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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1906

136 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 7

Collapse of an Hotel. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 4

A large hotel in courso of construction at Long Bench, California, without warning, collapsed. Twelve persons were killed…

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Fatal Hotel Fire. Boarder Burnt to Death. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 2

The Bridge Hotel at Waitara Taranaki was destroyed by fire yesterday, a boarder named Thomas M'Gime being burned to death…

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San Francisco. a Reign of Terror. Armed Guard at Hotels. Mayor Accused of Corrupt Practices. [Reuter's Message.] Landon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 8

The Grand Jury his indieted Eugene Schmitz, the Labor Mayor of San Francisco, and Abe Ruef the city "boss," of oxtortion Schmitz is chanrged with…

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A Hotel Row. a Manager in Trouble

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 4

Before Mr. Stevenson, S.M., in the Police Court to-day, Peter Robinson pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully assaulting John Walter…

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Pressman in a Hotel. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 2

At Queanbeyan yesterday Mr. [?], a local newspaper proprietor, was charged with being on licensed premises without just cause after hours…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 5

Messrs. Stevenson, S.M., and Eley, J.P., sat as a Licensing Court yesterday. Herbert Sayers was granted a…

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The Purchase of a Hotel

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 4

The purchase of the Crown and Anchor Hotel by Mrs. Clinch (the license and goodwill from Albert Edward Lawson and the house from Emil Resch)…

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Young Tipplers. a Wine License Refused. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 1

An application to the Licensing Court for a coloninl wine license at the Hampton tea-gardans was refused to-day, manly on the ground that the, place…

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A Licensing Appeal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

A special case was stated for the opinion of the Supreme Court on Monday on an appeal from the decision of Mr. George Stevenson, S.M., at…

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The Licensing Law. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 4

The police magistrate at Hay yesterday, ruled that it was unlawful to remove from a public-house beer purchased on the previous day…

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How Prohibition Works. Official Report on Mildura. Plea for a Well-conducted Hotel

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 2

An official visit of inspection to Mildura was recently paid by Dr. Robertson, of the Victorian Health Department, and in his report presented to…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 1

Messrs. Dove, D.S.M., and Eley, J.P., sat as a Licensing Bench to-day. Hawker's licenses ware granted to Chong Lee and Meyer Singh…

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The Liquor Cases. Publicans Fined

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

Quite a number of cases under the new Liquor (Amenument) Act were called before Mr. Dove, D.S.M., in the Police Court yesterday…

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New South Wales. Chargk Against a Publican. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 2

Samuel George Brant, licensee of a hotel at Goulburn, has been remanded on a charge of fraudulently converting £103, the property of Henry Yates, a…

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Daring Robbery. Tattersall's Hotel Entered. £88 Stolen

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 December 1906 · page 2

A daring robbery was perpetrated at Mitchell's Tattersalls Hotel early on Sunday morning, resulting in a loss to the popular proprietor, Mr. E. H…

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The Hotels at Christmas. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 December 1906 · page 2

The decision of the Commissioner of Police not to issue hotel permits for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve has been of no avail. The Commissioner,…

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