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Hotels & licensing, 1919

740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 37

License Reduction

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 9

Mr. Frank Wilson, general secretary, Victorian Alliance, writes:-- "It is interesting to come to another State to receive information re pending legislation…

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Royal Hotel, West Maitland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 37

H. J. Bickerton's Royal Hotel, West Maitland, which is so conveniently sit anted, just opposite the town hall, is under the careful management of Frank Hinchey, who is…

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Piper's Grand Central Hotel, West Maitland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 38

Any business a capable woman takes up is invariably a successful one. This is, perhaps, most true of the hotel business, for every detail of the running of such an land, adequately proves this; the proprietress is Mrs. Beatrice Johnston, who has made it one of the most patronised of such centres. Since she began to control…

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Struggle in Yard Axe and Revolver Publican's Exciting Time

The Sun · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 7

A publican's encounter with three men, one of whom, was armed with an axe, was told to the Redforn Police Court to-day, when John Sullivan,…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 4

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following publicans' licenses were transferred:—Lansdowne Hotel, George-street West, Sydney, from James G. Barry to Frederick J. Mongahan; Prince of Wales'…

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Selling a Hotel Broker's Claim

The Sun · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 5

Ivan Henry, hotelbroker, claimed £200 commission from Mark Lappin, hotelkeeper, in No. 1 Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of…

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No Licensing Bill This Session

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1919 · page 10

The Chief Secretary, replying to Mr. Birt, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, stated that it was not the intention of the Government to introduce a Licensing Bill this session…

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Devonshire House Historic Mansion Sold American Hotel Proposed London, September 5

The Sun · Sunday 7 September 1919 · page 1

An American syndicate has bought Devonshire House, in Piccadilly, paying over £1,000,000 for it. A huge fashionable hotel will be…

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Waiting for the Judge Hotel Test Case

The Sun · Monday 8 September 1919 · page 3

"We are waiting for a Chief Justice of the High Court, to sit and decide the test case," Mr. R. M. Kidston, of the Crown Law Office, told the magistrate,…

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Victorian Gun Notes Game License Proposed

Referee · Wednesday 10 September 1919 · page 11

At the Tuesday meeting of the Melbourne Gun Club last week we saw Hary Miller one of the best winners as starlings, and later saw the same man prove unbeatable at pigeons. At the Friday…

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"You Can't Come In" Hotel Licensee's Escape

The Sun · Thursday 11 September 1919 · page 7

The licensee of Seery's Standard Hotel, Cooper-street, had a narrow escape from being shot last night. It was after 6.30 when, hearing a…

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Revolver Shots Surry Hills Incident Hotelkeeper Fired At

Evening News · Thursday 11 September 1919 · page 1

A man who was refused [?] a hotel In cooper-street Surry Hills last night. tired two-hots at the proprietor and then run away…

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License the Food-sellers

The Sun · Thursday 11 September 1919 · page 6

The revolting evidence given in the Glebe Police Court yesterday, during the hearing of a case under the Pure Food Act, is another argument for dealing with these people according to the principles again and again enunciated by "The Sun." A license to sell food is, apparently, no less…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 6

At the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday the following publicans' licenses were transferred:—Southern Cross Hotel, Cook's River-road, St. Peters, from Ell[?]n Burrell to Joseph Williamson; London Hotel,…

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Pure Food Licensing Shops

The Sun · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 5

About three years ago the Government promised to introduce a bill to provide for the licensing of food shops. In view of recent food prosecutions,…

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Knight Thrown Out of New York Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 2

SIR CHARLES ALLOM, of White, Allom, and Co., the well-known firm of British Government contractors, was ejected from the St. Regis Hotel. New York, following a heated…

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Publican's Nose Broken £35 Damages

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 5

As the result of a quarrel in Gaut's Hotel on June 26 last Edward Joseph Ward, a hotelkeeper, of Whitton, near Narrandera, sued H. Davis, of Gaut's…

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Food and Filth Why Licensing is Necessary Some Typical Cases

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 6

The resolution of the Nationalist Conference in favor of better control of food shops and eating houses was not passed too soon. Persons who…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Disturbance in Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 8

Edward Joseph Ward, of Whitton (temporarily of Gaut's Grand Hotel, George-street, Sydney), claimed £100 damages from E. Davis, of the sald Gaut's Hotel. The plaintiff's case…

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