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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1883

30 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

Sudden Death in an Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A man, name unknown, fell dead yesterday in the Mercantile Hotel…

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Breaking the Licensing Law

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1883 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Evan Price wine merchant, has been fined £10 for bottling spirits without labelling them. A girl, employed at Roht's restaurant,…

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Amending the Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1883 · page 2

MR. OLIFFE, member of Parliament for South Sydney, and proprietor of the Royal Hyde Park Hotel, was wafted into the Legislature not from…

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The Publicans and the Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of licensed victuallers was held at the Oxford Hotel, last night, for the purpose of considering the action of the members of the…

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Shocking Tragedy in Sydney. Results of Playing with a Revolver. a Barmaid Shot Dead at Olliffe's Hotel. Disapperance of the Author of the Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A shocking tragedy occcurred at Ofliffe's Royal Hyde Park Hotel, this afternoon, of which the following particulars have been…

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Singular Prosecution of a Publican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 8

AT the Derby Town Hall, in October last, Mary Swift, landlady of the White Swan public house, St. Peter's street, Derby, appeared before Messrs. Bailey, Gisborne,…

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The Tragedy at Cliffe's Hotel. Arrest of James Coonan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The author of the fatality which occurred at the Royal Hyde Park Hotel has apparently been discovered in the person of a man named James…

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The Tragedy at Olliffe's Hotel. Coonan Confesses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The man Coonan has confessed to having accidentally shot the late Miss Costello, Mr. Olliffe's barmaid. He blames the nursegirl for asking him to…

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The Tragedy at Olliffe's Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—James Coonan, who shot Mr. Olliffe's barmaid (Miss Costello) has been committed for trial for stealing a revolver and a gun from Lassetter and…

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The Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The members of the Trades Defence Association have been pledged to use their efforts to support Mr. Oliffe's proposed amendment in the…

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