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Hotels & licensing, 1882

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The Licensing Act

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 13 January 1882 · page 2

ANOTHER Act of Parliament ready to be driven through by coaches and six. Yet one more instance of the delightful character for ambiguity that surrounds New South…

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“Licensing” Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 27 January 1882 · page 2

The cases of Mr. John Murray, and Mr. David Barry, in the matter of applications, the former.for a transfer of his publican’s license, and the latter for a billard license…

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The Publicans and the Eleven o’Clock Question

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 5

IN Chambers, yesterday, before Sir George Innes, the application to make absolute a rule nisi for a prohibition in the matter of James Sharp, of the Colonnade Hotel, came…

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Sir George Innes and the Publicans. (By Firefly.)

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 10 February 1882 · page 5

WHATEVER satisfaction the judgment of Sir George Innes, in the case of the publican Sharp, convicted of a breach of the new Licensing Act, may give to the enthusiasts…

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The Licensing Bench

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 10 March 1882 · page 2

The Government Gazette tells us that Messrs. Cornish, Dugdale, and Creagh are appointed as the Licensing Bench for the Manning district. The week before last we thought…

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Licensing Act

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 17 March 1882 · page 2

ONLY that it is so noted a fact that the Sydney Morning Herald never jokes, people might have been led to an idea that old traditions were cast aside, and a new departure…

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Hawker’s License

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 24 March 1882 · page 5

An application from Mr. R. Stone for a Hawker’s License was postponed to Court, at Taree, on Tuesday next. SMALL DEBTS COURT…

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Licensing Court Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 7 April 1882 · page 2

IN a capitally written sketch of the “Caesar of the Central,” (Mr. Dillon, Stipendiary Magistrate) by Pasquin, in the Freeman’s Journal, appear the following words:—“But…

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Licensing Court, Taree. Tuesday, 25th April 1882

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 2

BEFORE J. A. Creagh, Esq. Licensing Magistrate—chairman—and T. W. Dugdale Esq., J. P. and J. H. Cornish, Esq., J. P. Messrs. Castle, and Melville, Solicitors,…

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Licensing Act 1881

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 4

Oh would some power the giftie gi’e us To see ourselves as ithers see us T’would from many an error free us And foolish notion…

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The Licensing Court

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 2

THE proceedings at the Licensing Court held at Taree, on Tuesday last, were of a character to deserve the approbation of the public. From the outset it was evident that…

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The Licensing Act and the Publicans

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 3

IT is one of the misfortunes of all merely human legislation which aspires to sublimer objects than the wise regulation of society to be subject to the evil influences of…

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Licensing Court Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 2

THE Press of the colony teams with instances of the curious administration of the Licensing Act. Already the vagaries of the Licensing Courts have gone far to bring greater…

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The Licensing Act

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 23 June 1882 · page 3

WE append a report of an “appeal” case, heard before judge Murray at the Court of Quarter Sessions, Sydney, last week. It will be seen that the finding of the Licensing…

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The Licensing Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 23 June 1882 · page 2

PERUSAL of the reports of some of the cases heard before the Licensing Court, in Sydney, tends very much to shew the want of judgement of the principal Stipendiary…

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The Licensing Bench

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 3

The appointment of M. John Davies ’o a seat on the Licensing Bench will probably be offensive to the publicans, and open to much objection from the general public…

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Licensed Bushman’s Association

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 21 July 1882 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Licensed Bushman’s Association was held on Saturday the 15th Instant. Owing to the…

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Licensing Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 18 August 1882 · page 3

When Mr. District Court Judge Murray, a mouth or two since, ruled that under the 63rd section of the Licensing Act the onus of proof that a person found drinking in…

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The Licensing Law

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 25 August 1882 · page 2

Sin Henry Parkes, when he was in England, was profuse in his praises of the (Liquor) Licensing Act which he helped to pass. And in the opening speech of the…

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Licensing Benches

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 2

THE return asked for by Mr Wm. Forster respecting appointments to Licensing Benches will be valuable. It seems to be generally acknowledged that much…

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