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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1888

17 stories in New England's papers

Robbery at Oxford Hotel

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 2

A robbery occurred at the Oxford Hotel on Saturday. A number of lodgers lost money and jewellery to the value of £160, and as yet there is no clue of the robber…

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Armidale Police Court. Saturday Feb. 18. (Before the P.M.) Transfer of Licenses

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1888 · page 4

A TRANSFER of hotel license was granted from Sophia Jane Carton to Josias See, for Tattersall's Hotel, Guyra, and a transfer was also granted from Frank Wade of…

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Licensing Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 8

The Government have no present intention of introducing an amending licensing bill…

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Licensing Court.—april 18. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Charles Wilson.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 8

THOMAS Osborne, through Mr. T. J. Kearney, applied for a wine license for a house situated at Llangothlin. An objection was lodged by the Inspector. The…

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Licensing Court.—april 25. (Before the P.M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 4

A TRANSFER of a publican's license was granted from Eliza Marks to Patrick Coughlan for the Daniel O'Connell Hotel. THURSDAY, APRIL 26…

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Licensing Court. Wednesday, May 2. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. B. A. Moses and C. Wilson.) Wine License

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 8

POSTPONED application of Thomas Osborne for a wine license at Llangothlin. Mr. Kearney produced a requisition to the Bench from the inhabitants in the…

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Hotel Burned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 5

There was a fire at the Governor Dentson Hotel, at the corner of Erskine and Kent streets, this morning. The bar and five rooms on the ground floor, together…

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Hotel Destroyed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1888 · page 4

A very large hotel at Rookwood, Texas, United States, has been destroyed by fire, and eleven of the inmates were burned to death…

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Licensing Court.—june 22. (Before the P.M., and Messrs. Wilson and B. A. Moses.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 4

RENEWALS of the following hotel licenses were granted:—Lloyd Barlow, Bendemeer; John Carroll, Uralla; Patrick Coughlen, Armidale; A. Cunningham,…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Monday, July 23. (Before the P.M. and Mr. Wilson.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1888 · page 4

WiILLIAM Hiscox applied for a license for the Armidale Hotel. Mr. Kearney for applicant; Mr. Simpson for objector Hogbin, late licensee…

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Selling Without a License

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 4

A man named T. W. Hunt, for selling tram tickets without a license or authority from the railway commissioner, was today fined £5 with costs…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, Sept. 4. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. B. A. Moses and C. Wilson.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 3

Mr. Simpson appeared in support; of an application for a publican's license for John Bowers, and urged that the distance of five miles from Armidale was no bar to…

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Licensing Court.—sept. 24. (Before the P. M.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1888 · page 4

A TRANSFER of the license of the Commercial Hotel, and also a transfer of billiard license of the same hotel, from John Harper to Maria Slough, was granted…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Thursday Night. Publican Fined

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 4

MRS. Dunning licensee of an hotel has been fined £10 and costs, for placing other brandy than Hennesey's in a bottle bearing that brand…

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Licensing Court. Tuesday, Oct. 18. (Before the P.M. and Mr. B. A. Moses)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1888 · page 4

CHARLES Easterman, renewal of publican's license, for house and premises at Rocky Creek, known as the Junction Hotel, also a reduction of the license fee…

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Licensing Court. (Before the P.M. and Messrs. Wilson and Moses.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1888 · page 5

MR. Kearney appeared for John Crough who applied for a conditional publican's license at Hillgrove. Granted. Mr. Simpson for Mr. John M. Duncan…

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Glen Innes Licensing Court. Tuesday, October 23. (Before Mr. James Martin (acting chairman) and Mr. L. M. C. Seton.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1888 · page 2

A WINE license was granted to J. Maurer, of 10-mile, Clarevaulx. SUNDAY SELLING.--The Licensee of the Mount Pleasant Hotel was summoned for selling liquor on…

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