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Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 47

Hotel Closing. Defence Minister's Suggestion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- In the Legislative Council to-day, Mr. Hamilton, Minister, for Mines, replying to a question, said that it was a fact that the Government had received a…

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Luxury Still Seen in London Hotels. War Has Had No Effect in Reducing Use of Costly Wines. Menus Are Lavish. London, July 8

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 30

While economy in food is, practised in many homes, the public service of meals in hotels and restaurants is maintained on a scale which is only a degree less lavish than…

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Hotelkeepers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 8

Over 100 licensed victallers attended a meeting at the Hibernian Hall, Elizabethstreet, last night. Alderman Davoren presided…

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Early Hotel Closing. [?]Ane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday. In the Queensland Legislative Council last night the Minister for Mines said it was a fact that the Government had recevied a letter…

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Visiting an Hotel When on Duty

Co-operator · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 8

A. FARRINGTON,. conductor, Ultimo, 9/8 per day, and M. W. VASS, driver, Ultimo, 10/4 .per day, were dismissed on 24.7.16 for visiting an…

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Wool Trade. Export of Goods. Question of Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the Wool Trade Conference with the War Trade Department today, it was stated that a committee was considering the question of issuing licenses to…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Board, at the Central Police Court, granted the following [?] of publicans' [?].— Prince of Wales Hotel, King-street, Newtown…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 9

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Prince of Wales Hotel, King-street. Newtown, from George Henry Fountain to James Micha[?]l…

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Hotel Hours. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 8

Several hundred women asked the Prem[?] (Mr. Ryan) yesterday, to introduce a bill immediately to close, the hotel [?] at six o'clock. The Premier, in reply, said that…

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Hotelkeeper Robbed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--A robbery was committed some [?] This morning Mr. E. Brown, the licensee, reported to the police that £96…

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Early Closing of Hotels. What the Police Say

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 September 1916 · page 50

In connection with an inquest held at Young, the Sergeant of Police, in reply to a question of the Coroner, expressed the opinion that it would require a policeman to sit in each hotel…

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After Closing Hours. a Publican's Mistake

Evening News · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 8

A rather [?] position was recently disclosed in a Victorian Court, which [?] was charged with having allowed his brother-in-law on his licensed pr[?] during prohibited…

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Publicans' Puzzle Anti-shouting Law As Much Drink for Less Money Wellington (N.z.), September 7

The Sun · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 2

Nearly two weeks have passed since the anti-shouting regulations came into operation, and in all the big towns most of the hotel-keepers are unanimous in declaring…

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New Liquor Bill. Hotelkeepers in Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 4

The new Liquor Bill was considered in detail last night at a meeting of the newly-formed Hotelkeepers' Association of New South Wales. Aid. S. T. Davoren presided…

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Where to Stay in Sydney. a City Hotel Without Liquor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 8

The average person was become an uses in associating the bord hotel with the sair of intoxicating liquor that the mentlon of the word at once suggests the fumes of alcohol. But in reality the…

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Hotel Safe Robbery Two Men Committed for Trial

The Sun · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 6

At the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Robert Geoghegan, aged 34, and Patrick Clancy, aged 29, were charged with breaking and entering, on September 3…

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Early Closing of Hotels. "The Political Undertaker"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 6

"The politician who does not take the liquor question seriously, and who does not make it his business to know at least some of the facts about it and give it a first place of…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 5

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the license of the Lord Jersey Hotel, Chalmers-street, Sydney, was transferred from Josephine Dunn to Luke Horan…

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Early Closing of Hotels. Second Reading Carried in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 September 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The second reading of the bill to provide for 6 o'clock closing was carried in the Legislative Assembly by 42 to 8…

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