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Hotels & licensing, 1919

740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 37

Argyle Bond Robbery. Charge Against Hotelkeeper

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 4

Lionel Augustin Dempsey, 35, hotelkeeper, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday morning with having, between January 7 and 10,…

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Ready Money See Your Broker Concerning: Australia Hotel Co. Hetton Coal Company

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 12

The scarcity of engineering and ironworking companies in the Sydney Stock Exchange list is remarkable. Besides those few…

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License Transferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 6

At the Parramatta Licensing Court on Monday the license of the Prospect Mail Hotel at Wostern-road, Prospect, was transferred from J. J. L. Black to Owen…

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 18. (Before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardige, S.M., and Mr. W.F. Jago, Licensing Magistrates.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 10

The license of the Railway Hotel, Parramatta, was renewed. Mr. Mcpherson, licensee, being ill, his wife appeared to support the application. She deposed that…

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Wholesale Shooting a Nelson's Bay Hotelkeeper, a Woman, and a Returned Soldier Wounded NEWCASTLE

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 June 1919 · page 1

At 11 o'clock last night. Constable Deane, stationed at Tea Gardens, was notified by a fisherman of Nelson's Bay that a hotellteepcr named Frank Howell…

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Hotel Robbery Thieves Gag Woman £160 Stolen Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 3

The story of the roobery at the Royal Oak Hotel, Swanston street, possesses some astonishing features. The hotel is between Collins and…

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Liquor Without a License

The Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 7

For having, on June 21, in Crown street, sold liquor without a license, Ernest Kelly, 16, a laborer, was, at the City Court this morning, fined $30, or…

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N.Z. Licensing Poll Continuance Majority of 10,363 WELLINGTON

Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 6

The completed figures of the Beensing poil give [?] 164[?] including 31,961 soldiers' votes: Proh, bities [?] including 7722 soldiers votes…

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Problem of the Pint Hour of Hotel Closing Government Will Act

Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

Following the [?]ngning of peace, there series, in this state, the question of the hours during which hotels shall be open for the sale of liqser…

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Mo More 11 O'CLOCK Licensed Victualler's Opinion

Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 4

The various sections of the liquor trade contend that the apparent benefits of 6 o'clock closing are only of a superficial nature…

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Fraud and Theft Desperate Thieves Raid a Melbourne Hotel. Assault and Robbery

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

A during robbery was committed at the Royal Oak hotel in Melbourne on Tuesday evening last, when two armed and masked men stole £100 in…

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Owned Pfahlert's Hotel Mr. H. Gilmer's Death

The Sun · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 5

Mr. Hamilton Gilmer, whose death in Wellington, New Zealand, has been announced, purchased Pfahlert's Hotel, in Sydney, about four years ago,…

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Licensing Court

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 2

The Penrith Licensing Court (Mr. T. B. Clegg, P.M., on the bench) dealt with the following matters on Monday:—Frederick Greville Bruton was granted…

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Liquor Without a License

The Sun · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 8

At the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. Adrian, S.M., Emily Ward, domestic (45), and Thomas O'Brien, laborer (29), pleaded…

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Farmer's Extension. Removal of Roberts' Hotel. Remodelling City Corner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 12

The removal of one of tho city's oldest landmarks (Roberts' Hotel, on the corner of Market and George Streets) will begin on Tuesday as a preliminary to the extension of the premises…

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Liverpool. Welcome Hotel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1919 · page 5

Corporal L. A. Randall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Randall, who has just returned after nearly four years' active service, was tendered a welcome home at his…

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The Question of Hotel-closing Time Government May Take Matter Into Its Own Hands, and Fix 6 p.m

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 June 1919 · page 3

A deputation from the N.S.W. Alliance (introduced by Mr. Bruntnell, M.L.A.) to the Solicitor-General, yester­day morning, presented its views in the…

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Argyle Bond Robbery Charge Against Hotelkeeper

Evening News · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 6

[?] Augustine Dempsey, 85, hotel-[?] was charged at the Central Police Court this morning with breaking and entering the warehouse known as Argyle…

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The Hotel Closing Hour

Evening News · Monday 30 June 1919 · page 4

Dealing with the question of six o'clock closing, Mr. Garland, Minister for Justice, told the temperance deputation on Saturday that the Government was pledged, before any reversion to any later hour, "to give the public an opportunity of expressing their further views on the matter. That…

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