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Broken Hill & the Far West · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1907

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A Publican's License. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

John Moyston, of the Moving star Hotel, Bathurst, having been thrice convicted of Sunday trading, has been called upon to show cause why his…

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Hotel Open on Polling Day, Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 8

A publican at Mount Drysdale, in the Cobar district, was yesterday fined 2s. 6d. for keeping his licensed promises open on polling day. This is believed…

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Hotel Open on Polling Day. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 4

A publican at Mount Drysdale, in the Cobar district, was yesterday fined 2s. 6d. for keeping his licensed promises open on polling day. This is believed…

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Victorian Licensing Act. a Defiant Restaurant Keeper. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 1

The clause in the new Licensing Act prohibiting restaurant keepers from sending out for liquor to the order of customers is meeting with considerable…

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Sporting. Licensed Racecourses. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

The names of the racecourses licensed under the Gaming and Betting Act were announced yesterday…

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A Hotel Reassessed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

In the Licensing Court yesterday, before Messrs. Stephen Murphy, D.S.M., and C. Eley, J.P., Mr. A. J. Hall, on behalf of Engene…

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Fire at a Hotel. Man Badly Burnt. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

A fire occurred last night at the Turf C[?] Hotel, North Melbourne. Frederick Ellis, the well-known horse trainer, was badly burned, and is in a…

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Licensed Victuallers' Secretary. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. Ashton, secretary of the Licensed Vi[?]tuallers' Association, has resigned…

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A Point in Licensing Law. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. Justice Simpson yesterday heard an appeal in a case in which a policeman found a man leaving a certain hotel premises on a Sunday with a demijohn…

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Licensee Disqualified. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

John Mostyn, proprietor of the Morning Star Hotel, Bathurst, who has been three times convicted of breaches of the Licensing Act, has been…

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The Palace Hotel. The License Cancelled. Special Certificate Granted

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

Probably the most interesting case heard before the Licensing Court in Broken Hill for years past was one which was concluded before Messrs,…

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Licensing Cases

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

Before the Licensing Bench (Messrs. Dove, D.S.M., C. Eley and G.,Bowen, Js.P.) this morning Sub-inspector Sawtell made application under the, 25th…

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The Murder of Hewitt. Drink for the Blacks, A Publican Fined. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

At the Milang police court yesterday Violet Baxter, licensee of the Pier Hotel, was charged with having on January 23 supplied wine to the…

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A Daring Robbery. Hotel Robbed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

'A daring burglary took place at the Lord Melbourne Hotel, North Adelaide, between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, spirits valued at £20 being…

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A Daring Robbery. Hotel Robbed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 8

A daring burglary took place at the Lord Melbourne Hotel, North Adelaide, between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, spirits valued at £20 being…

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The New Hotel Law. "Found Unlawfully on the Premises." Novel Excuses

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

There are already accumulating amusing experiences in connection with the new and drastic Victorian Licensing Act…

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Unfortunate Publicans

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 2

The new Liquor Act and its probable direct on the business prospects of some of the publicans of Broken Hill was made the subject of discussion at…

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Licensing Court

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

In the Licensing Court this morning, before Mr. Dove, D.S.M., Eley and Bowen, Js.P., a transfer of the license of the Gasworks Hotel was granted from…

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A Dishonest Publican. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

Samuel Bryant, a local publical, was at Goulburn yesterday sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for having converted to his own use a sum of money…

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Dishonest Publicans. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

Two charges of having brandy, bearing a false trade description were dealt with at the Perth Police Court yesterday. Patrick A. Connolly, of the…

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