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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1919

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Hotel Burnt. Outbreak at Molong

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 8

MOLONG. Tuesday.--At 9.30 last night, the Commercial Hotel and contents were destroyed by fire, the occupants escaping with the clothes they stood in…

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Cornwall Hotel, 39 Cameron-street. Launceston

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 39

In and out of season the Cornwall Hotel, Cameron-street, is crowded. It is one of those smart, fashionable hotels, which arc most decidedly comfortable, as well as…

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Hotels Change Hands

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 6

The Metropolitan Lisensing Court has granted the following [?]…

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Forestry Inquiries Forest Guard's Refusal to Issue a License. Troubles of Timber-cutters

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

Coff's Harbor (N.S.W.) describes a dispute mat has arisen between the holder of a certain crown-lease and mining-reserve in his district, and…

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A Motor-driver's License. Obligation to Carry it Always

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

Gilgandra (N.S.W.) inquires whe-ther a licensed motor-driver is com-pelled to carry his license with him always…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following transfers of hotel liceriues yesterday:—Pulteney Hotel, Cook's River-road, Tempe, from George Danvers to Jacob Woolf Shaw; Duke of Manchester Hotel,…

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City Restaurants. Many Unsuitable. Proposed Licensing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

Mr. Fitsgerald, Minister for Health, in the course of his annual review, says that the acting-medical officer recently reported that many of the promises at present in use as…

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Pennant Hills. Licensing Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 8

At Ryde Licensing Court on Thursday, a renewal of the license of the Hampden Hotel, Pennant Hills, was granted to Elizabeth Jacobs. The hotel was assessed…

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Current News. License Transferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 6

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday (before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M., and Messrs. A. H. Collett and W. F. Jago, J's.P. licensing magistrates) the…

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"Be a Sport, Sergeant." Publican and the Armistice

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

William Daniel Sharland licensee of the North Star Hotel, Miller-street, North Sydney, was proceeded against at the North Sydney Police Court…

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PHARISEES v. Publicans. Lopsided Liberty

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 4

It is one phase of the mania that drives some people to become temperance advocates and interfere with the actions and habits of their…

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Travellers' Joy Old Hotel at Cobbora Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 2

One of the oldest landmarks in the west, the Commercial Hotel at Cobbora, which has a history of between 80 and 90 years, was the subject of…

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Wireless Experimenters. Renewal of Licenses Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 10

Members of the Wireless institute met at the Wireless House, Clarence Street, last evening. Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of the Wireless Company, presided…

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Tullamore. Hotel Destroyed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 15

The old Exchange Hotel (the licence for which was cancelled a couple of years ago) was destroyed by fire on December 28. The place was unoccupied. Mr…

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Hotel Australian. Browns River, Tasmania

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 50

It is at the Hotel Australian, Brown's River, that most of the smart trippers who do Tasmania put up. It has su very many advantages; it is so central, close to the…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Court granted the following transfers of hotel licenses yesterday:—Baden Powell Hotel, Regent, and James streets, Sydney, from Frances T. Guthrie to James Quirk; Sta[?]ore Hotel,…

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Demijohned and Bottled Beer. Strange Stones of Wanderings on Christmas Day. Publicans and Customers in Court

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 11

The Obliging Inspector. A charge against William Ernest Bucklee (who had been ill of late, had given up his hotel and secured a transfer of tins licence, and had decided to go to W.A.)…

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Licensing Court. Monday. Before Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M., and Mr. L. C. Tennant, J.P.

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 1

An application was made for the transfer of the license of the Oriental Hotel, Spring-wood, from Desmond Bourke to George Frederick Sydenham…

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British Trade. Restrictions Withdrawn. Exports Without License

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

Information of considerable importance and interest to Australian merchants and manufacturers is given in a cable message received from, the…

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Anzac Memorial City Club Hotel Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

While the negotiations for the sale of the City Club Hotel to the Returned Soldiers' Association as an Anzac Memorial Building have not reached…

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