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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1918

424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 22

Hotelkeeper Shot

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1918 · page 2

In answer, it was believed, to a telephone call, Patrick James Garvay, a hotelkeeper, went to a lane of Russell-street, Toowomba, Queensland, on Monday night. When behind…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday. January 3

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 4

(Before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M., and Mr. A. Collett, J.P., Licensing Magistrates.) Walter D. Corderoy was granted a renewal of a colonial wine license…

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Beer Without a License £100 Fine

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 3

For selling beer without a license to do so at 4 Little Buckingham-street, Sydney, on December 31, Horatio Francis Jones (52) was fined £100, with the alternative of six months…

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POCKET-PICKING Art That Has Lost Favor Sydney's Lack of License Game Not Worth the Candle

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 7

Pickpockets have not operated on a large scale in Sydney for years, and, consequently, many people have been inclined to the opinion that…

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Back to Gaol. License Condition Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 9

Ernest Albert Quill (22), a bootmaker, was convicted before Mr. Smithers, S.M., at Redfern Court yesterday, on a charge that, while being at large on license during the unexpired…

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Hotel Transfer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 5

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the transfer by Andrew Harold McClymont to Nigel Tipping, of the Hotel [?], Liverpool and [?] streets…

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Licenses Needed. for Scrip to England. Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 12 January 1918 · page 5

The Minister for [?] has [?] the [?]…

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Hotel Metropole, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 8

The report of the above company covers the 12 months ended December 31. A net profit (including £1147 interest on investments) of £14,719 was made during the period. A…

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Lumber Schooners Refused Export Licenses

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

The lumber schooners, Edward R. West and Mathew Turner were recently refused licenses to carry cargoes of lumber to Durban, South…

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False Name But No License

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Fitzhardinge, S.M., Augustus Patrick Anschau was charged with n motor without having a license, and with giving a…

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Round the Kennels No. 5—Mr. H. L. Sims Railway Hotel, Fairfield

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 10

Last week my trip was to Fairfield to inspect the inmates of the kennels of Mr. H. L. Sims, of the Railway Hotel. This Is ever amongst the most enjoyable of my various tours of…

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Here and There Liquor Without a License

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 5

Mr. M'Kensey, S. M., fined Thomas Larkin £39 at the Central Police Court this morning for selling liquor without a license in Outrim-lane, city last Sunday…

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He Drove a Car on "No" Day. No License and a False Name. A Parramatta Prosecution

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 3

At Parramatta Police Court a strange case anent motor drivers and licenses was heard on Monday, before Mr. Fitzhardinge, S.M…

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Hotel Sydney. Application for License

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

The Metropolitan [?] Court was accepted this afternoon with on application for the [?] of a publican's license from the [?] Arms Hotel, Reservoir-street…

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"Tired of Life." Returned Officer Found Shot. Tragedy at Sydney Hotel

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Additional Particulars are now available of the death of Lieutenant Norman Mack[?] returned soldier, who was found shot at the Hotel Sydney, near the Central Railway…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following transfers of publicans' licenses were granted: —Grand Hotel, Brishane and Eblev streets, Waverley, from George Blackmore to Ben Craven; City…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 6

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday granted the following transfers of hotel licenses:—Grand Hotel. Brisbane and Ebley streets. Wavecley, form George Blsckmore to…

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Shot in His Bedroom. Sensational incident in a Sydney Hotel

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

A returned, soldier was taken to the Sydney Hospital late on Wednesday night suffering from a bulled wound over the heart. The man, whose name was given…

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Nuisances to Publicans. "Only to Hang You!" A Prohibitionist in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 5

At the parramatta Police Court on Wednesday, a case (which ought to prove interesting publicans mid their servants, us also to the general public) had…

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Cloncurry Beer Strike. Two Hotels Give Way

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1918 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Cloncurry beer strike continues. Only two hotels have granted the demands of the strike committee, and those proprietors are paying their female bar…

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