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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1891

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Violent Assault. a Publican Sentenced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 6

Francis Parry, 54, a publican, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted one Henry Burgess at Merewether on the 8th instant…

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Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 6

Richard Richards, licensee of the General Washington Hotel, Stockton, was granted permission to have music in his licensed premises on the night…

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Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 6

Edward Wilson, licensee of the Volunteer Rifle Hotel, Junction, was granted a billiard license. Breaches of Municipal Bylaws…

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Waratah Licensing Bench

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 5

OWING to the death of Mr. Robert Turton, J.P., of Waratah, and the departure of Mr. Thomas Croudace for England, some difficulty is likely to be…

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Licensing Court. Alteration of a Name

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 6

On the application of George Marsden, the lincensee, the name of Walsh's Family Hotel was allowed to be altered to Oriental Hotel…

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Alleged Illicit Distillation. a Publican Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

A CONSIDERABLE amount of surprise was manifested in the city yesterday at the news that Daniel Smith Miller, licensee of the Paragon Hotel, Hunter-street, and a young…

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Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

THE application of James Meikle for the confirmation of a conditional license granted on the 4th September, 1890, was granted. An application for the transfer of the…

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The Grand Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

ANOTHER has been added to the number of first-class hotels in New castle in the completion of the handsome structure known as the Grand Hotel, at the corner of Bolton…

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A Drunken Bear. Kills a Publican and His Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A tame boar, which had been taught to drink, entered a tavern and attempted to seize a keg of whiskey. The landlord resisted, and the bear killed him and…

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Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 3

William M'Donald, licensee of the Northumberland Hotel, was granted a booth license for the Newcastle Racecourse for the 5th and 7th instant…

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Closing of Hotels During Elections

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

LAST election wee voted by many of the free and enlightened as an exceedingly "dry" one, and future elections are likely to be of the same character. After an all-night…

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Waratah Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) Booth Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 7

APPLICATIONS from Alexander Froome and William Smith for booth licenses to be used at Wallsend races on Saturday, 19th inst., were granted…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, September 23. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., and Mr. T Fryar, J.p.) Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 6

THE following publicans' licenses were renewed in accordance with applications:—Clarence Le Mottee, Waratah Hotel, North Waratah; Charles…

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Municipal Conference. Newcastle Grievances. License Fees. Electric Lighting. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 8

AT the Municipal Association Conference to-day, Alderman ESTELL (Mayor of Plattsburg) moved. "That provision be made in the Local Government Bill that all license…

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Licensing Court. Breaches of the Licensing Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 3

Hugh Cameron, licensee of the Star Inn, in. Hunter street West, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liquor on Sunday, the 20th ultimo, and keeping…

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Licensing Business. (Before Messrs. Mair, P.M., and G. C. Martin and W. H. Shaw, Js.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 3

John Cox, licensee of the Albion Hotel, Hannell-street, Wickham, was charged on remand from the previous day with having sold liquor on Sunday, the 20th ult…

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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, October 7. (Before Messrs. R. I. Perrott, P.M., T. Grierson, and T. Fryar, Js.P., Licensing Bench.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 3

THE following publicans' licenses were renewed :—Henry Evans, Lake Macqurie Hotel, Teralba; John Sample, Commercial Hotel, Lambton; James…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 6

William Johnson, licensee of ,the Minors' Exchange Hotel, Stockton; Robert C. Watt, licensee of Watt's Family Hotel, Islington; and Mary…

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Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 6

An application for the transfer of the Brickmakers' Arms, Glebe, from George Hansford to Mrs. Annie Blanch was objected to by the police, on the…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) A Transfer Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

The hearing of the application of Mrs. Annie Blanch for a transfer of the license of the Brickmakers' Arms Hotel, at the Glebe, from George Hansford, was continued from…

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