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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1917

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 28

Two- Hotels Closed. Goulburn

Evening News · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 4

Two old-established local hotels—the Builders Arms and the Bridge—have been closed under the local option vote. Twenty-three hotels have now been closed in the town and…

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Rights in Auotioneer's License

The Land · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 5

J.D. asks:—(1) Can any one not holding an auctioneer's license sell any article for benefits or otherwise to highest bidder? (2) Can a licensed auctioncer sell name…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 4

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licen[?] Court the license of the Austral Hotel was transferred from Patrick Fay to Albert James McCormick…

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Egyptians Glad We Will License The Cats. Bulger Pasha of the Sudan Recalls That These Animals Caused Fall of Memphis

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 6

Bulger Pasha, chief salt tax collector of the Sudan, between Wady-Halfa and Dongola, on the Nile, and his friend, Bimbashee…

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Liverpool. Hotel Transfer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 5

The transfer of the Heense of the Family Hotel, Liverpool, from Charles A. Endacott to Owen Beverage was granted at the local court on Monday. Mr. Beverage…

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Shooting in Hotel Publican's Wife Charged

The Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Farrell, wife of Michael Farrell, licensee of the Evening Star Hotel, Crown-street, Surry Hills, was before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., at the Central Police…

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London Hotel on Fire. London, June 2[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 8

There were exciting s[?]nes during a big fire in Claridge's Hotel in Grosvenor-square. Firemen rescued occupants from the sixth floor. Much damage was done…

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Liverpool Hotels. Military Order Issued

Evening News · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 3

The hotelkeepers with a radius of five miles from Liverpool Millitary Encampment have been notified by the Federal authorities (under the War Precautions Act) that if a…

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Famous Hotel Ablaze. Exolting Scenes at a London Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 4

Claridge's Hotel, in Grosvenor Square, one of the most famous at it was the most exclusive of hotels in London, was the scene of an alarming fire on Sunday…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 4

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the licence of the Grand Central Hotel. Clarence-street, Sydney, was transferred from Thomas Leslie Ayres to William Clark Goodwin…

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Licensed Porters

The Sun · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 8

As one of the travelling public on our railways, I read with surprise our Chief Commissioner's remarks at Newcastle recently concerning the proposed innovation of…

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Liverpool Hotels. Restrictions Under War Precautions Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 12

The licensees of hotels within the five-mile area of Liverpool military encampment have been notified by the Federal authorities (under the War Precautions Act) that if soldiers are…

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Hotel Hours in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 6

Petitions to Parliament in favour of the earlier closing of hotels continue to arrive, The latest batch contains about 30,000 signatures. It Is generally considered that the…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 6

At the Central Police Court, toe Metropolitan Licensing Bench granted the following trans- fore of public' Uceness:-Carlton Hotel, Castlereagh and Elizabeth, streets, Sydney…

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Reduction of Licenses. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 7

The Licensing Board has decided that 22 hotels in Richmond, South Yarra, and South Melbourne shall be closed at the end of the present year, on the ground that they are…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 5

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the following transfers of publican's licenses were granted;— Cochran's Hotel, Day-street, Sydney, from John Carrick to Alfred H. Lackman; United…

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Country Hotels. Local, Government Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 10

Replying yesterday to a deputation from the Shiers Association, which was presenting him with the resolutions passed at the annual conference of the association, Mr. Fitzgerald said…

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