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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1889

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Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, June 5. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. R. Turton, J.p.) Delaying Admittance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 3

JOHN KING was charged with wilfully delaying, admittance to Sergeant E. Grennan to his licensed premises, the Post-office Hotel, Plattsburg, on Sunday, 19th May ult…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, June 7, 1889. (Before Mr. Jas. Mair, P.m.) a License Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 2

SUB-INSPECTOE LYNCH applied to have the license of Henry Hall, of the Universal Hotel, Hamilton, cancelled. It appears that the licensee was forced to go through the…

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A Fire at a Hotel. Damages, £50

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 5

THE Railway Hotel, Blanc-street, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire last evening. It appears that at about 7 o'clock a little girl, the daughter of Mr. Garnham,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Heavy Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 3

TO-DAY the Licensing Court will consider no less than ninety-three applications for the renewal of publican's licenses, and two for the renewal of wine licenses. Under the old…

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A Shooting Affray at Merewether. a Publican Wounds a Man in the Arm. The Effects of Drink

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 5

A SERIOUS shooting affray occurred at the Miners' Arms Hotel, Merewether, about half-past seven last evening, by which an elderly man named John Carry was wounded…

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Waratah Special Licensing Court. Wednesday, 19Th June. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. R. Turton, J.p.) Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 3

FIFTY applications for the renewals of publicans' licenses were granted, there being no objections from Licensing inspector Grennan, who was present…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, June 20Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.p.) Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 2

GEORGE MASTERS applied for a renewal of his license of the Royal Oak Hotel, Tighe's Hill. The applicant had mislaid his certificate before the last licensing day, and another…

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Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, 26Th June. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Transfer of Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 8

AN application for the transfer of the license of the Post-office Hotel, Plattsburg, from John King to Thomas Robinson, was granted. Also, an application for the transfer of the…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, June 27Th. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and Martin, J.P.) Breaches of the Publicans' Act. Sunday Selling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 6

ANGUS OSBORNE, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, was charged with keeping his licensed premises open for the sale of liquor on the 16th inst…

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Waratah Quarterly Licensing Court. Wednesday, July 3Rd. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Messrs. R. Turton and T. Croudace, J's.P.) Conditional Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1889 · page 8

An application for a publican's conditional license was made by John Thomas, of Wallsend, for premises proposed to be erected at Cardiff, near the South Wallsend Colliery…

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The Vacancy on the Licensing Bench Mr. Shaw, J.P., Elected by the Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1889 · page 6

MR. JAMES MIAIAR, P.M., has been notified that the Government have been pleased to elect Mr. W. H. Shaw, J.P., to the Newcastle Licensing Bench, in place of Dr. C. W…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, July 4Th. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Shaw, and Martin, J.'sP.) He Would Not Open His Gate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 2

JOHN MICHAEL GALLEY, licensee of the Oxford Hotel, Hunter street, was charged with delaying to admit the police into his licensed premises on Sunday, the 23rd of June…

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Waratah Licensing Court. Wednesday, July 10. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Transfer of License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1889 · page 6

AN application was made for the transfer of the publican's license of the Commercial Hotel, Lambton, from William Brown to John Sample…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1889 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the members of the Licensed Victuallers' Association of Newcastle took place in Moroney's Hotel, Hunter street, yesterday. The proceedings were…

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The Granting of Licenses. Applicants Communicating with the Bench. The Magistrates Object

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1889 · page 7

AT the conclusion of the business in the Quarterly Licensing Court yesterday, Mr. Martin, J.P., stated that he had received a letter in connection with an application for a…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. Thursday, July 11Th. (Before Mr. J. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. G. C. Martin, and W. H. Shaw, J.'sP.) Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1889 · page 7

THE following renewals were granted, the police having no objections:—Edward Lorey, Imperial Hotel, Scott and Telford streets, Newcastle; Richard Richards, General…

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Parliament. Thursday, July 11, 1889. Legislative Assembly. Chilled Meat Trade. Locks on the Darling River. The Cost of Royal Commissions. The Newcastle Licensing Bench. Prospecting Votes. Iron Pipes. Unopposed Motions. The Hamilton Pit Disaster. The New Loan. The Land Bill. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1889 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CHILLED MEAT TRADE BETWEEN DOURKE AND SYDNEY. Mr. WILLIS asked the Colonial Treasurer…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, July 18Th. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, P.M., and W. H. Shaw, J.P.) Licenses Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 3

THERE being no objection by the police, the licenses of the Adamstown Hotel, Adamstown and the Universal Hotel, Hamilton, were transferred. In the first case, the…

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Robbery in an Hotel. Twenty Pounds Stolen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1889 · page 5

ON Sunday evening Mr. Timmony, licensee of the Commercial Hotel, Scott-street, had occasion to go to a drawer in which he kept a considerable amount of money, when, much…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Monday Night. Alleged Burglary in a Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1889 · page 5

A late arrival from London staying at the York Hotel, the leading hostelry of Adelaide, had forty sovereigns stolen from him on Saturday night. The thief entered the room…

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