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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 40

Offering a Bribe. The Publican and the Inspector

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

At the Young police court (N.S.W.) on Wednesday. Thomas Bleasdale, sanitary inspector, charged John Comerford, proprietor of the Australian Hotel, with…

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Industrial Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

Application was made on behalf of the Hotel Club, Caterers', and Restaurant Employees Union, for consent to appeal against the award governing the wages and working conditions…

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Hotels Closed. the Victorian Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 8

According to its report for the year 1914, just issued, the Victorian Licenses Reduction Board has now held sittings in every district overstocked by licenses, and in 46 of these it has…

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Enforcement of Liquor Act Publicans Not to Serve Intoxicated Persons Soldiers and Temptation

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1915 · page 9

"A drunken man is not a pretty sight at any time, but a drunken-soldier is really an abomination," said Mr. D. R. Hall, Attorncy-General, yesterday. 'I was more than grieved to…

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A Hotelkeeper's Fortune

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Myer Rintel, late of Victoria Hotel, Geelong (Vic.), licensed [?], who died on December 8, left £44,890 11s. 2d. is [?]…

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License to Trade with Enemy Subjects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

With reference to Proclamation date, 12th ultimo (Sydney, Order No. 394), relative to the above, the Arministrator of the Islands has been asked to notify that all applications…

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Income Tax Problems. Hotel Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

"Tax" writes:- Sir,—A owns a hotel, of which he was licensee. He sells the furniture (valued £500), and 10 years' lease, license and goodwill for £1500, which amount he…

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Soldier and Citizen. Eight to Enter Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Defence Minister said to-night that he did not agree with the demand made by the temperance party in Victoria, that the Government or the Defence…

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West Australia. Early Closing of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.--Archbishop Riley, in Lonton pastoral, urges Anglicans to support the carling closing of public houses during war time, and limiting the hours to 12. He also…

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Hotelkeepers Fiend. Not Running Water. Cockroaches in Kitchen

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 3

At the Central Summons Court, this morning, before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., Inspector Kench proceeded against Eveline Minty, itcensee of the Crescent Hotel, George-street,…

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Hotelkeeper Fined. a Slimy Sink

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 6

Eveline Minty, of the Crescent Hotel, George-street, Haymarket, was fined £4 and 6s costs, at the Central Summons Court to-day for not cleansing glasses in the bar with…

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Licensing Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted;--Larkin's Hotel, George Street, Sydney, from John Howey to Michael A. Leary;…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

The following hotel transfers were granted yesterday; —Larkin's Hotel, George-street, Sydney, from John Howey to Michael A. Leary; Strand Hotel, William-street, from FranK Hughes to Albert F. Roberts; Hyde…

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Hotelkeepers Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

At the Central Summons Court yesterday Eveline Minty, licensee of the Crescent Hotel, George Street, Haymarket, was fined £4, with 6s costs, in default a month's imprisonment, on…

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Dusting a Great Hotel

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

In the sumptuous new Hotel St. Regis, built in New York, all the sweeping is performed with the aid of an automatic pneumatic sweeper,…

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Thieves in Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 4

The White Lion Hotel, at the corner of Goulburn-street and Riley-street, city, was robbed last night of jewellery, cutlery, and clothing valued at £30…

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Hotelkeepers Fined. Pigs' Heads, Cobwebs, and Cockroaches

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

Two Sydney publicans were last week fined £4 and £[?] respectively for not having clean running water available for cleansing drinking vessels, and for not…

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Police Courts. Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 11

The following hotel transfers were granted by the Metropolitan licensing Board:—Glenroy Hotel, Botany-road, Alexandria, from Joseph chalmers to Michael O'Brien; Richardson's Hotel, Market-street, Sydney,…

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Conduct of Hotels. the Trade in Defence. London

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

The British Trade Defence Association, in a manifesto which it has issued concerning the conduct of licensed houses since the commencement of the war, declares that…

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Publican Stabbed. Man Committed for Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 6

There were lively doings at the Evening Star Hotel, Crown-street, last Thursday night, and as a consequence Hugh Clarke, 51, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day…

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