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Murray · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1893

48 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3

The Confidence Trick. Played at the Terminus Hotel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 3

William Geyer was charged at the police court this morning with fraudulently appropriating 9s, the property of W. Hinchcliffe, of the Terminus Hotel…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. [Before the Licensing Magistrate, and G. D. Ringrose. Esq., Member.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

There was no business to transact. The Inspector's report for the quarter was accepted without comment…

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Tallangatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 25. (Before Messrs. J. Bowan, C L Dobbyn and Thos. Smallman, L M.’s )Unauthorised Absence

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 37

Arthur Joseph Allen was charged, under the 104th section of the Licensing Act 1890, with leaving his licensed premises at Mitta Mitta for a longer period than 28 days without…

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Hawkers’ Licenses

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 2

THE increase in the number of aliens who periodically apply, for hawkers licenses, promises to become an additional evil in this colony. Already the different Benches of…

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A Hint to Hotel Keepers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 2

A gentleman from the west pulled himself up to the hotel table, tucked his napkin under his chin, picked up the bill of fare, and began to study it intently…

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Slaughtering Without a License

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 19

E. J. Kelly was brought before the Bench last Tuesday on a summons, charging him with slaughtering without a license. Mr. Hansel appeared for the defence. James Drummond,…

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Tricks Upon Publicans

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 9

Saloon-keepers, as a rule, are a well-abused class, and get the name, whether they deserve it or not, of taking full advantage of the weakness of their…

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Great Fire at Broken Hill. Destruction of the York Hotel. Loss Estimated at Four Thousand Pounds. Broken Hill, Wednesday

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1893 · page 37

The nine whistles sounded the alarm at 1 o’clock this morning, and in a few minutes Argent-street was thronged by hundreds of people burrying towards Oxide-street,…

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Special Licensing Court. [Before the same Bench.]

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

William Mackenzie, Royal Hotel, and Mary Jane Murphy, Balranald Hotel, applied to the Court for certificates authorising the issue of booth or stand licenses for the…

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A Licensing Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 29

Recently the Melbourne Licensing Bench refused to grant a colonial wine license to one James Curtin, on the ground that his premises were within 300 yards or 400 yards of the…

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Travelling in the United States. Hints to Tourists Bound for Chicago. The Cab and Hotel Swindles

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 4

Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., writes as follows in the London Graphic:—Although Mr. Rudyard Kipling may have a good deal to say for his peculiar…

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Corowa Street Architecture. the Australian Hotel

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 3

AN important addition to the buildings of Sanger-street is just about completion at the hands of Mr. G. S. Mathews to the order of Mr. Richard King. It is an…

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Hawkers’ Licenses

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 29

At the hall-yearly meeting of the North-eastern Municipal Association it was resolved to enter an emphatic protest against the present system of issuing hawkers’ licensee in…

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Fire in an American Hotel. London, April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 18

A terrible fire has occurred in a hotel at Bradford, in Pennsylvania. A number of the inmates jumped out of the windows into the street, while others leapt into the…

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Deniliqjjin Licensing Court. Wednesday, April 5. (Before the Police Magistrate and Dr. Noyes, J.P.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 3

An application by Walter Smith for the renewal of his license for the Federal Hotel, Murray Downs, was granted…

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Corowa Licensing Court. Tuesday April 10, 1890. (Before Messrs. Land and Piggin, L.M[?])

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 2

[?]onswals of licenses were granted to W[?].Warron, Barongs Hotel, Baroogs; Anna [?]ason, Court House Hotel, Corowa; and Geo. G. Fraser, [?]ill Hotel Cororwa…

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Deniliquin Licensing Court. Tuesday April 18. ( Before the Licensing Magistrate Mr N. C. O’Neill. )

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

Booth licenses were granted to Mrs Collins of Pykes Hotel and Francis Sparrow of the Globe Hotel for the races on April 26th and 27th…

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Convictions Under the Licensinc Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 29

There has been prepared for this Minister for Justice a return showing the convictions under the Licensing Acts. The convictions relating to the whole colon v were as follows :—…

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A Special Lease Application. Proposed Hotel on Burrabogie. Objected to by the Station

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 2

An application was made to the Local Land Board on Friday on behalf of Philip Riley for a special lease of 320 acres, pariah of Pembelgong, county Waradgery, resumed…

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Deniliquin Licensing Court. (Before the Licensing Magistrate.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 3

A Booth license was granted to Mrs Collins of Pyks’e Hotel, for the races on the 24th May…

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