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Hunter Valley · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1899

126 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 7

The Licensing Act

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

IT is an established fast that there is hardly an Act on the Statute Book of this colony which, if carried out in its entirety would not inflect [?]erited hardship on the public…

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Licenses to Inoculate for Tick Fever

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 4

Attention having been called to the fact that under the regulations persons desirous of obtaining licenses under the Animals Infections Diseases Act for the purpose of…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1899 · page 4

TRANSFER.—A transfer was granted of the license of the Family Hotel, Greta, from Williams Phillips, to George Kenny…

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Murrurundi Quarter Sessions. Licensing Appeal. (Before His Honor Acting Judge Harris.) Scone Licensing Inspector v. Jas Hardcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1899 · page 2

THIS was an appeal against a conviction by Mr. G R. Evans, Licensing Magistrate of Scone, of James Hardcastle, of the Railway Hotel, Scone,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, L.M)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1899 · page 3

TRANSFER.—A transfer of the license of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel was granted from Thomas Harper to William Atkinson, there being no police objection…

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Supposed Double Suicide at Newcastle. a Man and Woman Found Dead in a Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 4

The inmates of the Great Northern Hotel were startled last evening by the report that two persons—a man and woman had been found dead in their rooms. They had been staying in the hotel…

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Dungog Police Court. Friday, March 9, 1899. (Before F. W. Garstang and F. A. Hooke, Licensing Magistrates.) POLICE V. LEEDHAM

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 3

Thomas Leedham was charged that he did on February 25th sell at his wineshop, Brookfield, beer without a license…

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Supposed Double Suicide at Newcastle. a Man and Woman Found Dead in a Hotel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 10

The inmates of the Great Northern Hotel were startled on Monday evening by the report that two persons—a man and woman, had been found dead in their rooms. They had been staying in the hotel…

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Erring Publicans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 3

A number of hotelkeepers were heavily fined to-day for breaches of the Licensing Act…

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A Mysterious Suicide. Strange End of a Publican. Suddenly Springs From a Steamer. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 3

A sensation was caused amongst the passengers on the Manly steamer Narabeen, on its 10.30 trip from Sydney this morning, through a passenger named James Ryan jumping overboard while the…

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A Harbor Sensation. a Publican Jumps Off a Manly Boat

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 4

A SENSATION was caused amongst the passengers on the Manly steamer Narrabeea on Saturday morning through a passenger named James…

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Our Singleton Letter. Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott, P.M., Chairman, and Robert Falkiner, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 3

The quarterly report of the Licensing Inspector (Senior-Sergeant Moylan) was presented, and considered satisfactory. RENEWALS.—A renewal of his wine license was…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 4

on Tuesday, before the Police Magistrate and Mr R. Faulkner, L.M., the quarterly report of the Licensing inspector was read. This slated that…

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Important to Publicans

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 2

THE Stipendary Magistrate at Newcastle has given a decision to the effect that a publican cannot recover in a court of law the cost of liquor supplied…

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Local News Wine License Renewed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 2

At the local Li[?]ensing Court on Tuesday, a renewal of a colonial wine lieense was granted to R. J. M'Cosker, of Black Creek, Branxton…

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Liquor Licensing Laws

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

Viscount Peel late Speaker of the House of Commons, has resigned his position as a member of the Royal Commission on the Licensing Laws (of which he was appointed chairman in 1896) in…

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Liquor Licensing Laws

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 3

Viscount Peel, late speaker, of the House of Commons, who recently resigned his position as a member of the Royal Commission on the Liquor Licensing Laws (of which he was appointed…

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Licensing Court. Friday, April 14, 1899. Before Mr. G. R. Evans, L.M.

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 2

THE Licensing Inspector (Senior Sergeant Coady proceeded against Lloyd Barlow, licensee of the Golden Fleece Hotel, Scone, for allowing music to be…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 2

On Tuesday, at the Laeensing Court, before Mr G. F. Scott and Mr li. Fanlker. L.Ms., Mr Rabinson made application for the renewal of the license of the…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. R. Scobie and E. R. Wright, L.M's.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

BREACHES OF THE LICENSING ACT.—Morris Murphy was charged with obtaining beer at the Caledonian Hotel, Homeville, on Sunday, April 2, he not being bona fide lodger. Defendant pleaded…

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