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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 40

Aarons's Exchange Hotel

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 4

It was only to bo expected that the earnings of this company would to some extent be lessened by the war and by the drought. But even so, the decline of £360 in the net…

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Hotel for Kensington

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 5

A contract has been signed by Messrs. W. Gawne and Son for the erection of an hotel at South Kensington for Mr. Donald M'Kenzlo. The plans, which were prepared by Messrs…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 9

Transfers of licenses granted yesterday by the Metropolitan Licensing Court were:— United States Hotel Drultt Street, Sydney, from James King to James O'Nelll; Ackland's…

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"White" Hotels. Latest Barrier Ukase. Broken Hill

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 6

Yesterday a ? was issued that no unionist should partronise any hotel, or deliver gooda to it, unless that hotel was marked white by the Labor Federation…

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State Hotels. Federal Minister Defends

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- In the course of a further reference to-day to the decision of the Federal Government to abolish privately-owned hotels in the Northern Territory and to…

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Legislative Council. Cleanliness in Country Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 10

Chief interest in the Legislative Council was centred upon the second reading of the Public Health Bill, which, inter alia, proposes drastic alterations in the law regarding the…

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Hotels in Victoria. Eight Hundred Closed in Eight Years

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 22

Eight hundred hotels have been closed in Victoria as a result of eight years' work by the Licenses Reduction Board. The cost was £400,000, provided by the trade…

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Northern Territory Hotels. Government to Control Liquor Trade

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 16

The Federal Government has decided to "nationalise" the liquor trade in the Northern Territory. This was decided by the Cabinet on February 9. Mr. Mahon…

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Broken Hill Hotel Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 8

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--The dispute between the hotels and the unions continued yesterday. Two hotels refused the previous day to sign the agreement. One signed yesterday…

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State Hotels. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 4

Sir,--If the question of State hotels, raised by Mr. Mahon, Minister for External Affairs, was simply one of whether the Government should own and manage liquor-selling establishments,…

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Hotel Struck by Lightning. Narrow Escape of a Workman

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

During a thunderstorm Rodd's Hotel, at Figtree, Wollongong (N.S.W.), was struck by lightning. Mrs. Rodd and Mrs. Edwards were in the sitting-room…

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Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 5

At a meeting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court held yesterday at the Central Police Court, the following transfer was granted:—William Keary to Amy [?]r, Harp of E[?] Hotel, [?]il[?]y-street, Sydney…

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Fire at a Hotel. Berrigan

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 6

A fire broke out near the engine room of the electric lighting plant at the Royal Hotel, when a quantity of petrol caught alight. It biased fiercely, and set fire to the woodwork…

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VISIT Lander's Hotel Victoria 315 Geqrge-st. City

Oceania · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 3

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Auburn. Hotel Changes Hands

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 2

At the Parramatta Licensing Court this week, the transfer of the licence of the Auburn Hotel was granted from Matthew Keogh to Cregory Kelghery…

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Supervision of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 5

Referring to the sanitary accommodation at some country hotels Mr. A. P. Sautells writes:--"It is well known that some of the country police are export in the Liquor Act. In fact,…

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Offered a Bribe. Hotel Proprietor Fined. Young

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 5

At the Police Court to-day, Thomas Bleasdale, sanitary inspector charged John Comerford proprietor of the Australian Hotel, with having offered him £3 as a bribe to influence bitt,…

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Hotel-keeper's Fortune

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Myer Rintel, late of Victoria Hotel, Moorabool Street, Geolong. Hconsed . victualler, who died on December 8, left £44,886 11s 2d, of which £42,100 is…

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Below Living Wage. Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Rates. Leave to Appeal Granted

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 1

Leave to appeal against the award governing wages and working conditions was granted this morning in the Industrial Court by Mr. Justice Heydon to the Hotel Club, Caterers…

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Cronulla Hotel, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 9

The third annunl report of the above company covers the year ended January 31. It shows that the gross income increased from £7192 to £7531, while the expenses were…

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