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Hotels & licensing, 1907

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Booth Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 4

R. Legge and. W.Thompson applied for booth licenses for the Maitland races on Monday next. Both applications were granted…

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Reduction of Licenses. The Alliance Anxious[?]

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 October 1907 · page 2

The New South Wales Alliance is anxious that speedy effect should be given to the results of the local option vote. The attention of the Premer was on Tuesday night directed to a…

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Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 6

A transfer of a publican's license of the Commercial Hotel, Jerry's Plains, from Ernest E. Denny to Benjamin Hardy, was granted by the Beneh…

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Local and General. Auctioneers' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 4

Persons desirous of obtaining renewals of their auctioneers' licenses, should make a note of the fact that applications should be lodged for same not later than November 5…

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Coach License

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 6

Herbert Solman has been granted a [?] license to ply between Singleton and [?] Creek…

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Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 8

R.D. Browne was granted a collector's license, and R.D. Sim a second-hand dealer's license…

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Licensed Surveyor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 November 1907 · page 2

Mr. J. Manners, who was recently appointed Town Surveyor for the Municipality of West Maitland, has opened an office in the Town Hall, where he may be consulted…

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Currency Lass Hotel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 November 1907 · page 4

Mr. Jock Andrews, who resigned from the mounted police in August last, and who for many years was stationed in the Mount Vincent district, intimates by advertisement in this issue that he…

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American Hotel Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 3

The act of a careless cigarette smoker caused the destruction of the Hotel Garde at New Haven, Connecticut. Two hundred guests were rescued with difficulty from their rooms. Six hotel…

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A Publican's Appeal. No Boor on Tap

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 2

An application was made to Mr Justice Pring in Chambers at Sydney on Wednesday, on behalf of Adam Menzies, to make absolute a rule for a…

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A Gun License Bill

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

Mr Broughton re-introduced to the Legislative Assembly on Thursday his Gun License Bill, which includes air guns and firearms of every description,…

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Tragedy in a Sydney Hotel. Husband Kills His Wife and Destroys Himself

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 2

A mysterious tragedy win enacted on Friday at the Hotel Metropolo, Sydney. George Lister King and his wife,…

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City Hotel Tragedy. Husband Shoots Wife. Then Commits Suicide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 1

A double tragedy was enacted at the Hotel Metropole, Sydney, on Friday, George Lister King, 32, a solicitor, of Cowra, killing his wife, Ada Rasalie…

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Licensing Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 4

George Henry Betteridge was granted a collector's Hcense. The domestic servants (writes a Dunedin correspondent) in Christchurch, New…

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The Hotel Metropole Tragedy. the Inquest. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. King, the victims of the Hotel Metropole tragedy. Geo. King brother of the female deceased, deposed that the latter's…

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Wingen. Opening of New Hotel

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 3

THE fine Durham Hotel, on the G.N. Road, Wingen, was opened to-day. The proprietor, Mr. Aaron Morris, of Scone,…

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The Hotel Metropole Tragedy. the Inquest. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 8

An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs: King, tho victims of the Hotel Metropole tragedy. Goo. King, brother of !ho female deceased, deposed that the latter's…

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A Publican's Dilemma. Important Point Under Liquor Law

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 3

An appeal to set aside a conviction in a proceeding before Mr W.A. Dove, P.M., at Wyalong, came before Mr Juctice Pring in Chambers at Sydney on…

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Hotel Metropole Tragedy. The Inquest

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 6

An inquest into the deaths of George Lister King and Ada Rosalie King, the victims of the Hotel Metropole tragedy, was hold at the Sydney Coroner's Court…

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Auctioneers' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 2

The annual meeting of justices for the purpose of dealing with applications foe auctioneers' licenses was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning. Mr. John…

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