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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1898

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Licensing Court. Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 6

George Burt applied for the transfer of the license of the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, New Lambton, to Mrs. Garner. There being no police…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, August 18. (Before Messrs. G. C. Martin and C. N. Payten, L.Ms.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 7

J. F. Connelly was granted a renewal of the license of the Grand Hotel. Mrs. C. A. Watt was granted…

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A Clerical Publican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1898 · page 12

The Rev. Osbert, Mordaunt, the rector of Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire, who is known as the "clerical publican," gave the licensing committee,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, August 25. (Before Mr. J. Mair, L.m.) Music Permits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 7

A music permit was granted Mary Williams for a smoke concert and banquet at the Newcastle Rifles Hotel on Saturday night next, 27th inst…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. J. Mair and C. N. Payten, S.Ms.) Music Permits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1898 · page 7

Martha Hollinshead, licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel, made an application for a music permit on the occasion of a band practice on the balcony…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, September 22. (Before Messrs. J. Mair and C. N. Payten, L.Ms.) a Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 6

Probate hiring been granted, Andrew James Watt and Andrew Rutherford Watt (executors in the will of the late Robert Cunningham Watt)…

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Parliament. Tuesday, September 27. Legislative Assembly. Mr. Young Explains. Questions and Answers. the Recent Count-out. Sunday Hotel Opening—proposed Plebiscite. Timber Royalties. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. Young rose in personal…

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Special Licensing Court. Thursday, October 6. (Before Messrs. Jas. Mair and C. N. Payten, L.Ms.) RENEWALS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1898 · page 3

A renewal of the license of Watt's Family Hotel, Islington, was granted Catherine Ann Watt. Edward Blackburn was granted a renewal…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 11. Legislative Assembly. the Licensing Laws. Womanhood Suffrage. First Reading of the Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. THE LATE DIVISION.—AN EXPLANATION…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 3

Renewals of licenses Were granted to William Johnson, Miners' Exchange Hotel, Stockton; and M. A. Kane. Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street West…

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Wallsend and Plattsburg Licensing Court Monday, October 24. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.M., and Mr. Martin, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 6

The following licenses were granted, there being no police objection:—James D. Wilson, Northumberland Hotel, West Wallsend; Thomas Liddell, Commercial Hotel,…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. Payten, S.m.) Transfers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 2

The following hotel licenses were transferred:—Northern Star. Hamilton, from Edmund Russell to Gerald P. Meagher; Albion Hotel, Wickham…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, November 3. (Before Messrs. J. Mair, G. C. Martin and C. N. Payten, L.Ms.) TRANSFER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 3

Elizabeth Fortune applied for the transfer, under the will of her late husband, William Fortune, of the license of the Hunter River Hotel…

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Compensation to Publicans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

Mr. D. Wallwork writes:—In your issue of Saturday "Falcon" strongly condemns Mrs. Harrison Lee, temperance lecturer, because she says the people have a right to demand…

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Auctioneers' License

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 6

Yesterday, at the annual meeting of Stipendiary Magistrates, at the Newcastle Court, for the purpose of dealing with auctioneers' licenses, Mr. J…

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The Westminster Hotel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 4

The license of the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, was yesterday transferred from Robt. Montgomery to Charles Cain. The latter gentleman,…

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Tobacco Manufacturing Licenses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 5

Messrs. Bennett, Price, Gillies, Finlay, and Harris (Dungog) waited on the Premier and asked that police officers in charge of country districts be appointed excise officers as…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, November 24. (Before Messrs. J. Mair and C. N. Payten, L.Ms.) TRANSFERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 6

The license of the Great BritainHotel was transferred from Kate Bunn to Daniel M'Auliffe. The billiard license was also transferred…

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Newcastle Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 2

At the abovementioned Court yesterday, Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., granted the renewal of the license of the Durham Hotel, Islington, to Hugh Cobb…

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Brewer and Hotelkeeper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1898 · page 6

Castlemaine Brewery and Wood Bros. and Co. v. Elizabeth Calvert, claim £109 13s 1d, goods sold and delivered. Mr. H. J. Brown appeared for plaintiff,…

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