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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1908

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London News. London, May 1, 1908. H.M.S. Gladiator Disaster.—the Licensing Bill.—the Indian Frontier Unrest.—new Automatic Signalling.—ship-building Lock-out.—penny a Word Cables.—sir T. Shaugnessy on the All-red Route. H.M.S. Gladiator Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

April, 1908, will long be remembered as a black month in the annals of the British Navy. It saw four disasters to British warships, involving the loss of…

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British Licensing Bill. Agitation in Favour. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 5

Many meetings have been hold, organised by Government machinery and the temperance societies, in favour of the Licensing Bill…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street. West Maitland. Special Licensing Court. Maitland Electorate Licenses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 June 1908 · page 6

The Special Licensing Court const[?] under section 70 of the Liquor [?]ment Act of 1905, to inquire into [?]stion of reduction of licenses in…

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Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., and Dr. John Harris, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 7

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted as follows :—Patrick Crotty, Changing Station Hotel, Isirgton; Phoebe Edwards, Globe, Newcastle;…

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London News. Plot to Assassinate Viceroy and Lord Kitchener.—imperial Unity.—the Budget.—the Licensing Bill.—the Australian Cattle King.—the National Lockout. London, May 8. the Indian Plots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 7

Startling discoveries have followed the murderous bomb outrange at Mosafferpore, in Bengal, where Mrs. Kennedy her daughter, and a native groom were killed…

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The Licensing Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 7

The second reading of the Licensing Bill, after a week's debate, was carried in the House of Commons on Monday by a majority of 250. The debate was ushered…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Special Licensing Court. [?] Option Vote

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 6

The Special Licensing Court was re-opened at the courthouse yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge, Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and W. Le Brun Brown,…

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Sh[?]itland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street. West Maitland. Special Licensing Court. Local Option Vote

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 6

The Special Licensing Court continued its sitting at the courthouse yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge, Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, and W. Le Brun Brown,…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street. West Maitland. Special Licensing Court. Ten Hotels to Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 6

The Special Licensing Court continued its sitting at the courthouse yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge. Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson, and W. Le Brun Brown, P.Ms…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, S.M., Mr. F. P. Meares, D.S.M., and Dr. Harris, J.P.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

Renewals of publicans' licenses were granted as follows:—Joseph Thomas, Imperial Hotel, Plattsburg; Thomas Young, Volunteer, Newcastle; James Boyle,…

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Prize Hotels in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 11

The Touring Club of Prance has hit upon a novel method of improving provincial hotels in that country. Alive to the public interests involved, to say…

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Reduction of Hotels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 11

Sir.—The mode of conducting local option courts may be quite legal, but to my mind it is anything but fair to the tenants or owners of the hotels to be…

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The Licensing Bill. Government Determined. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 5

Speaking at a mass meeting that was held in Birmingham last night, In connection with the National Liberal Federation Conference, Mr. H. H…

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Special Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 6

Messrs. E. Bowden and J. Rourke, L.Ms., presided at a Special Licensing Court in the West Maitland Courthouse, yesterday, to deal with the renewals of…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Durham Electorate. Special Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 6

His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and W. Le Brun Brown. P.Ms., presided at the Special Licensing court, Paterson Courthouse,…

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Newcastle Licensing Court. Thursday, June 25. (Before Messrs. G. F. Scott and F. P. Meares and Dr. J. Harris, L.Ms.) License Transferred

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 7

Mathew Phillipson, of the Cardiff Hotel, Cardiff, applied for a transfer of his license to Patrick Francis Blake. The police opposed the application, alleging that…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Durham Electorate. Special Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 6

His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and W. Le Brun Brown, P.Ms., presided at the Special Licensing Court, Paterson Courthouse,…

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The Licensing Bill. Meeting of Protest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

A monster meeting has been held in the Albert Hall, at which a resolution was adopted protesting against the Licensing Bill…

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Durham Electorate. Special Licensing Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 6

His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. T. H. Wilkinson and W. Le Brun Brown, P.Ms., presided at the Special Licensing ourt, Paterson…

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Bathurst District Hotels. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1908 · page 5

The Special Local Option Court for the Bathurst electorate continued its sittings to-day. Judge Docker announced that the Court…

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