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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1919

740 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 37

Why Single Out Hotels?

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 5

The Rev. Mr. Cocks would close hotels during the "flu" scare. I would like to ask that gentleman has he the interest of the general public at heart…

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Hotel Balcony Collapses

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 7

While a plano was being hauled up to the balcony of the old Racecourse Hotel, Newcastle, the balcony collapsed and five people were thrown to the…

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INFLUENZA (Continued from Page 7)' May Order Liquor Concession for Hotels 'Phone or Post Only No Pavement Orgies

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 8

Hotel keepers and wine shop keepers may take orders by post or telephone, for their bottle departments, and may supply the liquor thus…

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Closing Hotels Plea for the Workers Order Cannot Be Revoked

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 7

Mr. Doyle, M.LA, introduced a deputation to the Minister for Health this afternoon representing the Labor Council and the Hotel Employees'…

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Taking No Risks Bathurst Hotelkeepers Unwelcome City Visitors Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 8

The Bathurst hotelkeepers have become agitators over the question of accommodating Sydney visitors. One section has announced that it is…

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Spirits by Measure Victorian Publicans Dissatisfied

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 1

[?] Wednesday [?] has been express [?] publicans with the [?]…

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Hotel Employees Anxious. Application for Relief. Minister Emphatic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 9

Mr. J. W. Doyle, M.L.A., yesterday introduced to the Minister for Health (Mr. Fitzgerald) a deputation representing the Liquor Trades Employees' Union, the Hotel,…

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Hotel Bars. Effect of Closing. Rush for Supplies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 8

If the people of Sydney had been given 12 hours' notice that they were to submit to total prohibition, the result would have been much the same as that which followed the…

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Closing Hotels Drunkenness In Melbourne MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

The presence of many drunken soldiers in the city, along with the failure of many hotel licensees to observe the regulation regarding the number in…

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Row in a Hotel a Parramatta Affair Military Man Fined

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

At the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S M Harry Dean and Harry Owen Dean were charged with maliciously injuring…

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Hotelkeepers Want Moratorium

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

A deputation from the [?] Association this morning [?] Minister for justice, with the [?] that the Government would…

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Hotel Orders Mistake in Eastern Suburbs

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

A curious mistake was [?] some consternation among the hotelkeepers of the Eastern Suburbs yesterday. On Tuesday the order [?]…

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Hotels Closed. Within, County of Cumberland. Precaution Against Spread of the War Plague

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 16

The N.S.W. Cabinet on Monday decided to issue a proclamation ordering that ton and after 6 p.m. next day (February 4), within the County of Cumberland, all…

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The Restrictions. a Depressing Effect. Hotels and Restaurants Suffer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

The varions restrictions that have been imposed with a view to combating influenza are having a depressing effect upon business generally…

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Liquor to Soldiers. Hotel Closed for Day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The flagrant manner in which some city hotelkeepers have been flouting the regulations with regard to the serving of liquor to soldiers wearing blue…

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Hotel and Restaurant Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

All members of the Hotel Club, Restaurant, and Caterers' Employees' Union out of work through the present epidemic and the closing of hotels, are requested to attend at the office,…

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Soldiers in Bars Publicans Take Action Sharp Warning to the Trade

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

When the military authorities closed Young and Jackson's Hotel, Melbourne, this week, the Liquor Trade Defence Association and the Licensed Victuallers'…

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Hotel Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

The following transfers were granted yesterday by the Metropolitan Licensing Court:—Robert Samuel Coveny to Sydney Williams, British Empire Hotel, George-street; Walter James Norman to Alfred Martin, Star…

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Hotels Closed by Military. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 8

Six hotels were closed in Melbourne to-day by order of the military authorities for an alleged infringement of the regulations regarding the sale of drink to troops…

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The Hotels. Heavy Financial Loss. Appeal for Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 6

The plight of hotelkeepers owing to their premises having been closed by Government proclamation is a serious feature of the epidemic. The position in which they find…

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