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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1915

797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 40

Hotel Purchase

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

A verdict was given for the defendants in the action in which Michael Robert Shanley (trading as Bostock and Shanley) sued Catherine Frazer and Charles Henry Branch for £120,…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses Buena granted: -- Michael Bourke to John Johnson, Buena Vista Hotel, Mossman; William…

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Fuel Licenses

The Land · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

H.G. asks:—Will you kindly inform me whether a license has to be obtained by a person picking firewood up in or about a village? If so, is the license half-crown a…

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The Hotel Prices. Going Back to the Old Figures

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 4

It is noticed in the Press mat the hotels have reverted to the old standard of prices in the bars for beers and spirits. This is a good…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 19

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following hotel transfers:—Buena Vista Hotel, Mosman, from Michael Bourke to John Johnson; Summer Hill Hotel, Summer Hill, from James Fimister…

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Hotel Burned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 7

Early this morning a fire practically gutted the Regatta Hotel on River-road, Toowong. Details are not yet available, but it is understood that from 30 to 40 rooms were destroyed,…

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Early Closing of Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 16

A strong protest against the agitation for early closing of hotels in the city and suburbs was entered at a meeting of the Barmen and Barmaids' Union, on the grounds…

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The Hotels. Revenue Contributions. Adelaide

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

A federal conference of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was opened in Adelaide to-day. The Mayor (Alderman A. A. Simpson) tendered the visitors a reception. He…

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Busy Auctioneer. Comedian with a License

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 7

Barry Lupine, the pantomime comedian now in Sydney to appear in "Cinderella" next Saturday at Her Majesty's, states that he has been filling in his spare time as an…

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Adelaide Licensed Victuallers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The conference of the Federated Licensed Victuallers Association opened in Adelaide to-day. Mr. Simpson, in an address, said that there were only 124 hotels…

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A Row in a Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 2

On Monday evening a rather disgraceful scene, in which number of dealers, visiting the place temporarily, are said to have played a hand, attracted the attention of…

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Darwin Liquor Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday .—By October the Federal Government expects to have the whole of the liquor licenses at Darwin under its control. At present all licences are granted for…

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Fire at a Hotel. Lodger's Evidence. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 6

At a magisterial inquiry at Oamaru regarding the recent fire at the Star and Garter Hotel startling-evidence was given by Clark, a commercial traveller, who deposed that…

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At an Hotel Fire. Remarkable Evidence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thursday.--At the magisterial inquiry, into the recent fire at the Star and Garter Hotel. Oamaru, sensational evidence was given by S. B. Clark, commercial…

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Licenses Transferred

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 19

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:--Union Hotel, North Sydney, from Tubal Cain Bragg to Harry Wade; Hunter…

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Theft in a Hotel

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

Mrs. Edith Crawford, a visitor from Cootamundra, was robbed at a leading city hotel this morning of a handbag containing £30. The Railway Department has directed that…

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Hotel Union's Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 14

BROKEN HILL, Friday.--The Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union last night decided to ask for a conference with tho Hotelkeepers' Association regarding the wages…

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Closing Hotels

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 10

The Government is considering the question of closing all public-houses in certain districts, exaept from noon until 2 o'clock, and from 7 until 9 o'clock at night., Mr…

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An Hotel Fire. Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 7

The inquiry into the Star and Garter Hotel fire at Oamaru was concluded yesterday. Telfer denied the truth of Clark's statement that she advised him to have his luggage…

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CONFLAGRATIONS An Oamaru Hotel Fire Startling Evidence at the Inquiry

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

At a magisterial inquiry at Oamaru (N.Z.) regarding the recent fire at the Star and Catter Hotel startling evidence was given by Clark, a commercial…

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