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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1918

424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 22

W. H. Talbot Refused License to Load at Manila

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 October 1918 · page 2

Bad luck seems to have pursued the American four-masted schooner W. H. Talbot in her last trip. The "Talbot" originally came to Sydney with…

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Randwick Plate Estland's Short Head Win Killowen and Publican all the Way Fine Performance by Balarang

The Sun · Sunday 13 October 1918 · page 6

The Australian Jockey Club's Spring meeting was concluded in delightful weather at Rand wick yesterday. A crowd numbering 40,000 put in an…

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Conflacrations a Hotel-Post Office Burned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 4

A famous are occurred last week at [?] Hotel [?] between Watter and [?] (N.S.W.). The [?] of the hotel were deployed, as also were the [?] need as a…

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Control of Imports. License System Adopted

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 5

For the remainder of the war, imports to Australia will be subject to license. In addition to having urged, upon the Commonwealth the need for…

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W. H. Talbot Refused License to Load at Manila

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 October 1918 · page 8

Bad luck seems to have pursued the American four-masted schooner W. H. Talbot in her last trip. The "Talbot" originally came to Sydney with tim-…

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Fourth Day. Estland's Randwick Plate. Publican's Final

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 October 1918 · page 9

The meeting was concluded on Saturday in fine, pleasant weather. There was another good attendance. Although Estland won the Randwick Plate, he very narrowly…

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Occupation License Fees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 October 1918 · page 3

A list of occupation licenses on which fees are payable in advance for the year 1919 is published in a "Gazette" notice of September 27. The Minister for Lands draws attention…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 9

The Metropolitan Licensing Court has granted the following transfers, of hotel premises:—Bedford Hotel. Wells-street, Redfern, from Thomas E. P. Carr to William Smith: True Briton Hotel, Elizabeth-street,…

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A Great Licensing Fight

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1918 · page 6

The attention of the Parramatta Licensing Bench was occupied on Wednesday in the hearing of an application by one Hayes, of Bankstnwn, for a colonial wine…

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Mt. Lyell Company Boys Big Hotel Premises HOBART

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 October 1918 · page 3

Premises at Queenstown, known as the Federal Hotel, in Macnamara-street, containing about 30 rooms, has been purchased by the Mount Lyell Company,…

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V.C. As Hotelkeeper Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 20 October 1918 · page 22

Private Jackson, V.C., intends. to take up his residence in Wollongong, and has completed negotiations tor the purchase of the Harp Hotel, which is…

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Wine Shops and Public Morals. a Big Licensing Fight in Parramatta Court Morgymen, Hayors and Ex-Policeman in the Melee

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 4

At the Parramatta Licensing Court (before Mr. M. K. Fitzhardiage, S.M., and Messrs. W. F. Jage, J.P., and A. H. Collett, J.P., Licensing Magistretes) on Wednesday morning, Arthur B. Hoyes…

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My Post Bag Royal Hotel, Blayney

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 46

Dear Playmate,—This is my first letter to the "Catholic Press," and I hope to be admitted to the playground. I have for some time past been reading your columns…

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Licensing Vehicles

The Land · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 6

Is the council compelled to grant a vehicle license under Ord. 47, or can it refuse without giving any reason? Would the council be justified in refusing on the grounds that the…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 5

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers:—Grace Bramwell to Samuel Palmer, Empress Hotel, Regent-street, Redfern; Frank Kime to John Kirkwood, Tea Gardens Hotel, Cowper-street, Waverley;…

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Transfer of License

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 6

At Parramatta Licensing Court on Wednesday, Mr. Chandler applied for a transfer of his license of the Northern, hotel, Parramatta, to one McDonald. The…

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Hotelkeeper's Wife Permanent Alimony Application

The Sun · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

On November 27. 1917, Mr. Justice Gordon, in the Divorce Court, granted Katherine Elizabeth Conway (formerly Woologhan) a decree for judicial…

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Wants Alimony. Botany Publican's Wife. Money in Beer

Evening News · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 5

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before Sir William Cullen, C.J., Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Sly.) Hotelkeepers' Power to Enforce Payment. Toohey v M'Hagh, Special Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 9

The facts set out in this special case were briefly—that the respondent, Frank M'Hugh, secured board and lodging from John Toohey, the licensee of the Hotel Moree, in East…

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