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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1919

740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 37

Liquor Bill License Reduction. Prohibition and Compensation. Referendum Issues

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

The Government's Liquor Amendment Bill was introduced in the Legislative Assembly last night by Mr. Hall. The bill proposes to extend tho period during…

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A Dynamite Outrage. Hotel Occupants' Lucky Escape

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

The inhabitants of Kamballa, a small mining settlement, four miles from Kalgoorlie (W.A.), were startled by the sound of a terrific explosion at an…

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Liquor Strike. Hotels Remain Open. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 6

The Liquor Trade Employees, at a meeting to-day, decided to remnin on strike. In the meantime hotelkeepers are carrying on as best they can. The only people who appear to be…

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CORNELL, Chemist The Progressive Pharmacy. Forest Road, Hurstville. Between Post Office and Hotel. Phone 316 Kog

The Propeller · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 3

Hours:--Daily 8.30 a.m. till 8 p.m. Closed Saturday afternoons. Sundays and Holidays, 9 till 11 a.m. and 7 till 8 p.m. Only urgent medicines after…

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The City's Food Proposal to License Sellers

The Sun · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 5

The City Council has on several occasions discussed the question of controlling the purveyors of food. Alderman Meagher is to propose at the…

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Seaside Hotel Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Lorne Hotel, a popular Victorian seaside accommodation house, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The building--of brick and wood--is stated…

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Auctioneer's Licenses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 8

At the Ryde Police Court, on Tuesday, Messrs. Baxter and J. Foulcher, J.'sP. granted the following applications for auctioneer's licenses: General—Archibald…

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The People's Food Proposed Licensing of Vendors

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 November 1919 · page 3

At the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, Ald. Meagher will carry to a test vote the oft-discussed desirableness of licensing sellers of food for…

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License Reduction. Provisions of Bill. Payment of Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 December 1919 · page 5

The Liquor Act Amendment Bill, now before the Legislative Assembly, provides that the License Reduction Board shall come into operation on January 1, and shall remain in…

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Coogee Bay Hotel, Ltd

The Sun · Monday 1 December 1919 · page 4

Contrary to previous experience, this company did particularly well during the past winter. In October, 1917, the net profits were £1100, and in 1918 only…

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Carnival Time Hotel Prosecutions

Evening News · Tuesday 2 December 1919 · page 4

Frederick Deaton, Hcensee of the Grand Pier Hotel, Manly, was, at the local police court, fined £5, with 6s ce[?] in defauit one months's imprisonment, for…

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The Liquor Bill. Provision for Compensation. £240,000 in Three Years. May Affect 300 Licenses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 December 1919 · page 5

The second reading of the Liquor Act Amendment Bill was moved by Mr. Hall, in the Legislative Assembly last night. Though there was not a large attendance of members,…

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'Flu Proclamation Closing of Hotels Thirty-one Cases Withdrawn

Evening News · Wednesday 3 December 1919 · page 5

The Decision of the High Court that the Governor's proclamation under the Quarantine Act, ordering the closing of premises licensed under the Liquor Act…

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Licenses Reduction Board

Evening News · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 5

Mr. James Marion, general secretary New South Wales Alliance, writes:-Mr. Coates, secretary of the Citizens' Rights and Liquor Reform Association…

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Dry Again! Beer Strike Starts All Breweries Idle Hotels Not Affected Yet

Evening News · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 6

The three big Sydney breweries, including the aerates water [?]tions, are [?] as a result of a strike…

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Hotels Well Supplied

The Sun · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 7

According to statements made by a number of hotel proprietors to-day, the majority do not fear a shortage of liquor for some time to come…

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Hotel Employees

The Sun · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 7

Members of the Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Employees' Union will, says Mr. Burns, the secretary, meet on Tuesday night next to consider the…

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Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 9

At the last sitting of the Metropolitan Licensing Court, the following publicans' licenses were transferred:—Lallah Rookh Hotel, City-ro[?]d, Darlington, from Peter Power to Mary [?]el Agnew; Britannia…

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Non-intoxicants. Sale on Licensed Premises. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 13

Mr. Rogers moved an amendment to the Amending Licensing Bill in the Legislative Assembly, the effect of which would be to allow hotelkeepers to supply tea, coffee,…

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Mine Hostess The Woman Publican Notion Travelled Channel

The Sun · Sunday 7 December 1919 · page 17

Writing to a London paper a little while ago, Bishop Hamilton Baynes, assistant Anglican Bishop in the diocese of Birmingham, said: "I want to…

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