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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1897

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Sad Death in a London Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 12

EARLY on a recent Sunday morning the body of a lady visitor was found in a bedroom at the Hotel Cecil, London. On a table by the bedside…

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Wallsend. Licensing Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 3

It is understood that in consequence of the appointment of stipendiary magistrates, considerable alterations are contemplated. Not the least of those is the proposal to transfer…

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Quarterly Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. Mair and Payten, S.Ms., and Mr. Martin, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 7

John Cox applied for a license of the Royal Hotel, Plattsburg.— Granted. J. B. M'Auliffe applied for a…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, C. N. Payten, and G. C. Martin, L.Ms.) Renewals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 6

James A. Young, of the Cross Keys Hotel, Carrington, was granted a renewal of his license. Isabella Short applied for…

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Warehouse and Hotel for Mr. A. A. Dangar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 5

THESE buildings, which will immediately be begun on the site known as Mr. Dangar's Market-street property, Newcastle, will occupy an area of 130 x 90ft. The…

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Licensed Victuallers' Association. Arranging the Annual Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 8

A MEETING of the members of the Newcastle Licensed Victuallers' Association was held at the Great Northern Hotel last evening, Mr. Alex. Watt presiding The object of the…

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Licensing Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1897 · page 8

Mr. Sub-inspector Fowler, Licensing Inspector for the Maitland district, has furnished his quarterly report for the information of the Licensing Bench. The report…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.m.) Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1897 · page 7

Transfer of the Toronto Hotel license and billiard license from Mr. Edgeson to Mr. Hooke. There being no police objection the transfer was granter…

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Quartz Specimens From Barraba. On View at the Great Northern Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 5

MR. M. G. ROSENTHAL, a well-known commercial man of the northern district, has handed to Mr. A. Watt, of the Great Northern Hotel, for exhibition, a number of…

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Licensed Victuallers' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 8

THE annual excursion of the Newcastle Branch of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, was held yesterday, and, as on former occasions, proved a thorough success. The…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. N. Payten, W.M. Macfarlane, and G.C. Martin, Licensing Magistrates.) Application for Renewal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 6

Edmund Russell applied for a renewal of his license. The application was adjourned for one day on account of 10 clear days' notice not having…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 8

The quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court was held at the East Maitland Courthouse yesterday forenoon, under the presidency of Messrs. G. F. Scott, R. Scobie, and…

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Quarterly Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 6

MESSRS. J. MAIR and C. N. Payten, S.Ms., and Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., presided over the quarterly Licensing Court yesterday afternoon. An…

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Licensing Court. Music Permit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 6

William Hook, of the Toronto Hotel, was granted a music permit for Easter Monday. BOOTH LICENSES. Messrs. William Smith, Joseph Howell,…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Newcastle and Wallsend Licensing Districts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 5

A notification appears in to-day's Government Gazette proclaiming that the Wallsend Licensing District is amalgamated with the Newcastle Licensing District, and that the…

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Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 8

Messrs. G. F. Scott and A. Wilkinson occupied the bench at the West Maitland Court yesterday. Eliza Edwards and John Moylan were granted booth licenses for the…

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Licensing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

An application for the transfer of the license of the Centennial Hotel, West Maitland, from David Dunlop to Peter W. Christeson, was granted on the…

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The Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 5

THE following new rules for the conduct of the business of the Licensing Court have been made by the members of the Licensing Court:—All licensing business will be…

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A Pilot's License Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1897 · page 4

In connection with the stranding of the steamer Yamashiro Maru on the Tannadice Reef, in Torres Straits, early in March, the Marine Board has found that Pilot Pebbles, who was in charge…

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MESSRS. J. T. AND J. Toohey's New Hotel. To Take the Place of the Yacht Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1897 · page 5

THE Messrs. Toohey have evidently every confidence in the future of Newcastle, judging from the elaborate plans they have had prepared for a building to take the place of…

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