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New England · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1895

28 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

The Public or the Publicanp

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

When the public asks for Wolfe's Schnapps, and is handed some cheap, impossible gin in the old Wolfe's Schnapps bottle, who suffers? The…

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Bow in a Hotel. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 5

A ROW in a hotel bar in Market-street last night may probably end in the death of a victim named Charles Arnold, civil engineer, who was, it is alleged, knocked against…

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A Mammoth Hotel

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

NEW YORK, already well endowed with palatial inns of modern construction, is to have another that will easily surpass them all, and young John Jacob Astor, the grandson of the…

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Licensing Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

An extension of booth license from January 1st to 5th, was granted to J. Crough, for sports at West Hillgrove…

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Coach License

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 2

A stage coach license was granted to Thomas Lambert…

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Hotel Burnt

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 3

The Court House Hotel, Condobolin, and adjoining premises, were destroyed by fire yesterday mornings…

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Peculiar Licensing Case. Tee Result of an Error

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 4

A pe[?]liar licensing case is reported from Tamworth. Lee's Imperial Hotel was yesterday ordered to be closed, and Mr. Lee was summoned to appear…

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Licensing Court

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 4

A booth license was granted to Ro[?] Brewn for for Tuesday and Wednesday. 26ht and 27th inst, also to Thomas C. Taylor for same date…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Fire in Sydney. an Hotel Gutted

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 4

At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Warby'a Hotel, at the corner of King and Pitt streets, Sydney. The building was gutted, and several…

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Hotel Robbers. [Bt Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 5

THE two young men, E. M'Donald and C. Arnold, who were convicted last Friday of stealing goods from the Federal City Hotel, were to-day sentenced to 18 months'…

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Great Five in Sydney. Wamy's Hotel Gutted. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 4

A. FIRE occurred at three o'clock this morning at Warby's Hotel, corner of King and Pitt streets. Within a few minutes the whole of the upper part of the building…

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Hotel Robberies

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 8

Some most extraordinary robberies of boots have lately taken place at hotels not very far from railway stations. Two years ago a thief rang…

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The Licensing Act, [By, Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 5

ALFRED Meadham was to-day fined £4 and costs for selling liquor at a booth at the Royal Agricultural showground on Good Friday…

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The Hotel Metropole Sued. a Doctor Loses £51

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 5

A RATHER interesting case, in which Henry William Ailwood Edward Carr D'Arban, a doctor of medicine, figured as the plaintiff, and the Hotel Metropole Company were the…

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Official Co. The following siden received by Mr. Pi[?]ms, Department of Publican Sydney, 4th July

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 2

SIR.—With reference to the [?]tion of your letter of the 28th M[?] last, in which you urge the repair the Macdonald River crossings on the…

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Licensing Court

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

W. Moore applied for a transfer of the license of the New England, Hotel to Mrs. Moro. Granted, together with billiard license…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, August 16.—(Before the P.M.) Breach of the Licensing Act

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 4

JOHN SMITH, licensee of the Star Hotel, was charged with keeping his house open for the sale of liquor after hours on the night of the 3rd inst…

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Squatters' Occupation Licenses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 2

It would appear that Mr. Carruthers is very pleased that his scheme for prosecuting unauthorised occupiers of Crown lands is increasing the revenue. But that revenue…

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Of Old Licenses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1895 · page 3

Says Glapthorne in his play 'Wit in a Constable':--'The Dutch younker took her up into a what do you call it--a sedan.' The word, like the thing, was then new to…

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Licensing Court. Friday, October 4. (Before Messrs. Smith, P.M., C. A. Jackes and B. A. Moses J's.P.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1895 · page 3

An application for a conditional publicani's license by Wm. Swensden for Tilbuster, was withdrawn. Mr. T. J, Kearney appeared for the…

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