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Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 47

The Hotels. Views of a Bishop. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 10

Reference to the drink traffic and the proposal to curtail the hours of trading of hotels was made by the Bishop of Sandhurst (Dr. H. Reville) at the Communion…

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Licensed Victuallers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of New South Wales, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. J. T…

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Hotel at Scarborough

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 5

An application for an injunction to restrain Precllia Emma Reed, from preventing Hector Kennedy and Michael Walsh from occupying the Scarborough Hotel, at…

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Hotel-keeper Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 3

Mary M'Donnell, licensee of the Rest Hotel, Alfred Street, North Sydney, was charged at the local Police Court yesterday with having kept the premises open for the sale of liquor…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Simpson.) Dispute Over Hotel Partnership. Kennedy v Reed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 8

An application for an interim injunction against Priscilla Emma Reed was made by Hector Kennedy and Michael Walsh. The matter in dispute related to the purchase or…

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Liquor, License, and Liberty

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 10

Among other letters of rebuke and admonition that have recently come to me, most of them anonymous (bless the good dames!), one the other day demanded to know why I, as…

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Closing Hours of Hotels. Referendum to Be Taken in N.s.w

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 18

In Committee of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, shortly before 11 p.m. on March 8, the Premier asked for leave to introduce a Bill to take a referendum on the closing hour of…

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Warning to Publicans

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 2

At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Mr. M. H. Fitzliardinge, S.M., Emma Barnes applied for, and war, granted, a prohibition order against her…

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Is It Really Fair to the Publican? a Straight Question

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 23

In this battle over the earlier closing of hotels the citizen rights of the licensed victuallers are rarely considered by the amiable and well-meaning people who…

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Liquor, License, and Liberty. Alliance and Mr. M'intosh

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, on behalf of the New South Wales Alliance, replies to Mr. Hugh D. M'Intosh:-- "Mr. Hugh D. M'Intosh is a theatrical manager,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the license of the Old Commodore Hotel, [?] Point-road North Sydney, was transferred from Alfred Henry Lockman to Laura Gertrude M'Donald…

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Liquor, License, and Liberty

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 8

Mr. Hugh D. M'Intosh rejoins:--"Let me quite hastily and roughly reply to the queer tirade furnished to your, columns by the Rev. R. B. S. Hammond. For the present…

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Closing the Bars. Publicans Still for 9. Prefer Bill to the Referendum. Government Blamed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 7

The Licensed Victuallers' Association stands by 9 o'clock until the war is over, and six months after. When seen after a formal meeting of the…

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Early Closing of Hotels. Wagga

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

At the monthly meeting the Wagga P.L.L. carried the following resolution, which the secretary was instructed to forward to Mr. Boston, M.L.A., for submission to the…

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State Hotels. Brisbania

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

Despite emphatic protests, the Government is procceding with the arrangeemnts for the opening of State hotels at Mount Cuthbert, South Johnstone, and Babinda, the latter…

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Liquor, License, and Liberty

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 10

Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, in reply to questions asked by Mr. Hugh D. M'Intosh, says:--"I would like to confine myself to answering the questions asked by Mr. M'Intosh in so far…

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German Refused License Son in the Navy

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 7

John Henry Dahms, aged 60, a naturalised German, applied at the North Sydney Police Court this morning for a collector's license. Mr. King, S.M., in refusing the application…

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Liquor, License, and Liberty

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 6

"Mr. Hammond, as shown in your issue of Saturday, is a stithy tove. He is agile, he is adroit; so long as be gets from under, he doesn't care particularly how. He says that…

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Hotel Hours. Culcairn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 6

The Culcairn Shire Council has unanimously decided to co-operate in the movement for the closing of all hotels at 6 o'clock…

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Wounded Soldiers in Trouble. Row in a Randwick Hotel

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 5

At the Central Police Court Private Wilson was charged with using indecent language and assaulting Constable M'Donald: while Private E[?]s was charged with assaulting M'Donald…

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