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Hotels & licensing, 1919

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Hotel Metropole. Ltd

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1919 · page 9

Accounts of the Hotel Metropole, Ltd., for financial periods since the re-arrangement of its capital in 1912 show the following results and appropriations:—…

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Canadian Import Licenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 9

The Commercial Agent for the Government of Canada, Mr. B. Millin, has received a cable from the War Trade Board, Ottawa, to the effect that import licenses are required only…

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Thief in Hotel Captured But Got Away Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 7

A daring robbery was committed at the Bellbird Hotel last night. At about 9. o'clock Mrs. Nash, wife of the licensee, heard a noise upstairs,…

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The Hotels Preventing Big Assemblages

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 7

The matter of regulating the number of persons congregating in city hotel bars and refreshment rooms is under the consideration of the authorities…

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No. 3.—Mr. Greg Keighery. (Auburn Hotel, Auburn.)

Referee · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 8

As before mentioned, a call was made at the establishment of Mr. Greg eighery, whose kennels were nearly empty. Four puppies he had purchased…

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The Liquor Problem a Restaurant License for Light Wines Wanted. Sensible Methods in France

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 5

In welcoming the proposal for settling returned soldiers on land in the Rutherglen district as viticulturists. Mr. F. de Castella, the Victorian…

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Chinaman Shot by a Woman. a Row in a Hotel Bar

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

A Chinaman named Harry Young, living at Redfern (Sydney), was admitted to hospital on Thursday last suffering from the effects of bullet…

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Public Resorts. Churches, Theatres, Schools. Closed by Proclamation Proposed Compulsory Masks Position of Hotels

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

The following proclamation was issued yesterday by the State Governor:--Whereas an infectious or contagious discase, highly dangerous to the…

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Public Opinion Correspondents' Views Hotel Closing and Influenza

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

[?] s writes [?] is asking re the she [?] authorities with to [?] their determination in…

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Restricting Crowds in the Bars Hotels and Clubs Affected 250 Cubic Feet for Each Person

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 7

A proclamation restricting assemblages in hotels and clubs was issued to-day at a special meeting of the N.S.W. Executive. It prescribes 250 cubic feet for each person. The following is the proclamation: --…

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Sports Not Barred. Position of Hotels. Bargain Sales 'Inadvisable.'

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

A long meeting of the State Cabinet was held yesterday to devise further measures to combat the epidemic. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald announced that the Government had decided not,…

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In Hotel Bars. Regulation of Crowds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 8

By a proclamation issued yesterday, it is ordered that no persons within the county of Cumberland shall be allowed to congregate in any hotel bar or other place of public…

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Hotel Balcony Collapses. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 9

The balcony of the Racecourse Hotel at Merewether collapsed yesterday, and precipitated five people to the ground, 14 feet below. Michael Wilson, Daniel Stobbart, and Edward…

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Churches and Hotels

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Mr. T. Thorn's opinion: -- Is Australia likely to be saved from pestilence by neglecting all religious services and giving the Sabbath up to…

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Hotel Hours

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Someone suggested that owing to the pneumonic -influenza, epidemic only a limited number of persons be allowed to enter hotels at a time…

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No More Cases Lull in Influenza Fresh Cabinet Decisions Hotels Not Yet to Close

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

It was officially stated at the Board of Health this morning that the position with regard to the cases of pneumonic-influenza in Sydney was as followes New cases .................Nil…

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Further Restrictions on Public Gatherings No Crowding in Hotels and Restaurants—Outdoor Church Services and Public Meetings Prohibited. Libraries Shut

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 2

The State Cabinet yesterday submitted a number of questions dealing with the situation created by the influenza plague to the Medical Consultative Council,…

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Hotels and the Public

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 2

The attention of hotelkeepers and the public is drawn to an advertisement in which the committee or the Licensed Victuallers' Association desires,…

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Hotels and the Public

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 7

The attention of hotelkeepers and the public is drawn to an advertisement [?] in our advertising columns in which the committee of the Licensed Victuallers'…

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