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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 47

Round the Kennels No. 15—MR. H. L. SIMS (Railway Hotel, Fairfield)

Referee · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 10

My trip last week was to Fairfield to inspect the inmates of the kennels of Mr. Herbert L. Sims, of the Railway Hotel, who, although fairly new as an owner in this State, has been…

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State Hotels. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 11

The Government proposes to spend aboat £80,000 in the erection of State hotels on the Mount Cuthbert mining field and within the South Johnstone and Babinda sugar areas…

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Food Hawkers Licensed No Monopoly for Shops

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 4

At the Newtown Council meeting last night Alderman Dibble questioned the wisdom of granting six applications which had been received for licenses to sell fish end rabbits…

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Publican and Customer Appeal Upheld Forbes

The Sun · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 8

At the Condobolin Quarter Sessions, before Judge Seholes, John O'Halloran, a railway ganger, appealed against his conviction and a sentence of three months imprisonment for…

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Six O'clock Closing in Adelaide. the Publicans View

Watchman · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 1

The day upon which the new licensing laws will be enforced is now near at hand, and the problem what to do after 6 o'clock closing becomes law en engaging the…

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South Australia. Hotels' Year of Grace Ends

The Australian Worker · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 22

The date of the year of grace given to the hotels to close at the same hour as the other business concerns expires on March 26, and the new system comes into…

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Liverpool Robbery £100 Taken From Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 6

At the Liverpool Police Court yesterday Walter Clifton, 51, was charged with stealing a leather bag containing £100 and a lady's gold wristlet watch and two gold bangles…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 6

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Southern Cross Hotel, Devonshire and Elizabeth streets, Sydney, from Alexander Beveridge to…

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Hotel "Barbers." Two Thefts in City

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 1

Hotel "barbers" are busy in the city again, and this morning two robberies from licensed premises were reported to the police. Shortly before 8 o'clock a well-dressed man…

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Publican's Responsibility

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

An interesting decision was recently given [?]…

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A German's Hard Case. Refused a Collector's License

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 3

John Henry Dahms, aged sixty years, a naturalised German, applied at the North Sydney Police Court on Monday for a collector's license…

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Hotel Hours. Genesis of Local Option. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 10

Arendeacon Boyce addressed a large and representative meeting in the Parish Hall of Holy Trinity on Tuesday evening. At the conclusion a motion was carried that the hour…

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Thefts at Hotels

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 6

Two city hotels were robbed this morning. At Mrs. Cordingley's Britannia Hotel, King and Castlereagh streets, a man went upstairs about 8 o'clock and stole £10 worth [?]…

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Barmaid and Publican. Claim for £1000

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 5

In February this year Hanna Ryan, a barmaid, was employed at a hotel at Chatswood by Alfred William Sharland, and this afternoon, in No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice…

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Six O'clock for Hotels

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 7

At a meeting at the Auburn School of Arts last night, under the auspices of the Auburn branch of the Granville Electorate No-License Union, the following resolution…

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Hotel Sydney Robbery

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 8

[?]Robson and Tra[?] arra[?] a in Liverpool-street, City, this morning [?] the central Follows Pal[?] with the [?]…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jurien of four.) Hotel Stock. Winkleman v Ward

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 10

In this case, which was part heard from the previous day, the plaintiff sued the defendant to recover £78 16s 7d, balance of account for certain liquors bought by the…

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The Publican's Appeal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 8

J. W. Evans, Bay View Hotel, Gladesville, wrote as follows to Ryde Council:—"Regarding the erection of a water trough at Cowell-street, as suggested by…

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Closed at Six. South Australian Hotels. Adelaide

Evening News · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 5

Six O'clock closing hotel [?] came into force throughout South Australian to-day On the Occasion of the [?] on the Question last year [?]…

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Barmaid and Publican Imputations Withdrawn

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 7

The claim for £1000 compensation by Hanna Ryan, a barmaid, against Alfred! William Sharland, hotel licensee, of Chats wood, in respect of alleged malicious…

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