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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1897

88 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 5

Shot by an Hotelkeeper. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 5

AT 10 o'clock this morning great excitement was caused in Clarence and Margaret streets by the report of a revolver. Inquiries went to show…

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Alleged Slander. a Doctor Versus a Publican. Sydney, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 5

Justice Owen and a jury were to-day engaged in determining an action in which Dr. Donald Luker, of Brewarrina, sued Denis Joseph Hegarty, publican, [?] of Brewarrins, for recovery…

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Gunpowder Licenses

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 2

The following storekeepers in Singleton havo boon licensed to keep and soil explosives under the " G anpowder and Explosive Consolidation Act" :—James Moore…

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A Publican in Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1897 · page 3

Patrick Coak, licenses of the Burwood Hotel, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of inflicting grevious bodily harm upon Michael Leaming by shooting him with a revolver during a…

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A Peculiar Declaration. Odd Oath of a Hotel Man

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 11

Mr. Sydney Woodville, now employed at Yeomans's Agricultural Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney, to a reporter from the Sydney Worker said:—"I shall he pleased to give you an account of my cure by…

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Licensing Court.—tuesday Dec. 28Th. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P. M., Chairman.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 December 1897 · page 6

BILLIARD LICENSES.—Billiard Licenses were granted to W. J. Quinn (Mechanics' Institute), and H. B. Solomons, Imperial Hotel. FINE PEACHES.—Mr. Dan. Waddell, of Sedgefield,…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1897 · page 2

At the licensing court, yesterday, before Mr G. F. Scott. P.M., billiard licenses were granted to William J. Quinn (Mechanics' Institute), and Henry B. Solomons, license…

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Singleton Police Court. Tuesday, 28Th December. (Before Mr G. F. Scott, P.m.) Hawker's License

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1897 · page 4

A hawker's license was granted to Edwin Gladwin, of South Singleton. INDECENT ASSAULT. Bertie Dorrington, a young lad of…

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