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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1916

926 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 47

Rational Pleasures What Australia Lacks Substitutes for Hotel Bars

The Sun · Sunday 17 September 1916 · page 2

The editor of "The Sunday Sun" invites me to make some statement in regard to the objects of tho meeting of the council of Civic and Moral Advancement to be held to-morrow…

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Aristocratic Spy. Flunkey at Dutch Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1916 · page 10

The "Daily Mail" correspondent, who is famous as "The Man who Dined with the Kaiser," is visiting Holland. He states that Baron von Wangenheim, brother of…

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Hotel Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 September 1916 · page 4

PERTH, Saturday.--A great deputation of hotel owners asked the Premier, Mr. Wilson, not to interfere with the present hotel closing law. Mr. Wilson, who had been previously requested…

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Hotel Safe Robbery. Two Man Committed for Trial

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 4

At the Sydney Central Police Court on Friday Robert Geoghegan and Patrick Chancy, two young men, were charged width breaking and entering the house of…

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Leisure Moments. a Substitute for Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 11

A conference was held last night to discuss the question of a substitute for the closing of hotels in its relation to the social life of the community. It had been arranged under the…

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Hotel of English Catholics Commandeered

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 4

The Salisbury Hotel, London, which is owned by Catholic shareholders and is the headquarters of several Catholic societies including the International Catholic Club and…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

The Metropolitan Licensing Bench has Granted the following transfers of publicae' licences:—Port Jackson Hotel, George-street, Sydney, from Mark Lapis to josephine D[?]…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 September 1916 · page 4

At thursday's sitting of the metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publi[?] licenses were granted:—Port Jackson Hotel,143 George-street Sydney, from Mark Lapin to josephine Dunn;…

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Gave Her Away. Overheard in an hotel dining-room the other evening:—

The World's News · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 7

"You're a nice one, you are Makin' fun of your wife right in front of the waiter!" "Why, dearie, what have I done now?" "Oh, I heard you say something to the waiter…

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Licensing Act Case

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 4

At the Penrith Police Court on Tuesday last (19th inst.), before Messrs T B Clegg. P.M. and Mr L C Tennant, J.P., Thos Curry was…

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Bookmakers' Licenses

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 September 1916 · page 12

Bookmakers who wish to follow their calling at meetings of the Associated Racing Clubs for the quarter ending December 31 must apply for registration not later than Thursday next,…

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Carlton Hotel Sold

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 September 1916 · page 9

The Carlton Hotel, Castlereagh-street and Elizabeth streets, Sydney, has recently changed hands, the purchaser being a company. This is one of the most recent and commodious…

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Hotel Profits Effects of Early Closing

The Sun · Monday 25 September 1916 · page 3

The early closing of the hotels was advanced in defence of an action in the District Court to-day, in which William Cordingley claimed £20 from Bridget…

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The Closing of N.S.W. HOTELS. Important Statement by Premier

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 4

The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Holman) stated in the Legislative Assembly last week that before eleven o'clock as the hour for closing hotels was reverted to…

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The Stockton Fatality. Novel License Proposal

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 12

The question whether drivers should hold a licence for each different make of car they drive instead of as at present a general license for all kinds of cars was…

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The Five Commandments Quiet Talk to Publicans. . Soldiers and Drink

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 8

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Owing to complaints regarding over-Indulgence in drink by soldiers in Bnthurst Camp. Colonel Owen, D.C., invited the publicans of Bathurst to the camp where…

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No title Publicans Should Have Fair Play

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 24

Disapproval of the present Liquor Bill has been expressed by the temperance bodies, who regard it as an open defiance of the strong anti-liquor vote of a few weeks ago…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 10

At Thursday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:— Robert Burns Hotel, Rathurst-street, Sydney, from Anthony Flanagan to…

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Officers Charged. Alleged Tapping of Liverpool Hotel-keepers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 12

At the Central Police Court, Sherrard Michael Becher, 32, and Mark Waugh, 37, a lientenant and sergeant—major respectively in the Australian Military…

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