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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 47

Hotels in the Northern Territory. Ten O'clock Closing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mahon) has approved of a limitation of the trading hours of the Northern Territory hotels, all of which are under Government…

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Early Closing of Hotels. Use of Rooms for Meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 4

Many inquiries having been made relative to the question of the use of hotel rooms for meetings of lodges, friendly societies, trade-unions etc., the United Licensed Victualiers'…

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Tea Room for Workers. to Take Place of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 6

HOBART, Saturday.--The third and final day of the conference of the National Women of Tasmania was held at the Town Hall yesterday. Mrs. Ebenezer Vickery, of Sydney…

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Hotel Cook. Claim Against Union Trustees Echo of Broken Hill Strike Application Before Full Court

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

A matter of importance to [?] argued before the Pull Court [?]…

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Northern Territory Hotels

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Mahon, Minister for External Affairs, in whose hands the administration of the Northern Territory has been placed, has approved of a limitation of the trading…

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Fire in a Dalby Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

The Club Hotel, Dalby, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire early last Monday morning, when an outbreak was discovered in an unoccupied bedroom, the…

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Hotel Closing. Meeting at Woollahra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 14

A meeting was held at Woollahra last night, under the presidency of Mr. F. E. Winchcombe, M.L.C., in advocacy of 6 o'clock closing of liquor bars. Miss Glendinning gave an…

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Six O'clock Closing Publicans Before the Court

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 5

Prosecutions of publicans for not closing their hotels at 6 o'clock when the War Precautions' proclamation regarding closing at that hour was issued under the direction of…

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Publicans in the Gloaming. The Trade Now Angry with the Premier

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 4

We scissors the following leader from the last issue of "Fair Play," the organ of the liquor trades:—"OBVIOUSLY UNFAIR…

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The Gresham Hotel, Brisbane

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 34

It is to the Gresham Hotel that visitors flock who go to Brisbane. Its proprietor, Mr. T. M. Ahern, has long since acquired fame as a successful manager of a concern…

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The Sovereign Hotel, Gill-street, Charters Towers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 34

E. White is proprietor of that much-patronised hotel, the Sovereign. The name is magical, and draws the chance visitor like a magnet. It is conducted en the best lines…

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Occidental Hotel, Gill-street, Charters Towers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 38

There is a wide choice of hotels at Charters Towers. The Occidental is one of the best known, and visitors find it most convenient. Its position is central, and it is…

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Court House Hotel, Charters Towers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 38

Mrs. J. M. Connolly runs that very well-known and popular hotel, the Court House. When she took it over some time ago she laid it thoroughly renovated, and now it is…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 5

On Tuesday evening, at Baumann's Cafe a complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr. J. T. Donnison upon the occasion of his reelection as president of the U.L.V.A. for the…

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Law Report. in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) a Liverpool Hotel. Litigation Settled. Brewer v Crowe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 4

In this case, which arose out of a dispute as to the tenancy or possession of the Golden Fleece Hotel, Liverpool, Mr. Watt, instructed by Mr. J. J. Carroll, appeared for…

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Publicans Fined. Breaches of Early Closing Order

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 5

Several publicans were proceeded againrt under the War Precautions Act at the Central Police Court yesterday for not closing their hotels at 6 o'clock, in terms of the…

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Hotel Hours Parliament Sits All Night Member Removed

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 3

The Legislative Assembly did not rise this morning until 5.40 o'clock, the discussion mainly centring round the liquor referdum proposal…

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