hampers and cases of "liquid luxuries" for those who desire to enjoy Christmas in the good…

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Sanitation of Country Hotels

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 December 1915 · page 50

The Premier has aslced the Minister for Health to enforce the provisions of the Public 1 Health Act, relating to conveniences in country hotels. Mr. Holman interested himself in this…

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My Post Bag. Australian Hotel, Mackay

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 46

Dear Playmate,—This is my first letter to the "Press." My father takes the "Press," and I like reading the Children's Columna. I go to the convent school, and I am in…

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Early Hotel Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 5

A meeting of the Woollahra electoral branch of the Women's National Movement for the Closing of the Liquor Bars at 6 p.m. was held at St. Mark's schoolroom on…

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