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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1891

44 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 3

Slaughtering Licenses

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3

THIS afternoon Messrs. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., and G. A. Mills, J.P., adjudicated upon the applications of Messrs. Pierce and Mosely for slaughtering licenses. The…

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Hotel Burnt at Thackaringa

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 January 1891 · page 2

AT 1.30 o'clock this morning, a telegram informs us, the Royal Hotel, Thackaringa, was burnt to the ground. The house was in the occupancy of Mr. James…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1891 · page 2

THE quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Broken Hill was held at the Court this morning, before Messrs. C. L. C. Badham (chairman), Z. Lane, and G…

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Finiag Publicans

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 2

A BIG raid was made last Sunday on those publicans who violate the law referring to licensed victuallers. Halfa-dozen or more licensees of…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 2

THE adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensing Court was held to-day, and voluminous evidence was taken in support of and against the several applications,…

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The Raid on Publicans

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 3

THIS morning an unusually large contingent of local dispensers of fermented and spirituous liquors appeared at the Police Court charged with a breach of the…

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Juvenile Burglars. Two Girls and a Boy Loot a Hotel. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 3

Two girls named Cornwell, the oldest 14 and the youngest 8, and a brother, aged 13, burgled a hotel at Maryborough recently, and stole a quantity of beer and…

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The Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 3

THE quarterly Licensing Court for the district of Broken Hill, consisting of Messrs. C. L. C. Badham (chairman), and Z. Lane and G. A. Mills, members, was…

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Outrage by a Desperado [?]e Sticks Up a Hotel. Shot by a Woman. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. WILCANNIA, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 3

Information was received by the police yesterday that a man named Flanagan made an attempt to stick up the Ten-mile Point Hotel on the 11th instant, and was…

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The Pastoral War. Squatters v. sh[?]arers. Armed Police Despatched to the North. Publicans Supporting Unionists. The Telegraph Wires to be Cut. [By Telegraph] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 February 1891 · page 3

Eighty armed constables left yesterday evening for Rockhampton by the Cintra. Owing to the large number of police withdrawn, specials have had to be sworn in…

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The Palace Hotel Fires. Trial of Oswald Twist. Judge Summing Up in Priosoner's Favor. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 February 1891 · page 3

The trial of Oswald Twist, for causing the Palace Hotel fires, is proceeding. Mr. Justice Molesworth is summing up very much in favor of the prisoner. He…

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The Palace Hotel Fires. More Complications. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 3

The Palace Hotel troubles are becoming more serious than ever. A girl named O'Neill, one of the witnesses in the case against Twist, was arrested to-day at the…

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The Pastoral War. Sensational Move by the Shearers. a Hotel Boycotted Sir T. M'ilwraith and the Labor Federation. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondents. CLERMONT

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 2

The movement of the unionists has caused a sensation. Yesterday 123 unionists, all well mounted, left Sandy Creek camp and came into Clermont. There…

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The Licensing Bench

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 2

RECOGNISING the fact that a large number of applications under the Licensing Act have to be dismissed at every sitting of the Bench on account of non-compliance…

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A Hotel Burned Down. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 3

There was a big fire at Omeo on Saturday. It broke out in a Chinese cook's room, at the Golden Age Hotel, and in very quick time demolished the hotel…

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The Commercial Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 2

"ANOTHER old landmark swept away," remarks the casual observer, rather regretfully, as he passes by the site at the corner of Argent and Oxide streets and…

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The Palace Hotel Fires. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 2

Mr. Wilson, of the Palace Hotel, is being proceeded against at the City Court to-day on a criminal summons for three charges of perjury, and one of…

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Palace Hotel Fires. Confession of Conspiracy. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 2

A new development has occurred in connection with the mysterious Palace Hotel cases. Minnie O'Neill, charged with conspiracy to commit perjury with…

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Palace Hotel Fires. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1891 · page 3

Minnie O'Neill, charged with conspiring with one William Pilley to commit perjury in connection with the cases arising out of the Palace Hotel, was…

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Palace Hotel Fires. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 4

Minnie O'Neill, charged with conspiring with one William Pilley to commit perjury in connection with the cases arising out of the Palace Hotel, was…

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