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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1917

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 28

Hotelkeepers' Split Customers Benefit Price of Drinks Unaltered

The Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 4

Notoriously, hotelkeepers are unable to pull together. They have given a further indication of tho fact this week. At a recent meeting a number of metropolitan publicans…

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There Must Be No War Talk, an Artful Hotel Man

Co-operator · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 8

Some of the American hotel-keepers are carefully trimming their sails to avoid offence to the German Americans who patronise their houses…

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Railway Hotel at Murrurundi Burnt Down

Co-operator · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 5

On Wednesday night, railway drivers at Murrurundi acted as town fire alarm, drawing attention of the townspeople to an outbreak of fire at…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 4

At yesterday's sitting of the Metropolitan Liecnsing Court, the following transfers of publicans' liecnses were granted:—Sir George Grey Hotel Bay-street, Sydney, from Cecil Roy Staley Cunnelly, to John…

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Slaughtering Licenses

The Land · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 2

A.H. asks:—(1) Can a person slaughter pigs on his own property, cure the sides, and then sell them to first, private people, secondly storekeepers, or must he have a…

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Hotel Rent Reduction. Test Case Instituted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 10

There is a difference of opinion as to whether the Liquor (Amendment) Act of 1916 is retrospective in the matter of reduction of rent. Some of the magistrates presiding over the…

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Hotel Rent Test Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 10

A difference of opinion exists among many as to whether the Liquor (Amendaient) Act of 1916 is retrespective in the matter of reduction of rent. Some ot the magistrates…

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Effect on Hotels Visitors From the Country

The Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2

So far the strike has not had much effect on the hotels. A number of visitors have become scared, and have departed for home by the next available outgoing train, but…

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Local Government. Licensing Vehicles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 5

One effect of the strike has been to put on the streets a great number of vehicles to carry passengers. Most of the owners appear to be unaware that they are breaking the…

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Selling Without a License

The Land · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 5

"Reader J." asks:—[?] an auctioneer allowed to sell fresh pork at the vegetable market without holding a butcher's shop license? If not, who should prosecute the…

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New Liquor Tariff. Attitude of Hotelkeepers

Evening News · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 3

The new [?] of an spirits per [?] gallon and [?] sailon on beer, [?] operation on Friday and that these additional d[?] will be passed on to the…

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Picketing Hotels. Wise Move Ry Strikers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 9

The hotels in the vicinity of the various metropolitan tramway depots were guarded yesterday by pickets from the ranks of the tramway employees out on strike. Any…

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Narrabri's Troubles Hotel Picketed Narrabri

The Sun · Sunday 12 August 1917 · page 4

In one instance during the strike at West Narrabri a loyal worker entered a hotel to obtain liquid refreshment, but as the hostelry was picketed his demand was refused…

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A Hotel License Problem. An Interesting Point at Gunning

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 5

The members of the Yass Licensing Bench (Mr. Chippendale, P.M., and Mr. English) were asked last week to grant a new license for the Frankenfields Hotel,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 4

At the last sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted:—Woolpack Hotel, Castlereagh-street, Redfern, from Walter, Patrick M'Grath to William Arthur…

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Licensing Vehicles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 8

At an early hour yesterday morning lines of vehicles, from the most graceful motor cars to the four-wheeled waggonette, paraded outside police headquarters in response to the…

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Opposing the Proposed Wine License

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 3

The Mosman Council decided at its last meeting to oppose the granting of a wine license for premises at…

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Less Gas to Be Used Hotels and Restaurants Barred North Shore Cut Down

The Sun · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 5

The hoard appointed under the provisions of part 2 of the Electric Lighting and Gas Emergency Act publishes the following further notification in terms of section 11 of…

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Hotels and Restaurants. Gas Totally Prohibited Other Restrictions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 4

The board appointed under the provisions of the Electric Lighting and Gas Emergency Act has issued the following further notification concerning the consumption of gas:--…

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