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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1918

424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 22

Publican. In the Doncaster Market

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 30 March 1918 · page 2

"Lampas", in Brisbane "Pink-un". thus deals with the late booming of "Publican" : — "As is generally known. Publican…

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The City Crowded All Residential Hotels Full

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1918 · page 9

"Are we full?" echoed the manager of one of the big city hotels. "We stopped booking rooms on January 12 because all our space was allotted. I did think of having tents put up…

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Trade with America. Licenses Now Required. Measures taken to Conserve Tonnage

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 April 1918 · page 8

The Hon. Arthur M. Myers (Minister for Customs) notified in the official "Gazette" recently that the United States Government have prohibited as…

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Selling Liquor Without License

The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1918 · page 6

At the Central Police Court this morning Florence Lewis, Mary-strect, Surry Hills, was fined £30 for selling liquor without a license on March 23…

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Criterion Hotel, Newcastle

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 39

First-class accommodation and an excellent cuisine are special features of the Criterion Hotel, which is situated on the corner of Bolton and Hunter Streets…

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No Highland License Society Withdraws Application

The Sun · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 8

The application for a bar license for the Highland Society's premises will be withdrawn to-day. It is unofficially stated that at a meeting…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 4

The Licensing Court yesterday granted the following transfers:—Ellen Tamsett, Julia Cronin, and James W. Cronin (executors of the will of the late Patrick Richard Cronin), to James William Cronin,…

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No Club License. Highland Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6

At a large and representative general meeting of the members of the Highland Society of New South Wales, held at the society's premises on Wednesday night, a proposal…

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Invasion of Sydney Record Easter for Visitors. Hotel Accommodation Overtaxed

Evening News · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 3

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Ryde. Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 8

Permission was given at the Ryde Licensing Court on Tuesday by Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M., and Messrs. H. A. Brigg, S.A. O'Grady and J. B. Jenkins,…

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Shooting Case in Hotel Orange

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 7

A bookmaker's clerk, Edward Bromley, was arrested last night in connection with the shooting case at a hotel at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when James Clancy was shot in…

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Betting on Licensed Premises. a Barmaid Fined

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 7

A naval [?] said to be the first of its kind was recently heard before a New Zealand court in which a harmful was charged with having assisted a bookmaker in making a bet on…

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Hotels Near Shipyards. Commandeered by U.S.A. Government

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

Before proceeding with construction of housing for shipyard workers, the Shipping Board announced from Washington that it will commandeer…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 12

News has been recolved that the Bancannia Hotel, at Bancannia Lake, to the north of Broken Hill, which has been kept by Mrs. Meredith since the recent death of her…

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Betting in Hotels. The Liability of the Bar-Tender

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 4

A barmaid was recently fined £20, with 7/- costs, in a New Zealand court, for having assisted a bookmaker in making a bet on licensed premises. Defendant…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 4

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers:—Walter Thomas Kennerson, to Harold John M'Waide, Bistol Arms Hotel, Sussex-street; John Rowan to James Mackie, Rowan's Savoy Hotel,…

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Police Put Up a Job on a Publican

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 2

The Higher Courts in Tasmania does not look with favor on some of, the pernicious practices whereby the police of the little island make cases against…

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Hotels on Anzac Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1918 · page 6

The Grand Lodge Executive of the I.O.G.T. has decided to request the Minister for Defence to close all hotels on Anzac Day so as to protect returned men from anything that would…

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Too Many Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- In the Licensing Court to-day, the president, at the conclusion of the evidence, in support of Inspector Davey's report that there were too many hotels in…

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Queensland Hotel Fire. Sensational Evidence by a Witness

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 4

The inquiry into the origin and circumstances of the fire that occurred at Tatlersail's 'Hotel, Charleville (Q.), on March 16th was concluded on…

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