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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 47

9 O'clock. Advice to Hotelkeepers. U.l.v.a. Recommendation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 4

The United Licensed Victuallers' Association has circularised all hotel-keepers, urging them to concentrate all their efforts on securing a deesive vote in favor of 9 o'clock…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 5

The following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted at Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—British Empire Hotel, George-street, Sydney, from Alfred Nonmus to Alfred Edwin…

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Plumbers Licenses

The Land · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 6

At last meeting of Lithgow Council a letter was received from the Katoomba town clerk, re plumbers licenses. This was to the effect that though the…

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Hotel Hours Referendum

Evening News · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last night the second reading of the Liquor (Referendum) Bill was carried on the voices. In committee it was amended to provide that the hours on the…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 3

The Metropo[?]ian Licensing Bench, at the Coastal Police and Court, granted the following transfer of publishers [?]:—British Empire Hotel, George arrest, Sydney. from Alfred…

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Hotel Hour's. Referendum. Duration of Reform. Bill Debated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 9

The Government measure providing for the taking of a referendum on the question of the closing time of hotels during the war was again before Committee in the Legislative…

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Goods in the Madgeburg. a Federal License

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Arrangements are being made by the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to take delivery of certain goods on the German-Australian steamer Magdeburg,…

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Vessels to Be Licensed. Saving Coastal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An additional regulation under the War Precautions Act, issued to-day, stipulates that no vessel is to leave Australia for any destination beyond the…

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Erskinville Hotel Keeper Fined

Evening News · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 3

In the Newtown S[?] Court. Christina McDonald, [?] of Australia Hotel, corner of [?] and George-street, Erskineville, was [?] against for…

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Licenses for Ships. New Regulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 18

The Collector of Customs advises that by the regulation issued under the War Precautions Act, 1915, the following classes of ships are prohibited from leaving Australia for…

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Public Versus Publican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 16

In the debate on the liquor referendum in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, Mr, Waddell' spoke the truth when he said that where the public interest was…

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Eight O'clock Closing. Country Licensee Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 11

BATHURST, Friday.--The first case under the War Precautions Act, before the Bathurst Police Court, was heard to-day. Edwin Diswell, licensee of the Hotel Dudley, pleaded…

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Soldiers on the Premises Publican Fined Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1916 · page 5

The first case under the War Precautions Ant was before the Police Court yesterday, when Edward Doswell, licensee of the Hotel Dudley, pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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"Nine O'clock." Hotelkeepers Suggest Compromise. Appeal to Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 6

The president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr. John T. Donnison, made a statement last night in regard to the coming early closing fight for which the…

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Hotelkeeper Fined. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 8

Edgar Sydney Doswell, licensee of the Hotel Dudley, was charged under the War Precautions Act, at the Bathurst police court, with having had his promises open after 6…

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Profit and Loss Investments: Wise and Otherwise (This column appears every Monday.) Hotel Metropole, Ltd

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 4

It must be very satisfactory to the shareholders in this hotel company to find that the wages awards which the directors feared would depress the earnings considerably,…

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Early Closing Hotel Employees Idle

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 7

It is certain that the early closing of hotels in the metropolitan area is going to have some effect in the way of creating unemployment. Mr. Owens, secretary of the…

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Hotel Hours. Railway Refreshment Rooms. "Good Grounds for Consideration."

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 4

Yesterday the attention of Senator Gardiner, Assistant-Minister for Defence, was drawn to the complaint of railway refreshment room lessees that, by the operation of the Federal…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:--President, Mr. J. T. Donnison; vice-presidents, Messrs. P…

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CONFLAGRATIONS. An Hotel at Ronky River

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 4

The "Ministers' Arms" Hotel, Rocky River, near Uralla, was destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon. The fire evidently commenced in the heart of the building,…

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