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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1880

9 stories in Murray's papers

Destruction of the Cape Hawke Hotel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 15

The destruction of the Cape Hawke Hotel, at Forster, by fire, which occurred on the morning of the 22nd Jan., falls with great severity on the owner, Mr. R. Phegan. He left Sydney eleven years ago,…

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Victorian Gazette. Issue of New Licenses Under Sec. 49

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1880 · page 3

Henry Kierath, 20a. Chiltern West; Robert Potter, 20a. Chiltern West; William S Smith, 8a., Chiltern; John Barker, 20a., Chiltern West; Peter…

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A Good Newspaper for the Publicans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 14

If the following story told by the Sydney Bulletin be correct, the journal referred to by our contemporary ought to prove a mat acquisition to the hotelkeeper in the neighborhood, apart…

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Fire at the Commercial Hotel. Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 2

Mr J. E. Pearce, coroner, held on inquiry before a jury of twelve, on Wednesday, respecting the origin of the fire at Sabine's hotel…

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Scene at the Sydney Annual Licensing Meeting. Bearding the Bench

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 May 1880 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon one of the most remarkable, and, perhaps, the most disgraceful, scenes that have ever occurred in a British court of justice took place at the Water…

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The New Licensing Bill

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 2

The S. M. Herald has the following respecting the licensing bill now being considered in the Legislative Assembly, Sydney: — Licensing districts are to be proclaimed,…

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Destruction of Murphy's Lake Hotel, Gunbar, by Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 19 May 1880 · page 2

On Friday last Mr J. E. Pearce, P.M., held an inquiry into the circumstances attending the burning of the Lake Hotel, Gunbar, on the 10th May, before a jury of five,…

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The Licensing Laws

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 May 1880 · page 2

EVERY one will have been, rejoiced to see that the Government has at last introduced a measure upon this subject; a measure that it may be hoped will produce some beneficial…

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The Second Reading of the Licensing Bill

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 16 June 1880 · page 2

THE speech of Sir Henry Parkes in moving the second reading of the Licensing Bill was an elaborate display of statistics, but we confess that it did not strike us as a very successful…

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