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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1918

424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 22

Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 4

The Licensing Bench yesterday, granted the following transfers:—Horace Higson to John Emanuel Brady. President Lincoln Hotel, Forbes and Cathedral steets; Herbert James Hughes to John Noble, City…

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Catholic Club License

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 9

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted an application by John Hook[?], secretary of the Catholic Club, 107 Castlereagh-street, for registration as a club…

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The Hotel Rumpus

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 5

Lewis Whaley, on bail, was charged at Liverpool Court on Friday with unlawfully assaulting Michael Joseph Toohey, licensee of the Cabramatta Hotel. Whaley…

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The Spotlight. Lo! the Poor Publican

Evening News · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 4

[?] to was her whether the same's worth the [?]. First there were increased [?]…

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A Licensing Decision. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 12

Henry M'Donough, licensee of the Advance Australia Hotel, was prosecuted for allowing men on the premises for an unlawful purpose during prohibited hours on Sunday. It…

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Current News. License Transferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 2

A transfer of the [?]nes of the Railway Hotel, Parramatta, from Thomas Williams to Raymond F. Gates was granted at the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday…

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N.s.w. Public Hall Licenses. Not to Be Renewed to Enemy. Aliens

The Australian Worker · Thursday 2 May 1918 · page 5

The New South Wales Cabinet decided last week that public hall licenses held by persons of enemy origin shall not be renewed. It was subsequently stated by the…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 5

The Licensing Benrh granted the following transfers yesterday:—Andrew Black to Vernon Leichhardt D'Israeli Millett, Pfahlert's Hotel, Margaret and Carrington streets; Albert Joseph Lewis to Isabella Sophia…

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Publicans and Races. No One Wants the Booth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 4

GILGANDRA, Thursday.-- When the Jockey Club committee sat to consider tenders for the publican's booth in connection with the club's annual meeting on May 15 and 16, the secretary…

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License to Borrow

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Mr. J. A. Jensen, Minister for Trade and Customs, who administers the Trading with the Enemy Act, has issued a license permitting German prisoners of…

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School or Hotel? Mayor Makes Comparisons Harden

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1918 · page 8

The condition of the playground and tho surroundings generally of the superior public school has been the subject of a deal of correspondence between the Parents and…

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South Grafton Licensed Victuallers' Jockey Club. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 8

The South Grafton Licensed Victuallers' Jockey Club's Autumn meeting was held to-day. Results:- Opening Handicap, 6f.—J. Murphy's Lewis Gun, by Machine Gun, 8st 5lb (Phillips), 1; F. C…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 4

The Licensing Bench yesterday granted the following transfers:—William Mitchell Cadden, to George Samuel Phillips, Cambridge Hotel. Oxford and Wallis streets, Woollahra; Mary Lees Franklin, to John Henry…

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Mysterious Fires. at Brighton-le-sands Hotel. Police Investigating

Evening News · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 1

[?] are investigating [?]…

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Mysterious Fires in Brighton-le-sands Hotel

The Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 7

Four separate fires, the cause of which is being investigated by the police, were discovered this morning in the Hotel Brighton at Brighton-le-Sands…

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Shooting in Hotel Arrest on Suspicion

The Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 7

Axel Hjhnar Lindeblad, 46, a seaman, was before the Central Police Court this morning on the charge of maliciously shooting at Albert Charles West on May 7, with intent to do…

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The Imperial Hotel, Mount Morgan (Q.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 42

For the sake of its past history, as well as by reason of its present prosperous industrial conditions, Mount Morgan is a much-visited centre, and everyone puts up…

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Exchange Hotel, Mossman (N.q.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 39

E. T. O'Brien is the proprietor of that very popular hotel, the Exchange, at Mossnian. It is widely known, for it is conducted on the best lines, and tourists are…

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Fires in a Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 8

Several outbreaks of fire were discovered at the Hotel Brighton. Brighton-le-Sands, at an early hour yesterday morning. Mr. Clifford, the licensee of the hotel, was aroused shortly…

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