Californian Mail Extracts. Hadn't the Nerve. How a Hotel Clerk Played the Good Samaritan to a Bashful Guest
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1876 · page 2
Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: They came to Gibson House last Sunday evening about 6 o'clock in a buggy, and registered as John Harris and bride, from Grant County, Ky. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the Yacht Club Hotel, Newcastle. (Yesterday's Pilot.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1876 · page 4
About 1.20 on Monday morning the city was alarmed by the ringing of the fire-bell at the engine house in Newcomen-street. At the first sound of the bell a reporter from this office went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Marquis of Lorn Hotel, Lambton. (Miners' Advocate, Feb. 19.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1876 · page 6
At a little before twelve o'olook on Thursday night the whole of the town was thrown into a state of exeitement by the erics of " fire,' and the now well-known tones of the fire ball. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, April 4, 1876. Publicans and Sunday Selling
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1876 · page 4
MR. JOHN DAVIES deserves credit for good intentions in his attempt to restrict the sale of liquors by prohibiting Sunday selling in public houses. And if the prohibition promised to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle. Wonderfully Narrow Escape. (Newcastle Herald of Thursday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 7
The town last night, at a quarter to 12 o'clock, was unusually quiet, and the hotels were about being closed, when a man calling out "Fire!" rushed bare-headed down Hunter-street, from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rental of Crown Lands under Lease or License
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 3
A further return (says the Echo), containing particulars of Crown lands held under lease or license, has been laid before, and printed to the order of, the Legislative Assembly. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of a Licensed Victualler at Cardiff
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1876 · page 7
A cold blooded and determined murder was committed on March 13, at Cardiff, Wales The murdered man is a licensed victualler and fisherman, named Edward Steelfox, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Licensing Boards
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1876 · page 7
Mr. Cowen's bill for transferring to licensing boards the power of granting public house licenses has been rejected in the House of Commons, on a division of 274 to 109…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire at Wiloannie.— Total Destruction of the Punt Hotel
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1876 · page 4
On the morning of the 28th ultimo (reports the Times) about half-past one o'olook, the townspeople were aroused by the ory of " Fire!" when it was discovered that the Punt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regulations Under the "Gunpowder and Explosive Consolidation Act Act, 1876," (40 VICTORIA, No. 1.) The management and control of all magasines, and the storage aad custody, of explosives. [?]gazines and licensed premises subject to Act 40 Victoria. No. 1
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1876 · page 7
1. All magazines and licensed premises for the storage of explosives and explosive substances, together with the importation, custody, removal, and carriage of the same, are subject…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive Fire at Canonbar. Club House Hotel Burnt to the Ground. (From the Evening News Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1876 · page 3
On Monday morning, about five o'clock, a destructive five broke out on the premises of the Club House Hotel, and resulted in utterly destroying the buildings, furniture, and effects…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Total Abstinence. the Licensing System
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1876 · page 6
A public meeting in advocacy of the principles of total abstinence was held in the School of Arts, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening Mr. J. W. Pender occupied the chair. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Publicans' Licensing System
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1876 · page 4
A MEETING of clergymen, to secure greater control over the system of granting licenses to publicans, was held in Sydney on Monday Nov. 27, and the question was also agitated in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →